DNA Testing - Why Not

[flipflops]

As I remember my kit took about 10 days to arrive, but of course, you pay on ordering.

It was another month before they confirmed receipt. Said something about special customs procedures. The FF result came in about 3 weeks after that, but the MtDNA was 7-8 weeks making a total of  around 3 months.

[mike175]

I'm yet to be convinced; altruism, in this case, don't come cheap!

It would be interesting to know just how many people have had a successful outcome from DNA testing.

It seems to be a classic case of, until enough people do it, it isn't worth doing

Mike.

[Nick29]

It seems to be a classic case of, until enough people do it, it isn't worth doing

Well, if we all did that, the telephone certainly wouldn't have caught on 

[flipflops]

It seems to be a classic case of, until enough people do it, it isn't worth doing

Not so much a case of 'enough people' as more of 'the right people'.

[Redroger]

A note of caution, in some families it might lead to considerable problems if believed siblings each took the test.i.e. I've taken it, that should do for my son, my brother and his sons etc.

[flipflops]

A note of caution, in some families it might lead to considerable problems if believed siblings each took the test.i.e. I've taken it, that should do for my son, my brother and his sons etc.

I'm having a problem with this do you mean as in #your daddy's not your daddy but your daddy don't know# ?* Or something technical

*http://www.lyricsg.com/67851/trini-lopez/shame-and-scandal-in-the-family-lyrics

[Ruskie]

A note of caution, in some families it might lead to considerable problems if believed siblings each took the test.i.e. I've taken it, that should do for my son, my brother and his sons etc.

I'm having a problem with this do you mean as in #your daddy's not your daddy but your daddy don't know# ?* Or something technical

*http://www.lyricsg.com/67851/trini-lopez/shame-and-scandal-in-the-family-lyrics

I wasn't sure I understood Roger's reply either, but that's also how I read it. If that's the case, they'd be none the wiser anyway and assume that your results will also be the same for them ....   

[flipflops]

It's a risk to be considered, I suppose, like offering to pay for a test on a relative you don't actually know who just might think it'd be amusing to mess it up in someway on your dollar  

[Nick29]

I think with the prices charged, it would be unlikely that anyone would volunteer to pay unless it was a very deserving relative !