A prenatal paternity test is a paternity test that is done before the baby is born. It can be done as early as 8 weeks into the pregnancy. Previous methods of doing prenatal paternity testing involved either amniocentesis, which uses a needle to extract amniotic fluid or chorionic villus It can be done as early as 8 weeks into the pregnancy.
Sibling DNA tests are most often done as an alternate way to determine paternity when the father is either unavailable for testing or unwilling to test. There are different types of DNA testing that will accomplish this.
Because of the fact that the father contributes 50% of his DNA to a child and the mother the other 50% full siblings will share 50% DNA with each other and half siblings will share 25% of the same DNA.
With ancestry DNA testing at an all time high and millions of people in the DNA registry the family tree of relationships often times reveals information that is life changing to persons. Imagine finding out you have a sibling that you never knew you had, or that your parent might not actually be your biological parent.
Some of the things at stake for knowing the truth about your biological father are:
Estate, Inheritance and Probate Issues Child Custody Parental Rights Child Support Inherited Health Issues Adoption (Legal Verification of Biological Parents) Establishing Emotional Bonds with the Biological Father
So what is a child to do if none of the parental figures in their lives will tell them the truth?