I was watching Maury when I got home, and I'd previously been thinking about my friends, who are identical twins. Thinking of them at the same time of watching the results of a paternity test made me think. Are paternity tests successful when twins are fighting over who the father is? There's not really a way to tell by the look of the child, if they are identical twins. Does this mean they have the same blood, and that a paternity test would say that they are both the father? I was just wondering...
2007-01-19 09:44:45 · 9 answers · asked by Riot 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
Sometimes, a paternity testing question involves two alleged fathers who are identical twins. Can you determine the paternity of the child using identical twins? No. You can exclude and determine non-paternity but you cannot include them.
Twins have the same DNA and therefore, if they are alleged to be the father of a child, the results can only determine that neither twin is the father of the child in question or that one of the twins could be the father but it would not be possible through DNA testing to determine which twin is the father.
2007-01-19 09:58:41 · answer #1 · answered by SassySours 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have news for you...if that child was legally placed for adoption and the adoption has been finalized, no judge will authorize a dna test as the child is now the lawful child of the adoptive parents (in this case, the aunt). And even if you did manage to get a dna test done, you still have no rights to the child as you cannot overturn an adoption. And what if the child isn't even your's? Frankly speaking, you left it too late and that is what the judge will tell you. If you had wanted to be a daddy, you needed to have done something about it three years ago when she first alleged you were the father. All you can do at this point is to hire a lawyer to see if there was a legal adoption. If there was, that is the end of it. But if the child was placed informally with no adoption (not sure you can believe your ex), then you can go to court to ask for a dna test. If the dna test confirms your paternity, you may be able to go to court to ask for custody but if the child has been with the aunt for three years, the judge may decide to leave the child where she is as it will be too disruptive to move her and you didn't do anything about custody earlier when you had the chance. You may end up paying child support...three years worth...to either the aunt or the state, depending on who is paying the bills now. You need a lawyer...go get one. Good luck and God bless.
2016-05-23 22:38:21 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When dna labs do paternity tests, they take a sample of the mothers blood, and a sample of the father(s) to be tested, both blood samples are taken with proof of id approved by a jp, and the chain of evidence from the lab cannot be broken. Identical twins can only have the same father, however, if the mother in question is the twin her dna would match 1/2 of the childs, and so would the aunt, the father makes up the other half of dna, and so the test would still be correct.
2007-01-19 10:08:02 · answer #3 · answered by mumof5 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If they are identical twins then they have the same DNA and the test will show both to be the father.
2007-01-19 09:48:50 · answer #4 · answered by Melissa 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Only fraternal twins have different dna. Identical twins have the same dna. This is the only case where two human beings will have the same dna.
2007-01-19 09:50:28 · answer #5 · answered by micg 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
not in the case of identical twins since they share the same exact DNA. fraternal twins would be different
2007-01-19 09:49:50 · answer #6 · answered by kleighs mommy 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
they couldnt tell through a paternity test since they are twins they will have to give them lie detector test to know for shure. i saw that episode to it is confusing since they are twins and they canot tell through a paternity test.
2007-01-19 09:54:40 · answer #7 · answered by rebecca 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I believe indentical twins also have indentical DNA.
2007-01-19 09:49:59 · answer #8 · answered by The Invisible Woman 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
yet another reason not to sleep with twin brothers...
2007-01-19 09:53:04 · answer #9 · answered by leahivan 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