What do Paternity Test Results look like?

LegacyUser

Ok... I feel mad writing this but I'm a bit bothered. My bf got a dna test done on a child he had with his ex-gf. At the time I didn't push him to have it so much as removed the obstacles - he said he really wanted it but couldn;t afford it, I lent him the money... Anyway he told me at the time it was positive and I asked to see the results.

It took ages for him to show me them, months later he showed me this pink piece of paper with the usual line "99.999 % positive" etc. But it bothered me that it took him so long to show it to me. And, to be honest, the pink piece of paper didn't look very official, it was typed up in a very "word processor" style, not exactly headed paper or anything. This was an expensive dna test froma uk company, with the samples taken in a doctors office, all very above board. I've looked up online and I can;t recall any info on loci or allenele's like most other tests appear to have in their results....

I just want to know, does anyone else have experience with dna tests and do they look a bit more official than this piece of paper my bf showed me? I know I will probably get some responses about trust issues, and I will probably talk it over with my bf anyway just to clear the air but I would like to know other people's experiences first.

John Mason

any ones that i have seen, are on headed paper with the names of both parties and the result are sometimes shown as a percentage and sometimes as a graph

Femelade

If in doubt...google.

this is what it came back when i searched "paternity test results" under images in google...
http://images.google.ie/images?hl=en&q=paternity%20test%20results&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

LegacyUser

Thanks pink fluffy bunny, I would have expected something on headed paper and "official" looking, although the wording of the sentence was exactly what I've found on the internet there was very little authoritative about it. I'm 99% sure it was a cellmark test, if anyone has experience with that company I'd appreciate advice.

LegacyUser

Op, why would your oh claim that he fathered a child that wasnt his in the first place, what has he got to gain from that?

Unless of course he took your cash and blew it...

LegacyUser

My sister had one carried out, not sure of the company but it def. stated both their names and the childs name as well as the date that the tests were taken. At the bottom then there was a graph that showed about 10 different things (sorry can't think of the actual wordings that were on them) but as far as I recall they were done on percentages, and then the line you talk about where it says something like' the probability of the child tested being related to the father is 99.9%'.

The letter she got was also very official looking and was filled from top to bottom with details.

LegacyUser

Yeah it's a tricky one... What he has to gain is that he can continue on in the child's life as father without any change to the staus quo (though I certainly wouldn't have asked otherwise maybe he was worried about it...)

But then again, he said himself he half-wished it would come back negative.

Anyone any experience with cellmark?

ellie1

Yeah it's a tricky one... What he has to gain is that he can continue on in the child's life as father without any change to the staus quo (though I certainly wouldn't have asked otherwise maybe he was worried about it...)

But then again, he said himself he half-wished it would come back negative.

How old is your boyfriends child? Op, why would he make up these results? Why would he wish he was not the father?I dont know but I cant imagine a man wanting to pretend to be a childs father for the next however many years? Especially a child with a woman he was not going out with.

Obviously he will have developed a deep bond with the child or maybe he doesnt want to know the truth.

Why is this so important?
Why do you not trust your Bf?

LegacyUser

Paternity tests usually arise under complicated circumstances. And they can arouse complicated emotions in people.

I have no wish to change the status quo, but I don't want any skeletons in the closet, we are a partnership. As I already stated, I will bring this up with my bf because it's bothering me and I'm a big believer in communication (how shocking nowadays ) But I'd like to have my research done first.

If anyone has any experience with cellmark I'd really appreciate your help, thanks

Mountjoy Mugger

Cellmark's site shows a sample result.

LegacyUser

Thanks Mountjoy Mugger, that's definitely the wording on his results sheet. So cellmark don't show the loci results.

I suppose I shouldn't be so hung up about the paper and font they used, but you really would expect something a bit more professional looking.

LegacyUser

hmm sounds a bit dodgy. do you think he might have spent the money on something else and deep down always thought he was the father so went with it? maybe he didnt want to dissapoint you by telling you he spent the money elsewhere?

LegacyUser

God I haven't even thought about the money. It's possible alright. I was more thinking that if it came back negative maybe he typed up this piece of paper. Still though, if it was negative, you'd think he'd just make arrangements to continue on as normal without lying about it.

I know it's a daft idea, and typing it makes me see just how daft it is.... I just find the pink piece of typed out paper doesn;t inspire alot of confidence if you get me, and it makes me wonder. If someone came on and said "Yes, that's the way a cellmark test result is" I'd think grand and wouldn't give it a second thought. It's just not the presentation you'd expect

LegacyUser

Ok, I emailed cellmark and just got an email back. Their results are on headed embossed paper and 2-3 pages long, definitely not what bf showed me, but it might be a different compant, though I don't think so.

Jesus, I'm going to look like some nut job bringing this up aren't I, "Is there any chance you typed up your own test results?" Eh....

On a lighter note, who'd pick pink paper to forge something like that?!

Toots

MaybeParanoid wrote: »

On a lighter note, who'd pick pink paper to forge something like that?!

Possibly someone who'd looked on the Cellmark site and literally copied what they saw?

I think you'll have to ask them, as the uncertainty will only keep playing on your mind. The only thing to be aware of is he might/probably won't take too well to being questioned on it.