Prenatal DNA Paternity Test -
The GENETICA DNA Test™
Under certain circumstances, you
may find it necessary to perform
Prenatal DNA testing - DNA test
on an unborn child (fetus) for
the purpose of establishing
biological paternity. The highly
accurate GENETICA DNA Test™ for
paternity may be performed
before birth of the child. The
accuracy of a Prenatal DNA test
is not affected by the age of
the child or fetus tested,
provided that the same rigorous
testing procedures are used in
the analysis.
A Prenatal DNA paternity test -
DNA test during pregnancy must
be performed by obtaining either
a small sample of the placenta
(i.e, chorionic villus
sampling), or a sample of
amniotic fluid that bathes the
baby (i.e, amniocentesis). These
fetal samples must be collected
by the mother's obstetrician,
and their collections pose a
slight risk to both the mother
and the fetus.
In some cases, the mother's
obstetrician may decide to
perform chorionic villus
sampling or amniocentesis in
order to check the health of the
unborn baby. When such samples
are collected from the fetus by
the obstetrician for medical
reasons, Genetica DNA
laboratories can also conduct
Prenatal DNA paternity testing
on the same samples (no
additional sampling is needed
for Prenatal DNA paternity
testing). Just contact Genetica
DNA Laboratories, and our staff
will work with the mother's
obstetrician's office to make
arrangements for DNA testing of
the fetal samples.
DNA testing may be performed
before the birth of the child.
Prenatal DNA Test is only
performed if the mother
undergoes:
+ Chorionic villus sampling
(taking a small piece of the
placenta), or
+ Amniocentesis (collection of a
sample of fluid that bathes the
baby)
In such cases, Prenatal DNA
Testing is performed as an
adjunct to the medical tests
your obstetrician plans to
perform. We do NOT recommend the
performance of amniocentesis or
chorionic villus sampling solely
for parentage determination
because these procedures are
invasive and pose a slight risk
to the mother and the fetus.
Taking of a sample from the
fetus must be approved by and
must be performed by the
mother's obstetrician.
The Child's blood sample may be
collected from the umbilical
cord during birth. In such
cases, we supply the mother with
an umbilical cord blood
collection kit prior to the
baby's birth. This kit contains
all the materials necessary for
collection and shipment of the
umbilical cord blood sample to
our laboratory. The samples from
the mother and alleged father
are typically collected prior to
the birth on the child in such
cases. To request specimen
collection kits for umbilical
blood collection,contact us.
A buccal swabbing of the inside
of the child's cheek may be
performed at any time after the
child's birth. Genetica DNA
Laboratories typically has
results of DNA paternity testing
available within 48 hours from
the time samples arrive to our
laboratory. We also have the
capacity to provide you with 24
hour DNA paternity test results.