Do you think DNA testing is now more accurate?

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as opposed to 15 years ago?We are just as sure that my husband did not father a son that is claimed to be his as the test he had taken almost 15 years ago at 99%. Meaning were 99% sure he's not. It was done in a neighboring town, mailed out of state to a lab, results back in about 3 weeks, the mother and child originally refused to show, until threatened with court contempt, so the specimens were taken 10 days apart from my husband's. It came back as a form letter at 99% that he could not be excluded among general population as the father. Child support, etc, all under the bridge as "child" is 22. Just wonder if you think DNA testing has come further and would be more accurate today? I know 99% is accurate, but just feel it was done in a massive lab, kind of a factory setting, also know that this lab had a venue for nation wide DNA testing to prove fathers were as such, so then makes you wonder if they were after quantity, nailing a father and not accuracy.

Update:

Because I knew I'd get a catty remark, I'll clarify the bio-Mom never even let us see him unless it was convenient for her, although he paid child support like clockwork before and after the DNA test. All she wanted after the test was indeed the child support.

Update 2:

Because I knew I'd get a catty remark, I'll clarify the bio-Mom never even let us see him unless it was convenient for her, although he paid child support like clockwork before and after the DNA test. All she wanted after the test was indeed the child support.

Kestra SpiritNova · Accepted Answer

It appears that it's not the difference between the technology 15 years ago versus the technology available today, but there are different types of DNA testing apparently. This is what I found in my brief research on the Internet that you may find useful. Read this page: http://www.deltabravo.net/cms/plugins/content/content.php?content.168

Basically, these labs can test to 99.0% probability, 99.9%, or 99.99% probability of being the father. The difference in these probabilities changes the likelihood of getting a false positive from 1 in 100, to 1 in 1,000, to 1 in 10,000.

The website link I posted above also recommends checking the accreditation of the DNA testing center. I'm not sure how you do that, but I'm sure it must go beyond looking at their advertisement that they'll give you the DNA results you want.

mJc · Answer

And what good would it do now to prove that his 22 year old son isn't really his?  How do you think this poor kid would handle his so-called dad asking him to do another DNA test?  Get over yourself and leave this alone.  By the way, the accuracy of DNA 15 years ago in determining a parental relationship is just as accurate as it is today.  The results will come back the same.

? · Answer

DNA testing is the same  - why does it need improvement?

percentages in dna stands for the contributions given to the child  - u hafta consider the fact that there is junk DNA that can belong to either parent (the .99% that gets added on the end) and there is genetic markers left over from other donors such as a another sex partner  - a vaj is like its own eco system and precum affects that eco system  - when a woman has sex with the same partner for a long time her womb's environment contains 100% of his genetic material from precum if she has another partner the percentage changes -  it can go down to 85% and lowers with the amount of additional partners that she sleeps with  - 99% says that your husband was the only one she was sleeping with for a while and the kid just ddnt get any of his junk DNA or if she had other partners they wore a condom and he ddnt

Anonymous · Answer

No.  Throughout 15 years, our technology has not improved one bit to determine whether or not semen excreted from one male source is representative of the child produced through labor.

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Do you think DNA testing is now more accurate?

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