There are currently only two reliable methods of prenatal, prebirth DNA Paternity or genetic testing – Amniocentesis and Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS). Both are also more typically used to detect birth defects with the fetus. There is generally quite a…
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – For three years Olga Lopez desperately searched for her baby daughter who was snatched from her home in Guatemala, until her face appeared in government paperwork for an international adoption. Lopez, along with two other mothers…
The remains of Army Sgt. Charles Patterson Whitler, found in North Korea and identified through family DNA samples, was interred with full military honors at his hometown of Cloverport in Breckinridge County near Elizabethtown, Kentucky this summer. Whitler a member…
Paternity for many is a tough issue, both emotionally and legally. Paternity is assigned to men and boys in a few ways. The first is by marriage. Men are automatically assumed to be the father if they are married to…
56 Years ago, two Oregon women, Kay Rene (Reed) Qualls and DeeAnn (Angell) Shafer, were born at Heppner’s Pioneer Memorial Hospital. While both girls were being bathed they were accidentally switched and returned to the wrong mothers. The mistake was…
A Texas mother of twins discovers that they have two separate fathers. The mother, Mia Washington, cheated on her partner, James Harrison, with another man. One of her eggs was fertilized by James Harrison’s sperm and the second egg was…
For years, pregnant and nursing women have been warned to limit the amount of fish they eat, because many fish species may contain high levels of mercury, which endangers development in newborns and fetuses. Recently, National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies…
I just came across an article distributed by CNN announcing the above topic, which made me think about the use of DNA. By Dana Rosenblatt, Special Investigations Unit; June 23, 2010 2:41 p.m. EDT It’s a familiar scenario: When clues…
Norh Robinson 84-year-old World War II veteran and a Mississippi farmer now living in a rural VA hospital, wants Oprah to participate in a paternity test that he says would once and for all prove that he is her father.…
