»  I called around to a few laboratories that perform relationship testing. Your lab is the only one that told me that the result might not be as conclusive as I would like. Why is that?  (Back)

Relationship testing in some cases may not be as determinate as a direct relationship analysis such as paternity testing. In most cases an acceptable answer based on population statistics will be concluded. In rare instances the result is not as determinate as desired. For example: Sibling-A is the full biological brother of Sibling-B with a probability of 73.3667% as compared to a random individual from the relevant race. When a result is reported as in the example, results are subject to individual interpretation. Unfortunately, there is no method of determining which relationship will be very determinate and which will not, until the genetic reconstruction is completed. Please keep this fact in mind when contemplating a relationship DNA test. We disclose this fact to you for your consideration before initiating any type of relationship testing.

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