WHEN A FATHER IS MISSING OR DECEASED IS A PATERNITY TEST POSSIBLE?
Yes. When the alleged father is unavailable, missing or deceased, there are several other options available. One’s first option should be a Viability Test on sample, such as stored blood or a tissue sample taken from the deceased alleged father. This sample may be obtained from a hospital, a coroner’s or medical examiner’s office. If usable DNA is found in the sample, a DNA paternity test using those samples as the alleged father’s sample may be performed. When no samples from the alleged father are available then a, Grand Parentage Test is another way to proceed. Both biological parents of an alleged father (paternal grandparents) should participate in a Grand Parentage test which results establish the relationship of the tested child to the donor grandparents; however, most government offices treat these results as indirect evidence of paternity. When one or both paternal grandparents are unavailable for testing, other family relationship tests – e.g.
