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Man’s Best Distant Relative: How Much DNA Do We Share with Dogs?
All living things on Earth have a mutual history, and this history is woven into our DNA. As the scientific knowledge surrounding DNA continues to grow, the intricate patterns within this genetic code reveal surprising connections and commonalities across species.
Top 10 DNA Paternity Testing Myths Revealed
The Truth about Paternity Testing Myths Finding out the identity of a baby’s father provides certainty, allowing the mother and child to move on with their lives or help the possible father to assert his parental rights. Moreover, getting a paternity test may be...
How Can a DNA Test Help Me with my Search for my Ancestors?
How Can a DNA Test Help Me With My Search For Ancestors? Completing your family tree can take years of tireless research. Luckily, many websites and other resources are available to help you search for and find long-lost relatives or trace your family’s place of...
Paternity Test While Pregnant is Possible
A High-Tech Prenatal Option for Establishing Paternity In August 2011, DDC unveiled the most innovative test of its kind in the last decade: the first non-invasive prenatal paternity test using SNP (single-nucleotide polymorphism) Microarray Technology, which requires...
Do Siblings Have the Same DNA?
If you have siblings, you have most likely experienced occasions when well-meaning people said you look nothing like your sister or perhaps that you are the mirror image of each other. And when you were born, relatives and friends felt the urge to say you looked just...
COVID-19: There Is a Possibility I Could Be Sick. Can I Still Test For Paternity?
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, people across the world are living with a high degree of uncertainty and stress. While the overarching concern is for everyone to stay well, it is natural to feel anxious. You may be wondering if you will be able to get the vaccine soon,...
What to Do When the Father Is Absent
Having a baby is a life-changing event that is often romanticised by the media, especially in today’s celebrity social-media posts. Although becoming a parent can be magical, the truth is that pregnancy, childbirth, and many years of raising children are hardly ever a...
Paternity Testing When Two Alleged Fathers are Biologically Related
When it comes to UK paternity testing, it is not unusual for a customer to tell us there are two possible fathers that need to be tested for paternity and that those two fathers are biologically related. Not all biological relationships cause issues with testing or...
DNA Testing for UK Passport Applicants
Overview of Proving a Relationship for UK Passports There are many reasons people seek to obtain UK passports. In the majority of cases, the immigration authorities will ask for proof of the existence of the family relationship on which the passport application is...
ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING COVID-19
DDC is Open for Business As the effects of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) are being felt all over the world, it is not surprising that we are taking precautions and reviewing how we can best serve our customers. Our home testing service remains unchanged. Some customers...
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