Can parentage be established for a deceased or missing individual?
Yes, if blood or tissues are collected postmortem and properly stored, the sample can be used by our laboratory for paternity testing. If the alleged father’s parents are available, they can be used in grandparentage testing. In addition we are able to extract DNA from a wide variety of sources including licked envelope, gum, a used Kleenex and many more sources, see our forensic paternity testing section for more information.
Yes, if blood or tissues are collected postmortem and properly stored, the sample can be used by our laboratory for paternity testing. If the alleged father’s parents are available, they can be used in grandparentage testing. In addition we are able to extract DNA from a wide variety of sources including licked envelope, gum, a used Kleenex and many more sources, see our forensic paternity testing section for more information. Can parentage be established if the mother does not participate in the test? Yes, the 16 allele human identification kit is so powerful that the mother does not have to participate in the test in order to determine paternity. You may have noticed that some companies require the mother, this is because when you only you use 7-9 allele you MUST include the mother in order to determine paternity. Can different types of specimens (e.g., blood and buccal swabs) be used in the same case? Yes, DNA tests are the same because the DNA is the identical in all nucleated cell
