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What is the minimum age for a child to participate in DNA testing?

April 26, 2017age child dna testing minimum participate

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What is the minimum age for a child to participate in DNA testing?

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There is no minimum age requirement. Buccal swabbing is simple and painless, and can be performed even in newborn babies. Chorionic villus sampling (10-13th week of pregnancy), and amniocentesis (14-24th week of pregnancy) samples contain DNA from the fetus, and can also be analyzed.