Why Home DNA Test Kits Are Growing in Popularity

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Why Home DNA Test Kits Are Growing in Popularity
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• DNA testing is a forensic means of testing
  biological material in order to establish a
  person's genetic identity, their relationship
  with other individuals, and their genealogy. DNA
  testing is commonly used to establish a child's
  paternity, as well as to determine whether two
  people are related to each other. DNA testing
  used to be time-consuming and expensive in the
  early days of technology, but advances in science
  and medicine have ensured that DNA testing is now
  a routine procedure and can be conducted in labs
  or even the comfort of your own home. Read on to
  learn why more people are using a home DNA test
  kit.
• The acronym DNA stands for Deoxyribose Nucleic
  Acid. The structure of Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
  was discovered by the biologists James Watson and
  Francis Crick in 1953, and they were awarded the
  Nobel prize for medicine for their work. Their
  research did not attract much attention for some
  time but has now become the basis for many of the
  greatest achievements in medicine as well as the
  foundation on which countless court verdicts are
  delivered.

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• Home tests are a simple, painless, and accurate
  method of testing for DNA. Home testing kits
  consist of a simple cheek swab that the recipient
  must scrape the inside of their cheek with, and
  then place in a holding container that will
  preserve the material until it is tested. The
  container is then delivered to the testing
  laboratory either by courier or ordinary mail.
  Home test kits are becoming increasingly popular
  due to their convenience and unobtrusive nature.
  Many companies offer home test kits that are
  fully admissible in courts.
• There are several reasons why people need home
  tests. Firstly, if the parents are unsure about
  the paternity of the child, the primary means of
  resolving the doubt is the DNA test. Testing can
  even be performed while the mother is pregnant,
  although there are some chances of complications.
  The best recourse is to perform the test after
  the child is born. If the child is already born,
  a single lock of hair from the child and from the
  father is more than sufficient for a full,
  reliable test.

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• Secondly, DNA tests are often performed by
  possible siblings who are not sure about their
  parentage or whether they are related. This can
  be done if one of the siblings is in need of a
  medical transfusion or an organ transplant, which
  usually requires the donor and the recipient to
  be genetically closely related.
• Finally, people use home test kits to establish
  their long-term genetic lineage. An example of
  this is the famous Genographic project, which is
  run by the National Geographic foundation. This
  project enables you to order a home test kit, in
  order to reveal your deep ancestry. It shows your
  ancestors' migration patterns over thousands of
  years and also shows the route they traveled
  during those migrations.

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• If you are planning to order a home DNA test kit
  for legal purposes such as a paternity test, you
  will need to ensure that the test is admissible
  in court. Some testing companies are not
  recognized by federal courts and using their
  tests can cause legal complications or get your
  case thrown out of court. As always, it is best
  to seek qualified legal advice before having a
  DNA test done for paternity or other legal
  purposes.
• Home testing is a safe and reliable way of
  getting your DNA test done. It is therefore not
  surprising that more people than ever are using
  home DNA test kits.
• Visit AWAKENS, Inc. (Genomelink) for more
  information on DNA Tests.

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