Comments on: Ask Kate Paternity Testing Question of the Week

By: sade

sade — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:22:50 +0000

hi,i also did a test and my resluts came back he was the father.i just want to say think you because i got my results back fast and they were 100%

By: KD

KD — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:37:30 +0000

Hello Monath,
We can only speak for the Identigene DNA Paternity Test. If this was an Identigene test, we stand by the results 100%. There is no need in doing a second test. However, if you need this test for legal purposes, sample collection and handling must be performed by a disinterested third party. The instructions included in our kit and on our website explain legal paternity testing. There is an additional processing fee for this type of testing. If you have further questions, please contact our customer support at 888-404-GENE.

By: Monath

Monath — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:23:17 +0000

Hello there! I am so confused! The dna test excluded me as the biological father of child. Mother wants to all go the lab and do another test, because the previous one was by mail. I need to know before I travel 6 hours away, how certain is the dna test?. I have a court day very soon and all documents have to be done. Do you thing based on your experiences that is necessary to do a second test to verify paternity? I heard some people saying that test can be negative at first and positive the second time, is that can be true? That does not guarantee me nothing, that means that I have to do a third test to actually make a comparation with the other two if the result of the second one came out positive. Please help me to clear this out! Thank you very much.

By: KD

KD — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:04:29 +0000

Hi Joshua,
I suggest you visit http://www.babymed.com/conception-calculator. You didn’t tell me the year of birth so I cannot accurately plug in the dates. At this time, I would consider this your next step before retaking a paternity test.

P.S. I work for Identigene.

By: Joshua Thomas

Joshua Thomas — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 04:20:01 +0000

I recently just took a dna test on a kid that was suppose to be mine and the results came back that i was not the father. the kid looks identical to me. all of my family and friends say the same thing. me and his mother slept together in the middle or end of april. what month would have made me the father? he was born february 19. im really considering taking another dna test just to make sure. your help would be greatly appreciated!

By: Amber

Amber — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:16:37 +0000

Hello Samantha,

In order for the alleged father to be the biological father of the child in question all markers have to match. A child will receive half of their DNA from the mother and half from the father. This means that if the alleged father did not give the child a number at each location then he can not be the biological father. There may be some matches, this does not indicate a biological relationship in any way, it simply means those specific markers are common among the population. You and I could test and have markers in common, it does not mean we are related, it means we both received common markers from our parents. I hope this answers your questions, if you do need anything else please let us know.

By: samantha

samantha — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:38:49 +0000

hi i done a dna paternity test for my ex-partner and my 3 week old child and it came back not the father and it says 5 of 15 do not match does this mean that he could be the father of my child as i had worked out the dates and he was the only person i had slept with at the dates that are shown could any one please advise me on what to do i have rang doctors to see if they do dna and they are charging me £400 to get the dna test kit and then £30 for them to do it

By: Amber

Amber — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:09:03 +0000

Hello Carlos,

No, airport x-ray can not destroy or change your DNA in any way. You can rest easy knowing that if you pack your swabs (either in checked baggage or carry on) your DNA collections are safe.

By: carlos

carlos — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:16:01 +0000

can airport x-ray bag mess up the dna swab

By: Amber

Amber — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:46:46 +0000

Hi Larry,

To answer your question a mouth infection should not change results in any way! If you had two tests completed with different results I would suggest you review the profiles to verify the profiles for each participant are the same. The only way to get different results would most likely be caused by testing different people. In a situation like this your best option would be to do a legally collected DNA paternity test. This way all participants doing the test are collected by a third party where ID can be verified and photos are taken in most cases. The collector submits the samples to the laboratory to establish a chain of custody to verify whose samples the lab is actually receiving for testing. The laboratory you select to do the testing can help you arrange this.