Ask The Experts About Home Genetic Testing Kit
Sandra asks…
Can Someone fake a DNA test?
I JUST HAD A BABY TWO MONTHS AGO AND THE FATHER OF MY CHILD FAMILY DOESN’T LIKE ME. AFTER I HAD THE BABY WE GOT BACK TOGETHER AND EVERYTHING WAS GREAT. AFTER I CAME BACK FROM THE HOSPITAL HE CAME TO MY HOUSE WITH DNA KIT HE BROUGHT A HOME DNA KIT FROM WALGREEN’S. WE TOOK THE TEST AND HIS MOTHER MAILED THEM OFF 5 DAYS LATER(WHICH COULD HAVE GAVE HER TIME TO TAMPER WITH THEM), WHEN HE GOT THE RESULTS BACK HE CALLED ME MAD SAYING THAT MY DAUGHTER WASN’T HIS. I TOOK ANOTHER TEST WITH ANOTHER PERSON WHO HIS FAMILY SAID I SLEPT WITH WE WENT TO A LAB(THE LEGIT WAY) AND THE RESULTS ALSO CAME BACK THAT MY DAUGHTER WASN’T HIS. NOT ONLY THAT BUT THE GENETIC MARKER WAS DIFFERENT FROM THE FIRST TEST. COULD THEY HAVE BOUGHT ANOTHER TEST AND FAKED THE SAMPLES? AND CAN’T YOU GET JAIL TIME FOR THAT. NOW WHEN I CALL HIM HE SAYS THAT HE DOESN’T WANT TO TAKE ANOTHER TEST WHICH I FIND FISHY AND START TO THINK THAT HE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT ALSO. I NEVER CHEATED ON HIM AT ALL WHEN WE WERE TOGETHER. I KNOW HIS FAMILY DOESN’T LIKE ME BUT I FIND IT WRONG THAT THEY WOULD DO MY DAUGHTER LIKE THAT JUST BECAUSE OF THE FEELING THEY HAVE FOR ME. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE ME SOME ANSWERS TO MY SITUATION, AND ONLY MATURE ANSWER. I FIND THIS SITUATION VERY MAJOR BECAUSE THIS IS CONCERNING MY DAUGHTER.
THANKS!!!
TYRA
admin answers:
Definitely strange, even the fact they held onto it for 5 days before sending it is strange. Why did they have it in the first place? You can try to talk to him about doing another test, offer to pay for it and send it off together, he really has nothing to lose and that way no one can get blamed for tampering with it. If he won’t agree to that you can actually get a court order for him to take a test because if he is legally the father he has to pay child support. Something you may have to talk to a lawyer about.
If you are 100% sure he is the father, i’d spend the extra money to go to a dna clinic to take the samples, these Walgreen’s ones you can buy off the shelf really don’t sound too reliable. Even though its very possible don’t go accusing his family of tampering with the results, it will only upset him and make matters worse.
I wish you all the best.
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Steven asks…
AKC DNA Testing information needed?
Okay, I bought a “Boxer” from a breeder when the dog was 8 weeks old. This dog IS AKC registered (one of the main reasons I bought from a breeder). This Boxer was called a reverse brindle boxer. At the time she was so small you couldn’t really tell what kind of dog she is. Now she is a year old & as she started getting older she started looking NOTHING like a Boxer. Not one person has ever come up to me & said what a cute boxer you have. All I hear is is that a lab, yes a lab. The breeder is from PA & I live in NY. I have persistently emailed them to resolve this & basically they keep telling me she is a pure breed boxer, which I KNOW she is not. She is black (with some brindle color in her coat) and has longer hair than a boxer should have (I have a 9 year old Boxer as well). I think she does have Boxer in her, just a mix.
I purchased the AKC DNA kit & had her tested. I did NOT receive the results in the mail yet, but was told it’s completed. I asked the lady on the phone if she could tell me what the sire dogs DNA was so I could see if another dog got to the mother dog & she told me that the test doesn’t tell me the parents dogs DNA that I have to get that from the breeder, which of course wont give me that info. I was told the test just gives me the 14 genetic markers & I have to compare it to the breeders paper work. I didn’t realize this & thought the test would tell me her blood line (which I already have from the AKC w/ the DNA #’s of the dogs) but the woman told me that this test is just genetic markers & doesn’t tell me about the parent dogs at all. Like I said I haven’t received the paper work in the mail, just anxious to see what it says. Has anyone else had this test done? Will it tell me the parents DNA which is what I thought the test would do.
admin answers:
The AKC certificate is a DNA profile for your dog, it can be compared to the profiles of both parents to determine whether you have the offspring of the parents listed on the registration.
