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Does a child have the father's blood and not the mothers? Is that why they do a paternity test on the father?

Can a mother prove she is a child's blood mother with the same test?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    What they're testing for is DNA, not whose blood it is. A paternity test is done because while it's obvious who the mother is, it's not always as obvious who the father is unfortunately

  • 1 decade ago

    No, they test the father because they assume the mother would know if she gave birth to the child.

    Children do not get a parent's blood, their bodies make their own. They may share a blood type, but that is not the parents actual blood.

    They test using genetic code or material. If testing for both parents, they use different parts of the genetic material to see if there is a match. If the parts match, the parent and child are deemed to match. Most paternity tests are done by scrapping the inside of your mouth with a small swab. Hope this helps.

  • 1 decade ago

    If a woman had to really prove that she was a child's mother, she could do so with the same test. The way the test works is to compare the gene markers between the two samples.

    A child's genetic makeup will be a combination of the father and the mother.

  • 1 decade ago

    The child has both parents DNA. They do a paternity test on one parent or the pther to identify the DNA that matches. All the DNA a child has will either match moms or dads. It happens at conception. The sperm carries dna and so does the egg. When they meet and create a baby, that child takes on different genes or traits of both parents. That is where the dna comes from.

    In answer to your question... the test can be done on either parent, but why would a mother need to have one done? I think she would remember/have proof that she delivered a child. It's only if a woman steals a baby that she would get busted if they did a test. But, women who do that are sick in the head. They shoudl be taken out and shot for taking someone else's baby. Anyone who can do that is a horrible excuse of a person.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Yes usually when they give a paternity test to a father the mother is tested too.

    Source(s): Myself due to a paternity test.
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    yes..you can prove the paternity of both parents..

    It all has to do with matching up DNA and the child will have certain matches from both parents..

    Its complicated, but do not worry..they can prove who the mother and father is, and it is not really based on blood itself..

    DNA is extracted from blood

  • 1 decade ago

    No, they do paternity tests on males because it's usually really obvious who the mother is. They can be done on women.

  • 1 decade ago

    yes. usually you dont have to considering only a mother can give birth. but in cases where the parent is a chimera then yes they have to do tests. but if they say they are the mother and they are but the tests say their not then they have to do testing to see if that person is a chimera , its rare but it happens. a chimera is when you are your own twin. two babies becoming one, that would mean the person has 2 sets of d.n.a. so thats why their childs blood would say they werent related.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    They can tell if their DNA appears similar, but they cannot confirm that they have the same father. I would suggest that you get the court to order testing to determine who are the fathers of your children.

  • 1 decade ago

    yes they can because a baby is split up betwween the fater and mothers blood, it has both

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