DNA tests – a thing worth knowing

Are you considering taking a biological relationship test? It’s worth setting your mind at rest.

Many people’s happiness hangs on whether or not they are related to a certain person, or a particular family. Circumstances can lead to children being ostracised from a family, a parent leaving the home early in a child’s life, adoption, or simple confusion over parentage. These can all have lifelong psychological effects on those who have experienced them and in many cases, it’s the unknown that can cause the biggest problems.

I need to know where I come from

However much we try to ignore it, where we come from and who we are related to is important. It helps us to place ourselves as people and to relate our talents, personalities and experiences to those who’ve been before us. Finding out where we belong is an almost primeval urge in us – and one that we’ll only experience where there is some doubt about our background.

How DNA tests can help

If you think that there is doubt about your parentage, or you want to establish a biological connection with other potential members of your family, DNA tests are a good place to start. The clearest and most accurate DNA tests are those that establish who your parents are. For these tests to work, you need a sample of your own DNA, together with DNA samples of those people you think may be your parents. You’ll need their permission for this. DNA tests will be able to show whether these people are your parents – with over 99.99% accuracy.

For relationships that are less close than parentage, DNA tests can still help. Although not as accurate because you don’t share as much DNA with more distant relatives, these tests can still help to show the chances of someone being your brother or sister, aunt or uncle or grandparent. If you are determined to find the family you belong to, these DNA tests can help.

The range of DNA tests available

At International Biosciences, we offer a wide range of DNA tests that can help you to place your family, or to ascertain the paternity or maternity of your own children. These include:

• Paternity DNA tests
• Maternity DNA tests
• Siblingship DNA tests
• Y-STR male lineage DNA tests
• Missing parent DNA tests
• Avuncular DNA tests – for grandparents, aunts or uncles

International Biosciences offer a broad range of DNA Tests and services designed to provide indisputable answers to emotional questions. Whether you seek to establish paternity, prove siblingship or research genealogy, for legal definition or peace of mind, we are able to provide the appropriate DNA Tests at competitive rates, professionally and confidentially. Using state of the art technology we are able to provide conclusive evidence on time, every time. Contact International Biosciences on 01342 850945 or click here to email us.

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