DNA Testing
Guide to Immigration DNA Testing
Immigration DNA testing is sometimes required for visa and/or citizenship application purposes when the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) requests additional evidence to verify an applicant's connection to their American petitioner. Health Street can assist you with the process.
Establishing Paternity in Texas with DNA Test
Establishing Paternity in Texas is different than other states. Know the laws and requirements to protect yourself and your family.
Being a Father, Offering Paternity Tests
A father reflects on the experience of administering DNA tests to other fathers.
The Difference Between a Bio Dad and a Social Dad
Social Fathers: How Bio Dad vs Social Dad is Used In Paternity Cases
Organ Recipients and DNA Tests
DNA tests confirming identity or immediate family relationships are 99.9% accurate, so when Chicago-based Holly Becker got her results from a consumer ancestry DNA testing company in 2019, she couldn't imagine why the test identified her as someone else. While consumer DNA tests have been revealed to be a scam when it comes to their ability to reveal a person's ancestry, even these tests rarely attribute one person's DNA to another person.
Military Bans DNA Testing Kits for Soldiers
The United States Department of Defense (DoD) recently issued a statement warning military personnel to avoid using at-home DNA testing kits offered by private heritage DNA testing companies like Ancestry and 23andMe. Although the memo doesn't go into great detail about the catalyst for the announcement, it does outline government officials' concerns that ancestry DNA tests are unregulated and produce results that are unprotected from potential abuse. Experts think the announcement is probably related to a recently published study that outlined the security flaws in public DNA databases like MyHeritage and GEDMatch.