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What happens if the mother swabs herself as the father in a at home do it yourtself dna kit?!?!?

or if the mother/father switches a swab from another child? can they tell the gender or any of that? its kind of starnge... u almost have to watch n be present when they do it n when they deliver it to the mailbox to make sure nothing fishy goes on. What r ur thoughts on this? I been seeing a lot of these do it yourself home kits lately... wondering what to think of them. i mean what if someone swabs the mother as the father or visa versa... or swabs a different kid as the kid in question?

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  • 8 years ago
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    Well, the "father's" DNA results will contain the surprising news that he is in fact a woman (XX chromosomes versus XY). And any information discovered will be paired with the name/information sent in with the DNA sample.

    Nothing "fishy?" You provide [hopefully] accurate information with a DNA sample. Sample is tested and mail is returned with information discovered.

    If the data is being kept at the testing site for genetic research, it may be thrown out as an obvious outlier and introduced error. Otherwise it'll just confuse things.

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