DNAforensics

DNA is the key to unlock genetic questions or to confirm your biological doubts regarding a child. A maternity test similar to paternity test can also be conducted to confirm biological relation of a mother and a child. The procedure of carrying out a maternity test is same as paternity test. To conduct the test the presumptive mother swabs her cheek for DNA samples and similarly the sample of a child will also be taken and will be send to the laboratory for maternity testing. Maternity DNA test is usually preferred in two situations, legal or non-legal. In non-legal situation, maternity test can be performed at home as well for your satisfaction and peace of mind by collecting samples at home and send it to a laboratory. It is different in a legal situation, you must visit a laboratory and a trained person will collect your samples and will do complete paperwork. This legal situation is also important from the perspective of immigration as well. Immigration DNA tes...

DNA maternity testing is ordered to determine the maternity of a child although, maternity testing is not as popular as paternity testing. Maternity testing can be ordered in case of- IVF – in most IVF cases the parents want to order a Maternity DNA Test since they want to confirm if the embryo used was of the mother or not. To find their actual mothers- usually in adoption cases, the child wants to confirm about their actual mothers when they grow up. Usually this happens when the adoption was done in the family. The child becomes inquisitive and tries to find about the real mother. Even if he knows the truth, he usually tries to confirm it through a maternity test. Just to ensure- a maternity test may also be conducted just to ensure that the hospital staff handed the right baby or not. In many cases the children are exchanged in the hospitals at the time of birth. This test verifies that there was no mix up and the right baby was handed over at that time. You...