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FAQ: How Can my Paternity Test Samples Get Contaminated?

Blog, DNA test, Paternity, Paternity TestBy DDC November 18, 2019

“Uh oh. I think I messed up my paternity test.” Our customer-service specialists often hear this statement from clients who call in, worried about whether or not the samples they submitted for their at-home paternity test or other relationship analysis might have been contaminated. When you order a test, you and the lab form…

What an Unwed Father Should Know about Establishing Paternity

Blog, PaternityBy DDC August 1, 2019 Leave a comment

What an Unwed Father Should Know about Establishing Paternity Babies are born every day: Some are planned and others are not; some are born to married parents and some are not. Whatever the individual situation behind a birth, one fact remains constant: That baby is a brand-new human being with needs who is likely…

Grandparent DNA Test: What You Need to Know

Blog, DNA test, grandparent dna, PaternityBy ajohnson March 12, 2018

Sometimes establishing paternity is not as easy as it sounds. If the possible father is simply not available for testing, a grandparent DNA test can be performed by a DNA testing lab with experience in this type of analysis. The test shows whether or not a child is related to the grandparents—on the possible father’s…

The Discovery of the DNA Double Helix: Why It Still Matters

Blog, HUman GenomeBy DDC February 21, 2018 Leave a comment

A Momentous Find: DNA Double Helix Structure In 1953, two talented scientists, Francis Crick and James Watson, building on the earlier work of their colleague Rosalind Franklin, discovered a structure in cells containing the blueprint that makes each creature unique: the DNA double helix. It was a momentous find that ignited a decades-long…

What Paternity Testing Can and Can’t Tell You

BlogBy DDC February 5, 2018 5 Comments

If you’re considering DNA paternity testing, what information do you expect to get? Today’s technology is so advanced that you’re sure to get an accurate and conclusive answer to your paternity question—especially if you test with a highly-accredited lab; but some people also think they’ll get specific details and characteristics about test participants.…

10 Helpful DNA Facts for Everyone

BlogBy DDC January 18, 2018 2 Comments

With the popularity of DNA testing for ancestry and up-and-coming lifestyle tests for fitness, nutrition, skincare and more, the science of DNA has finally entered the mainstream of the American consciousness. Home DNA paternity test kits have been in retail stores and available online for years, but now you can collect your DNA in…

Digging up Dad: Dali and Celebrity Paternity Testing from the Grave

AABB DNA test, Blog, celebrity paternity test, DNA relationship, DNA science, Forensic DNA Testing, Paternity, Paternity TestBy DDC June 28, 2017 2 Comments

On Monday, June 26, a court in Madrid ordered the remains of Salvador Dali to be exhumed. No…it’s not to gather evidence for a crime: it’s because an astrologer and tarot-card reader named Pilar Abel filed a paternity lawsuit, claiming her mother had an affair with the famed surrealist artist in 1955. Celebrity paternity testing…

DNA Paternity Testing News in India

DNA relationship, Paternity TestBy February 12, 2016

The United States is a trend-setter in many areas: fashion, technology, transportation to name a few. We also can boast the broadest and strongest medical technology sector in the world, which includes the emerging field of DNA research. DNA testing is an exciting and evolving frontier, with weekly news stories describing potential breakthroughs. An area…

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