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In a recent post, we received the following inquiry about motherless testing:

People around town are saying that my daughter doesn’t look like me. When she was a baby she looked like anyother baby, so it wasnt till she got bigger that people started talking. Some people are even saying that my exwife cheated on me when she had my daughter. I want to do a paternity test to see if my daughter is mine but her mom left town. Can I still have a DNA test done without her? If so, how do I get one? If not, what should I do?

This father’s situation is more common than you may think. There are a number of men who find themselves in the same situation, trying to find answers about their fatherhood when the mothers of their children are not around. The good news is that even without your child’s mother around, you can still take a DNA test to verify your paternity.

To determine paternity, you can undergo what is called a motherless paternity test. In the motherless paternity test, the alleged father and the child are the only ones involved in the DNA test. After you would receive your free DNA collection kit, both you and your child would swab your cheeks using buccal swabs and submit these swabs to be tested.

Beta offers motherless testing. You can order a free kit for this test in the same way you order a standard (trio) paternity DNA test that includes the mother. Simply visit our order form to order your free kit. For the same cost as a trio paternity test, you can take a motherless paternity test and have your results within 3 to 5 business days after the samples are received by our lab.

Recently we posted a blog about AABB’s statement on motherless testing. Although trio testing is preferred, motherless testing can yield accurate and conclusive paternity DNA test results as well. One major difference between the two types of paternity tests, however, is the extent of testing required. Because the mother’s DNA test sample would not be available, motherless paternity tests require extended laboratory analysis, beyond what is normally performed for trio paternity tests. Despite the extra steps required for motherless testing, Beta offers motherless testing at the same cost as trio paternity tests. The extensive DNA testing experience of our laboratory allows us to confidently offer motherless testing at this reasonable cost.

Visit our Testing Services section for more information on paternity tests and our other DNA test services.

Did you know that Beta has an exclusive offer with DDC to meet your legal DNA testing needs?

As you know, Beta offers DNA testing for in-home, private use only. These services are quite useful for quickly and discreetly getting answers to your questions about paternity and family relationships. Our clients turn to us to provide them peace of mind through their DNA test results. However, many of these clients receive their results and decide that they want to pursue legal action, such as child support, child custody, or immigration.

In order to use DNA test results for legal purposes, the test must be performed using strict chain of custody. Chain of custody process requires sample collection by a neutral third party. Because Beta does not offer chain of custody paternity tests, we have partnered with the world-renowned DNA Diagnostics Center (DDC) to provide chain of custody services to meet our clients’ legal needs.

If you have taken a DNA test through Beta and need a chain of custody test, give us a call at 1-800-798-3810. You will receive a special offer of $100 off your test at DDC. Like hundreds of thousands of clients, including Larry Birkhead, you can trust the DNA testing services and results from DDC.

In recent months, much attention has been given to the new non-invasive prenatal testing and its implications for expecting mothers. Although this technology is still in the experimental stages (and thus not a viable option for paternity or other genetic testing yet), it highlights an important characteristic about DNA: A person’s DNA remains unchanged from conception to death. This means that anyone at any age – even before birth – can undergo a paternity test.

When a child is conceived, genetic information from the mother and father combines. At that time, this genetic information instructs every biological aspect of the child’s development, serving a function much like a blueprint in construction. These instructions remain in the child throughout his or her life, essentially unchanged.

This characteristic of DNA is the power behind paternity testing. It allows the freedom of paternity testing at any age, and with the use of prenatal testing, it can be performed even before birth.

Beta’s staff is experienced and able to test DNA samples from patients of any age through our prenatal and standard paternity testing services. Even if mutations occur in someone’s DNA, our trained laboratory staff is able to identify these mutations and use extended testing to ensure that the paternity testing is accurate.

Contact one of our knowledgeable customer service staff members today to learn more about your options for paternity testing.

With the announcement of the discovery of “semi-identical” twins last week, now is an excellent time to review Beta’s twin zygosity test services.

Doctors often identify twins based on the number of placenta present at birth, but sometimes this is overlooked. The twin zygosity test offered by Beta is a useful tool for identifying identical and fraternal twins based on their genetic similarities.

Identical twins result from a mother’s egg being fertilized by one of the father’s sperm and then splitting early in the development of the fetus. In this process, the two embryos that form will develop into two siblings that are essentially genetically identical. They will also share the same placenta. When comparing the genetic profiles of the two siblings, they will match at every marker.

Fraternal twins, who are more common than identical twins, arise from the union of two of a mother’s eggs with two separate sperm from the father. The fertilization of the two eggs typically occurs at the same time, however it is possible for one egg to be fertilized after another. In this way, fraternal twins can in fact have two different fathers. Fraternal twins use separate placentas and are as genetically similar as non-twin siblings.

The newly discovered semi-identical twins are combinations of identical and fraternal twins. They form from the same egg, but the egg is fertilized by two separate sperms, so the twins end up having identical maternal genetics but different paternal genetics. This situation is quite rare and can be accompanied by congenital conditions easily identifiable by medical doctors.

If you or your relatives are twins, you may consider taking a Twin Zygosity Test. To learn more about or to order a Twin Zygosity Test, call us at 1-800-798-3810 today.