Comments on: Maury Povich, Paternity Tests and Real Lives

By: Amber

Amber — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:19:19 +0000

Hello Kendra,

The lab is correct, the name on the report would not in any way affect the DNA results. In order for him to be the biological father of the child he does have to match each location. There may be some matches, but this does not indicate a biological relationship. It simply means those specific markers can be common in the population. You and I could test and have matches, it does not mean we are related, only that the markers are common. Again, to be a biological match they must match at each location. If you are still unsure I would recommend another test, however, as long as the same DNA is submitted from the same participants, the results would be the same.

By: Kendra

Kendra — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 21:13:26 +0000

Hello, daughter and I just had a DNA test done with her alleged father and the test came back as him not being the father. We had the test done through Lab Pro and everything seemed to be done okay when we showed up except I received a call three weeks later saying they had the wrong last name of my child on her sample. I asked them if we should retest and they said this would not make a difference in the result. Her father and I were both sure that he was her father. She looks just like him, his mother, and his family but the test said he was not. Some of his genetic markers did match her’s and mine but not all of them so they ruled him out. They also did not include the PI marker on either test. Could this test be faulty or even wrong because there is no way anyone else could be her dad, we were both shocked by the results.

By: meesha

meesha — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:04:45 +0000

Me and my boyfriend took a paternity test and results say that he is not the father but i am certain that he is in fact the father of my child and yes our results were sent to a AABB lab but do you think we should try a different lab .? could the strength of the dna been weakend if we ate abt 25 to 20 minutes before testing .? because even on some of the markers him and my son did share a number match up but still no percentage were detected.

By: Amber

Amber — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:06:57 +0000

Hi Clarise,

Not necessarily. If the laboratory completing the paternity test is unable to obtain a definitive answer without your DNA sample they may contact you for your sample if it is needed. Including the Mother can help with the test, however, if you do not participate the laboratory may still get a strong answer without your sample.

By: Clarise

Clarise — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 18:48:09 +0000

i recently got a legal dna paternity test for my son and his alleged father. i went with them but i was not aware i should be tested and i wasnt. could that affect the results?

By: Amber

Amber — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:49:43 +0000

Hi Danielle,

Conclusive results can be reported with out the biological mother, however, you must be aware that there is a small chance that conclusive results may not be possible without her. What we do if we can not get a conclusive answer without her, we do contact the customer and ask them to get her profile at that time. If they can not, it will be reported as inconclusive. However, this is rare.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:43:24 +0000

My husband & I want to do a DNA test without the mother knowing. Does her DNA have to be included for accurate results? Thank-you.

By: Arvilla Guilbeaux

Arvilla Guilbeaux — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 08:50:15 +0000

Uh, where’s the shiftiness and hard-to-pin down communication here?

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 24 May 2010 19:16:13 +0000

It’s unfortunate, but possible, when using a home DNA paternity test, to have one of the participants switch the samples, or get a sample from someone other than them selves. This is especially true, when the samples are collected at separate times.

Looks aren’t really a good indicator of paternity, but if you are certain that the man being testing IS the biological father, then I would suggest retesting. Make sure that you are present when he collects the samples, and that YOU are the one that mails the samples to the lab. An even better option is to do a Legal Paternity test. This is the same test as a home paternity test, but because the samples are collected and handled by an independent third-party, all test participants can be confident that the samples where not tampered with in any way.

Legal DNA Paternity Test

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:50:10 +0000

I have received DNA results regarding my son. The only man that he has known as dad had a 0% probability of being his father. i dont believe the results we all took the test but at different times. My son looks just like his father on the results he had no markers that match the alleged father how is this possible? I just think he pulled something when he took his test he is too calm and collected