AboutBeth , MT (ASCP) (5) Expertise I can answer questions about the purpose of a certain lab test and what an abnormal result could indicate. I cannot make a diagnosis.
Experience I recently earned my BS degree in clinical laboratory science. I did rotations in medical laboratories as a student.
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Question Hello,
I will try to give you the short version of this long and ugly story - I have 2 children - daughter 15 and son 13. I know for a fact they have the same father. He is in jail and will be there for most of our lives. My daughter has contacted her biological family and they have welcomed her into the family. However, her biological father is denying that my son is also his. This is a terrible position to be in for all of us. Is there a test I can have done (without the biological father's involvement) to show that my son belongs in the family as well? Perhaps a test that will show both my children share the 2 same parents? The biological father is (and this is being nice) a "wacko" so I'd like to elimate any need for him to participate. Thanks!
Maggie
Answer Maggie,
You can prove that he is your son's father if you don't have a sample from the father. You'd need to use parents or grandparents, though. If you don't have a decent relationship with them, then I suppose that would also be out of the question. After that, you'd have to move on to cousins and that gets tricky. You could try getting samples from both of your kids and proving that they are siblings/ came from the same father from a DNA test as well. The problem might be that when he finds out that they are siblings that he might say that neither kid is his and you'd be back to square one. Since he is alive, you have to have his consent to use any of his samples. You might still have something like some hair in a brush that belongs to him. Without his permission, it wouldn't be legal to do the DNA test. I'd try talking to parents or grandsparents on his side of the family if you can. From there, it's either prove that the kids are full (not just half)siblings and hope that he doesn't reject both of them. If you don't want to do that, then you will have to contact the father. Since the cost of a DNA test is so expensive, you'll probably want to just skip the sibbling route alltogether and contact him after his family so that you don't waste your money. You might also contact a lawyer to see if there are any laws regarding prisoners and DNA tests. The prison probably has a sample of his blood. Whether or not you can use it if it exists, I don't know. The rights of a prisoner, as a opposed to a regular citizen, might be different. You might know whether or not that is the case. It was just a random thought of mine. Well, I hope I have helped. If you have more questions, feel free to ask.
