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The DNA Identity Testing Center of
Bio-Synthesis, Inc. is an active member of the AABB Relationship
Testing Accreditation Program and actively participates in
proficiency testing by the College of American Pathologists.
With nearly 15 years experience in the DNA testing field, law
enforcement, legal representatives and individuals alike trust
BSI with their private and legal DNA testing issues, worldwide. |
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Blood Type
Since blood type of a child is inherited by the
parents, it can be used to disprove paternity in
some cases. For instance, if a mother’s blood type
is AB and her child’s is also AB, then the child’s
father must be either A, B or AB. Therefore, if an
alleged father is type O, he can be excluded as
being this AB-type child’s father. On the
contrary, however, blood type is not a reliable
method of proving paternity. Since a person can
have only one of four different blood types, it
could be very possible that two alleged fathers of
a child actually have the same blood type, say
A-type for the case described, but only one will
obviously be the child’s father. In this case,
only a DNA paternity test could accurately
determine which man must be the child’s father. |
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Paternity Determination
When many people think of a DNA test, they may
envision a desperate mother trying to figure out
who her child’s father could be. In many cases,
yes, DNA tests are used to resolve doubts.
However, now that DNA testing has been recognized
as having so many applications and is so widely
available to the public, many people are taking
part in tests for reasons other than verification
of paternity. Ironically, though, some people have
uncovered hidden truths of non-paternity. Adult
siblings trying to map their ancestral lineage
have actually found out that they have different
fathers, when it was never a question that they
might. |
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Determine Paternity
Parents of children with rare genetic disorders,
who must both carry a gene for their children to
inherit the disorder, find that the “father”
actually is not a carrier. There are other
scenarios where people not seeking to establish
paternity, actually discover non-paternity issues.
So, obviously non-paternity is not restricted to
those people who undergo DNA paternity tests. And,
as science and DNA testing continue to advance and
become more commonplace, more and more people may
uncover unexpected family secrets. |
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