The Fetal Cell DNA Test
While there are numerous ways to test paternity, many testing laboratories now market a new non-invasive pre-natal paternity test that can be performed as early as 13 weeks into the pregnancy.
This new fetal cell DNA test uses the mother’s blood to isolate the DNA of the fetus and then compares it to the alleged father’s DNA collected from a buccal swab, hair sample or even forensic samples such as a toothbrush, water bottle or chewing gum – no blood sample is required for the would-be Dad . As of the writing of this article, the test runs about $1000 – more if you have multiple paternal samples to be compared – and results can usually be obtained within a couple of weeks.
In theory, this new testing process is a great alternative to the invasive pre-natal tests: CVS and amniocentesis. However, there are some questions regarding the accuracy of this type of test and as a result, some laboratories have declined to offer it until further studies can be done.
Currently, this test is not endorsed by AABB-accredited laboratories and because the father’s sample is not validated, the test would likely not be admissible in a paternity suit.
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WARNING- this type of test is unreliable!!! there are many companys and “labs” that offer the non invasive prenatal dna test that claim it is 99.9percent accurate. Unfortunatly my boyfriend and i fell for this amd forked out well over a thousand dollars to do this test because there was one other possibility of paternaty for my daughter. we wanted to know while i was still pregnant so we preformed the test (which EXCLUDED my boyfriend as the father). We were heartbroken. to his credit he said he wanted to step in and be the father, we tried this but the stress was too grat and we split up. I told my whole family (and his) that my child was not his. I then took the ONLY other canidate to court for child support. The dna results at the accredited lab showed that this man was also EXCLUDED. i wasnt with anyone else. DNA PLUS is a SCAM that has cost me time money heartbreak and embarassment. Imagine the look on my boyfriends face when i had to explain to him that after much research i found out that DNA PLUS lied to us. the accuracy of the non invasive dna test is LESS than 75%. He walked out on his daughter thinking she was not his and missed vital parts of her development that we can never get back. This destroyed our relationship and hurt scores of our family members.
WE WERE LUCKY>>> imagin how many women went and had abortions or gave up children for adoption based on these bogus results from DNA PLUS????? Imagin how many fathers have children they think arent there children? think about how many lives this has screwed up? And why? All so some heartless man could get rich quick. He should not be able to get away with this. My boyfriend and i are re testing (which WILL be positive). after that Im going to sue the lab. If anyone else has been victimized by DNA PLUS (based in southern california) please come forward. put asside your embarrassment. I feel stupid for falling for this. I also feel like DNA PLUS directly lies about the accuracy of this test and IT NEEDS TO END NOW, befor they hurt more people. I know there are more of you out there…please come forward (o2trippy@aim.com is my email)…we can stop this scam before it hurts anyone else. What this “lab” did to us is INEXCUSABLE and UNFORGIVABLE. we have to end this now , no matter how embarrassing your situation may be you need to realize whatever mistakes we made regarding the paternaty of our children pale in comparison to what DNA PLUS did to us. Help me fight this, we have a better chance if we stand together. I KNOW Im not the only one who was hurt by this….PLEASE help me stop it from hurting others. please
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HI,
I am in the process of having the non invasive prenatal testing done. My babies alleged father is actually the one who came forward with wanting to do this test. It is a very complicated situation because we live literally across the whole united states from one another. He is the only one testing because he is the only one who needs to be tested. I am so curious to see what they will come back with. I read about this scam after he already paid for everything. Which sucks. I know he wanted to find out the answer for sure because he wants to start participating and now we just have to wait longer because I can’t do any other kind of testing being I am already 26 weeks!! I swear I can’t believe the scams out there. These people must be sick in their head to do this to people. Peoples hearts and minds and not to mention $$ that could have gone towards raising the child instead of literally flushing it down the toilet!! Ill let you know the outcome…..
@greeneyes27, I hope the test works for you. Please do come back and let us know, though. There are a lot of people in your position (me included) that would love to know whether these types of tests are getting reliable results. Thank you.