fake dna test?

Question

is it possible to fake a dna test? a guy took fingerprints off a glass i used the other night and had a test done to see if i am related to him. i get a copy of the results in the mail today and it says that he is my father. could the test results be fake? what should i do? i don't know...... :(

i'm 17 and i dont have parents. i live with friends

Answer 1

dna is not done with fingerprints. it's done with a buccal swab or blood. yes, it's fake!

Answer 2

YES, you can get DNA from fingerprints. It is done more frequently in the UK, but very rarely in the United States.

Unless this guy is a cop, or FBI, or works in a DNA genotyping lab however, he may have faked the whole thing.

After all, why would some lab send you the results of a test that he submitted? They don't know you, and you didn't request the test. Besides, labs that do common genetyping to establish paternity may not even be equiped to handle something like DNA extraction from fingerprints.

In addition, unless he put on gloves to collect the glass, and bagged the glass in plastic before delivering it to the lab, he probably contaminated it with his own DNA, making the results suspect at best.

If you want to know, offer a real DNA sample from a cheek swab and let him pay for the test again if he is so sure.

Answer 3

This guy is a fake.

Yes, it is possible to get minute quantities of DNA off fingerprints.

But the problem is, how does he know that HE didn't contaminate them? Why didn't he sample saliva from where your lips touched the glass? Why did he not approach you?

Either tell him to get lost, or tell him that you want him to do another test, open and up-front, at a reputable company where he has no contact with your samples. Talk with a doctor or a lawyer to find out what company to use.

Really, I think he'll take off if you insist on that. I'd say he's a creep.

Answer 4

It is unlikely that the DNA test was completed in such a short amount of time... you mention "the other night". You may have gotten a copy of some results, but check out where they actually came from and their validity. As the others said, you cannot get DNA from fingerprints; I would recommend you RUN in the opposite direction from this guy - the results you recieved may be real results from SOMEone, but not from you. If he continues to bother you, inform the police. The information he has given you certainly does not seem to indicate that he is any relation to you, and it sounds awfully shady. Watch out!

Answer 5

DNA can't be taken from latent fingerprints. Its usually a swab of inside of your cheeks.

Since people can be bought (its the price the is the question) it is possible to fake a test.

As far as the father thing goes, I would have that test done by professionals to be sure.

Answer 6

If it was from a kit then yes, he could have had someone else fill out the kit. Mark can't be the dad unless you left something out because the time from isn't even close. Your whole Mike story is confusing but unless you were with him 14 to 15 months ago then he can't be the father either. I suggest that you find a way to get him to take a supervised DNA test and make sure it isn't his military buddies doing the supervision.

Answer 7

DNA test cannot be faked. and a test can be done on finger prints. I think your real question is what should you do if this person is your real father--- You are 17 as far as the law is concerned this is the one year that you are a minor but cannot be made to do what you don't want to do --you don't belong to a parent or the government. What do you want to do. You are with friends ,are you safer with your friends or with a parent. Do you trust this man who has tested to be your DAD-- CAN YOU ACCEPT HIM AS A GARDIAN AT THIS LATE STAGE IN YOUR YOUTH. TAKE IT SLOW DO WHAT IS BEST FOR YOUR WELL BEING

Answer 8

it could not be right because dna can not be found on a fingerprint so probably the guy payed the results guy or i really dont know but yeah i dont believe it is possible to get dna from a fingerprint

Answer 9

No, that couldn't be faked. What incentive does the lab have to lie to you?

Anyway, you can't take DNA from a fingerprint. They're different things entirely.

Answer 10

That's a good question i don't think there is fake dna testing according to the technology that we have today and the science that has brought us to dna testing.

Answer 11

genetic fingerprinting, DNA testing, DNA typing, and DNA profiling are techniques used to distinguish between individuals of the same species using only samples of their DNA. Its invention by Sir Alec Jeffreys at the University of Leicester was announced in 1985. Two humans will have the vast majority of their DNA sequence in common. Genetic fingerprinting exploits highly variable repeating sequences called minisatellites. Two unrelated humans will be unlikely to have different numbers of minisatellites at a given locus. In STR profiling, which is distinct from DNA fingerprinting, PCR is used to obtain enough DNA to then detect the number of repeats at several loci. It is possible to establish a match that is extremely unlikely to have arisen by coincidence, except in the case of identical twins, who will have identical genetic profiles.

Genetic fingerprinting is used in forensic science, to match suspects to samples of blood, hair, saliva or semen. It has also led to several exonerations of formerly convicted suspects. It is also used in such applications as identifying human remains, paternity testing, matching organ donors, studying populations of wild animals, and establishing the province or composition of foods. It has also been used to generate hypotheses on the pattern of the human diaspora in prehistoric times.

Testing is subject to the legal code of the jurisdiction in which it is performed. Usually the testing is voluntary, but it can be made compulsory by such instruments as a search warrant or court order. Several jurisdictions have also begun to assemble databases containing DNA information of convicts.

The United Kingdom currently has the most extensive DNA database in the world, with well over 7 million records as of 2007: The National DNA Database (NDNAD). The size of this database,and its rate of growth, is giving concern to civil liberties groups in the UK, where police have wide-ranging powers to take samples and retain them even in the event of acquittal.