Home Paternity Test

You Can Use A Home Paternity Test To Put Your Mind At Ease.

It is as simple as going to your neighborhood store and purchasing a home paternity test kit. The directions ask that you use a cotton swab and rub it inside the mouth of the child, the same needs to be done to the supposed father. This process collects the DNA which you then send in to the laboratory. This home paternity test relies on abut 15 DNA markers and is said to be 99% accurate. If you collect a sample from the mom the home paternity test becomes 99.9% accurate.

How do we know if the accuracy claims are accurate if the home paternity test is not under the auspices of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)? It is a situation that is presently being studied by various groups. The home paternity test will cost you around $20, but when you send in the results to be analyzed your processing feel for this will be over $100. The question arises whether the tests run by government entities or your doctor are any more accurate and costing you far less than a home paternity test. With the rising cases of paternity fraud the situation needs to be studied closely as to which test is more accurate and if the results are being honestly reported. Still it is recommended to use a home paternity test, if it is not going to be used in court.

If you want to put your mind at ease and do the right thing for the child, it would be a nice gesture to perform a home paternity test and see where it leads. If it comes back negative you do not have to feel guilty about any obligations to the child you possibly have neglected. The laboratories producing the home paternity test results which you send in are making a lot of money. It is a growing industry.