With nearly 1 million new registrations annually, these kinds of disputes happen with AKC all the time. If the AKC was serious about making sure their pedigrees are correct, they would REQUIRE that DNA be done on Sire and Dam and all the pups before the litter can be registered, but they do not. They only require DNA on FUS (frequently used sires) once a sire has had 3 litters per year or 7 in his lifetime. This is not adequate if the AKC is really serious about making sure their record books are correct.
If the breeder is not going to cooperate voluntarily you can file a formal complaint with the AKC but be prepared to fork out $500 just to submit a complaint. If it is determined that your dog is not the offspring of the parents listed on the registration, the AKC will cancel all registrations for the entire litter and send letters to the breeder and everyone who purchased a pup from that litter.
Http://www.akc.org/dna/complaint_policy.cfm
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A Home Dna Kit For Paternity Testing And The Cost Of A Paternity Test
A Home Dna Kit For Paternity Testing And The Cost Of A Paternity Test
Many people are uncertain to undergo the paternity testing process. One reason can be the cost of paternity test, which would be merely expensive. However, it is worth it once you obtain the test results. Paternity testing kits are the best method to perform an assurance test.
Many reasons exist on why people desire to undergo paternity DNA testing. One reason is reassurance. Getting a paternity test is a good idea, if an individual has more than one partner at the conception time. There are also women, who never think about the cost of paternity test. However, they get this test done to get their child support.
Generally , the court may order the father as well , to undergo the paternity test , which would definitely guarantee that the child belongs to the alleged father, in regard to the child’s financial responsibility . The cost of paternity testing can be quite high for multiple potential fathers.
There are multiple ways in order to undertake paternity testing. One type of paternity test is simple by taking DNA samples from the cheeks of both the child and potential father. This test can be done at your own using DNA home paternity testing kits. The third type of paternity test is done before the child is born. But , for this , you have to consult the doctor initially and the procedure is quite a delicate one, as doctors will take amniotic fluid that contains DNA from the uterus. This process may harm the baby and so it is best to choose a home DNA kit.
The total cost of a paternity test typically ranges from 0 to ,000 for legal cases. However, Home DNA kits are available, which are affordable and easy to carry out.
You can get results usually within a week and it depends on the laboratory that administers it. It is recommended to look at your options when you think about this matter.
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Due to advances in chemical analysis and a greater understanding of DNA and genetics, the once rare and expensive DNA screening of genetic material to determine relationships is now commonplace and available at very affordable prices. Even the samples required for screening have been simplified, and an oral swab is now sufficient where previously a blood test would have been necessary. For a DNA test such as a paternity testing paternity test to be carried out, genetic material has to be collected for each person participating, and a free DNA kit is provided by the supplier when you order the test.
The purpose of the kit is to provide all this needed to collect and return the sample, and although the contents will vary in detail between suppliers and laboratories, they will be intrinsically the same with respect to the necessary materials. These will include the swabs needed to collect the oral samples and a means of storing and returning these samples to the analyzing laboratory. A submission form will also be necessary, where the details of the subjects are provided, and labels or pre-addressed envelopes also provided. A very important component of the free kit is the instructions on how to use it.
Instructions are very important to some people, and even though sample collection with a swab is not difficult, it is important that they are clear. People are worried in case they affect the results by making some mistake when collecting the samples, and while that is unlikely, a video showing the entire procedure would be useful. Nevertheless, it is simply a matter of taking a swab, rubbing it against the inside of your cheek and placing it in the container provided. It is that simple.
Another important issue with some is the question of privacy. It is important to them that others don’t find out what they are doing, particularly if it does not concern others. If that is you, then contact your supplier and request that the free DNA kit is provided in an unmarked package – nothing on it but your name and address. That will give you the privacy, and you can get on with the test.
Writer mike Lewis writes about dna paternity test. The author focuses on topics about dna paternity and dna testing. Additional resources and articles written by mike Lewis related to dna paternity testing are accessible on http://www.easydna.ca
