Month: November 2015

Collecting DNA samples for a DNA test

Collecting samples for DNA testing and paternity testing is today done using mouth swabs and exfoliated cheek cells. Collecting DNA samples for a DNA test DNA testing is the standard means of determining whether people are biologically related. It is in fact carried out between alleged relatives as well as between parents and their children […]

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DNA testing and the presumption of paternity

Understanding what a presumption of paternity is and situations which require paternity DNA testing. Presumption of paternity: it might be time for a paternity test Statistics are not very reassuring. The AABB (American Association of Blood Banks) estimates that hundreds of thousands of paternity tests are carried out every year and the numbers keep rising. […]

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