are at home dna test accurate and reliable.?

2 Comments

1. Dark says:

   November 7, 2009 at 12:42 pm

   Ofcourse not! Unless you ave the scientific equipment of extracting the DNA from its biological structure, the strip of DNA inside our genes, founbded in the nucleus of an egg or sperm. And manage to extract alol the genetic info, and retrieve the strip of DNA that makes us all unique.

   Another way, i heard and i its not accurate, is pour some water into a bowl, to see if they are related to each other add a drop of their and the person u want to test blood into the bowl, if they mix they are related, if nto, theya re not.

   This isnt accurate, becuz if they are the same blood group, they mix, nto nesscary related. if they are different blood groups, they wouldnt!
2. bradlepe says:

   November 7, 2009 at 12:42 pm

   Do you mean the tests where you swab your inner cheek and then put it in a vial and send it to a company for analysis?

   As long as the sample is collected correctly, those tests can be accurate. However, I would definitely research whichever company you plan to use to make sure they’re well respected. I remember reading about some company who did this analysis for animals (to prove whether a dog was a pure breed or not) and they were extremely inaccurate.

   That said, it’s probably best to have it done at a hospital or somewhere with a doctor or genetic counselor who’s there to go over the results with you. Otherwise, I don’t see how informative it would be for you.