Can Eating Before a Dna Test Cause a False Result Posted: 01-24-07 06:10am
Just wanted to know if eating before the
test effect the test .I was trying to find
a birth father and he was the only person
yet the test came out that he was not the
father .
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Makoto
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 16 Jul 2006 Posts: 263 Location: Japan
Posted: 01-24-07 08:22am
Your dna does not change no matter what
you eat.
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What-to-do?
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Jan 2007 Posts: 26 Location: Scotland
Posted: 01-24-07 09:41am
Absolutely right, your dna is fixed but
there could be a solution. If you are
absolutely sure there is no other person
involved, have both of you checked for
chimerism. This is a rare condition
where you can have different dna in
different parts of your body as one (or
both) of you were conceived as a twin but
absorbed the twin early during
development. Might be worth bringing up.
But as said before, eating does not
change your dna no matter what you have
eaten.
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Jules
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Posted: 01-24-07 09:47am
If the dna sample was taken by using a
swab from the mouth, were you present when
the 'father' did his? Could he have
possibly got someone else to do it in
order for the result to show he is not the
father? Just an idea!
