TYPES OF RELATIONSHIP TESTS
Maternity
Is most often performed when an adopted child believes they found their biological mother. Also used for immigration purposes.
Grandparentage
The grandparentage test is one of the better relationship tests to perform to determine paternity. It is generally done, by testing the child and the alleged father’s parents
Avuncular
Provides individuals with a statistical probability that a person is the biological aunt/uncle of an alleged niece/nephew.
Siblingship
Determines if individuals are full brother/sister, half brother/sister or unrelated.
Twin Zygosity
A twin zygosity test determines whether twins are fraternal or identical.
Y-STR
A Y-STR paternal lineage test determines whether two or more males are related through a paternal line.
Grandparentage
The grandparentage test is one of the better relationship tests to perform to determine paternity. It is generally done, by testing the child and the alleged father’s parents
mtDNA
A mitochondrial DNA maternal linage test determines whether two or more individuals are related through a maternal line.