What if the father is missing or deceased?
Several testing options are available in situations where the alleged father is missing or deceased: .The first option that should be considered is viability testing of samples taken from the deceased, such as stored blood or a tissue sample (usually from a coroner’s or medical examiner’s office). If usable DNA is found in these samples, we can conduct a paternity test using this DNA as the alleged father’s sample. .If there are no biological samples from the father available, grandparentage testing is the next option to be considered. Both biological parents of the alleged father (paternal grandparents) are required to participate in a grandparentage test. Results of this test prove only the relationship of the child to the grandparents, but most government offices treat these results as indirect evidence of paternity. .
If the father is missing or deceased, we can indirectly determine paternity by testing samples he may have left behind through viability testing. Please call 1-800-798-3810 to inquire about this option. We may also test his close relatives together with the child. Please browse through our testing services for more information.
If the father is missing or deceased, we can indirectly determine paternity by testing samples he may have left behind through viability testing. Please call 1-800-275-4163 to inquire about this option. We may also test his close relatives together with the child. Our kinship test page describes the different family relationship testing options available.
Several testing options are available in situations where the alleged father is missing or deceased: The first option that should be considered is viability testing of samples taken from the deceased, such as stored blood or a tissue sample (usually from a coroner’s or medical examiner’s office). If usable DNA is found in these samples, we can conduct a paternity test using this DNA as the alleged father’s sample. If there are no biological samples from the father available, grandparentage testing is the next option to be considered. Both biological parents of the alleged father (paternal grandparents) are required to participate in a grandparentage test. Results of this test prove only the relationship of the child to the grandparents, but most government offices treat these results as indirect evidence of paternity. If the paternal grandparents are not both available to be tested, other family relationships may be tested to indirectly determine paternity through genetic reconstructio
