Why Maternity Testing?
In a recent article from India, a mother was required to undergo DNA testing to verify her claim of an abandoned child. Although this situation requiring maternity testing may seem unusual, this DNA test has many other more common uses for identifying mothers.
Maternity testing is most often used in situations when a child and mother are separated. This could occur in adoption reunification, immigration cases, and even baby mix-ups in the hospital after birth. A maternity test can identify a mother’s biological relationship to her child.
Maternity tests work the same way as paternity tests. DNA samples are collected from the alleged mother and child (the father can be included) and DNA profiles are generated. The profiles are compared for genetic similarities and the results will show a 99.99% or greater probability of maternity (that the alleged mother is the biological mother of the child) or 0% probability of maternity (that the alleged mother is not the biological mother of the child).
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