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Subject: If paternity depends on 1 of 2 full bio brothers and only 1 is tested?

Date: Wed May 21 14:00:46 2008
Posted by Lisa
Grade level: undergrad School: No school entered.
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Area of science: Genetics
ID: 1211403646.Ge
Message:

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


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