What can I test with a DNA Test?

What can I test with a DNA Test? Types of DNA test available in South Africa.

Testing DNA is a simple enough process – painless and relatively inexpensive. When you use DNA to test something the DNA testing company will need a sample – something like clothing or a tooth brush that has been used but the other person. From this they can take DNA and test it to see what the DNA is. They can then determine things like paternity and the sex of the person. Once you have sent the sample it takes about 10 days for the results of the DNA test.

Home Paternity Test – tests to see who is the father and who is the child and if they are father and child. – costs about R1500

Legal DNA Testing – this is if you want to use the results of a paternity test, or DNA test, in court. Lots of paper work and ID required.

Immigration DNA Testing – Used to see if the children really are the children of the parents.

DNA Maternity Test – tests who the mother and father are. It is used by adopted children to find who their real parents are. – costs about R2000

DNA Infidelity Testing – test stains on clothes to see who your partner has been with – can tell what sex the mixed stains are – used to see if your partner or spouse has been unfaithful to you.

Genetic predisposition test – This DNA test tells you what diseases you may be in danger of getting – covers about 25 major diseases like heart diseases and cancers. So if you have any diseases in your family and are worried that you may also get them – this DNA test will tell you what you chances are.

Ancestry DNA test – checks your DNA going back thousdands of years – history of your ancestors, where in the world the’ve been and where in the world they originated from.