a positive on a second test? Has anyone ever had a personal experience with a DNA test being wrong the first time?
Were you the mother or the father? (Or even child) Were you the one that requested the second test? What company did the DNA test? Why did you question the original results?
I know that the possibilities of a DNA test being wrong is rare, but it does happen. I want to know about anyone's personal story of this happening to them.
Why I'd like to know: My son was conceived in September of last year. The time of conception was right at the ending of a long term relationship with "M" and a one night stand with a friend, "J". My son was born in June and a paternity test was done with M, but the results came back as 0% chance of paternity. (Test was done with just my son and M, not with my DNA)
J unfortunately is off hiding several states away and I have yet to have him submit for a DNA test.
Here's why I question the DNA test with M: My son looks just like him and has no features of J at all.
I have dark brown hair, pale white skin, and blue eyes.
J has tan skin (Native American), black hair, and brown eyes (those tend to be dominant features)
M has pale white skin, blue eyes, and a dirty blonde/light brown hair
My son has very pale skin, lighter than mine, blue eyes (and no, I don't believe that they'll change. the doctor even told me he thinks they'll be blue since he's 6 months old and they haven't changed) and he has a very light brown hair color, sometimes looks almost blonde.
If J was his biological father, I would just naturally assume that my son would have dark hair if both his parents have dark brown and black hair - but he doesn't, he has a very light hair color.
I know that the DNA test ruled out M (and YES, those are the only 2 possibilities) but my son looks nothing like J and has none of those dominant features that J has.
I want to request a second DNA test with M, one in which I get to choose the company through whom the test is done and that my DNA is tested as well.
But I don't know if this is something I should spend my time, effort, and money on.
Has anyone ever done this and it turned out that the second time around the test came back positive?
And don't get my intentions wrong, it's not that I would WANT M to be the father - in fact, the opposite is true. My son does not and has not had either J or M in his life and has someone as a father to him and I do not need or want any of the other men in his life, but the fact is this: I look at my son every day and see M. I question the test results on a regular basis and it gets to me. I just want to know the truth.
Were you the mother or the father? (Or even child) Were you the one that requested the second test? What company did the DNA test? Why did you question the original results?
I know that the possibilities of a DNA test being wrong is rare, but it does happen. I want to know about anyone's personal story of this happening to them.
Why I'd like to know: My son was conceived in September of last year. The time of conception was right at the ending of a long term relationship with "M" and a one night stand with a friend, "J". My son was born in June and a paternity test was done with M, but the results came back as 0% chance of paternity. (Test was done with just my son and M, not with my DNA)
J unfortunately is off hiding several states away and I have yet to have him submit for a DNA test.
Here's why I question the DNA test with M: My son looks just like him and has no features of J at all.
I have dark brown hair, pale white skin, and blue eyes.
J has tan skin (Native American), black hair, and brown eyes (those tend to be dominant features)
M has pale white skin, blue eyes, and a dirty blonde/light brown hair
My son has very pale skin, lighter than mine, blue eyes (and no, I don't believe that they'll change. the doctor even told me he thinks they'll be blue since he's 6 months old and they haven't changed) and he has a very light brown hair color, sometimes looks almost blonde.
If J was his biological father, I would just naturally assume that my son would have dark hair if both his parents have dark brown and black hair - but he doesn't, he has a very light hair color.
I know that the DNA test ruled out M (and YES, those are the only 2 possibilities) but my son looks nothing like J and has none of those dominant features that J has.
I want to request a second DNA test with M, one in which I get to choose the company through whom the test is done and that my DNA is tested as well.
But I don't know if this is something I should spend my time, effort, and money on.
Has anyone ever done this and it turned out that the second time around the test came back positive?
And don't get my intentions wrong, it's not that I would WANT M to be the father - in fact, the opposite is true. My son does not and has not had either J or M in his life and has someone as a father to him and I do not need or want any of the other men in his life, but the fact is this: I look at my son every day and see M. I question the test results on a regular basis and it gets to me. I just want to know the truth.