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Sean “Diddy” Combs recently underwent paternity testing that proved he was the biological father of a 15-month-old girl, Chance. She was born to Combs’s longtime friend, Sarah Chapman. This is Combs’s fourth child.

This DNA test for Combs is just one of many celebrity paternity cases circulating in celebrity news. In recent months, the media has been sprinkled with parentage questions and paternity tests by Eddie Murphy, Goran Visnjic from “ER”, and Larry Birkhead. Even characters on TV shows such as “Ugly Betty” are facing paternity tests.

Because high quality paternity tests from DNA companies like Beta Paternity are so accessible, celebrities and non-celebrities alike are able to quickly turn to our services for quick and conclusive answers to paternity questions.

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Did you know that Christopher Columbus’s origins are unknown?

Theories about his home and family have been debated for more than 500 years, and even today, scientists are trying to uncover his past. Through DNA testing, scientists are attempting to biologically connect alleged descendents of Columbus in hopes of identifying his birthplace and family.

The paternity of Columbus could be one of many different theories: He was a Genoese son of a wool-weaver; he was born out of wedlock to a Portuguese prince; he was a Jew whose parents converted to escape the Spanish Inquisition. The debate continues, but one scientist has collected buccal swabs for DNA testing from hundreds of Spaniards, Italians, Portuguese, and Frenchmen in an attempt to uncover a clue. He believes that by biologically connecting people through their DNA, he may be able to shed a little light on this international mystery.

If Columbus had been born in the present day, he could simply order a DNA paternity test from Beta Genetics and collect his own DNA sample and the samples of his alleged father(s) or family members to identify a biological relationship. Of course, history may have been written a little differently if he weren’t alive in the 15th century to make his transatlantic voyages…

Regardless the outcome of his paternity test, Columbus remains an international hero to many around the world. Happy Columbus Day!

Parents of a 10-month-old girl decided to settle a bar bet once and for all by undergoing DNA testing to prove that their daughter was theirs. The couple, from Czechoslovakia, had been teased at a local bar about the difference in their looks and their daughter’s: They have dark hair while their daughter is blonde.

The couple ordered a DNA paternity test to settle the debate, and when they received their DNA test report, they were shocked by what they read: Their daughter shared NO genetic matches with her parents! Because of this surprising news, the parents have contacted the hospital where their baby was born to learn what happened to their biological daughter. The hospital is investigating, but no answers have surfaced yet.

A simple DNA paternity test, like what Beta Genetics offers, was all that was needed to uncover this serious situation. The parents simply contacted a laboratory and received a collection kit, collected DNA samples (most likely through painless buccal swabs), and returned their samples to the laboratory. Within in days, the couple had the valuable answers that DNA testing gave them and allowed them to pursue the important task of finding their biological daughter.

You can learn more about paternity tests and other genetic services on the Beta Genetics website to see how DNA testing can impact your life.