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One of these two brothers is definitely the father of my son. They are full blood brothers having the same mom & dad. Neither is a twin. The courts ordered a "exclusion" paternity test done in 1998, The older brother took the paternity test while the younger brother never took the test. The results came back that there was a 96.2????% the older brother could not be excluded from being the father. From what I was told it was a 6 marker test. (I am not sure what that means. I just started nursing school) I wanted to know if given that only the older brother was ever tested is the test valid or should there have been a different test to determine paternity given that the alleged fathers are full brothers? From the what the laywers explained it, the test was "a test to determine who wasn't the father rather than who was" if that makes any sense. I am trying to find the actual paper work so I can quote but I hope this explains it better. This was done back in 1998. This is about my son who is now 18 and is going into the Army. He asked me so I am trying to find out for him. Thanks in advance Lisa
Re: If paternity depends on 1 of 2 full bio brothers and only 1 is tested?
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