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[–] 13 points 1 year ago (1 child)

AncestryDNA would absolutely give conclusive proof of either close blood relationship or lack thereof. In practice, it's just as good as a paternity test.

The only caveats I can think of are:

  • Both parent and (potential) child would have to get the test.
  • I guess if AncestryDNA just completely messed up and represented some random other person's DNA as the parent's or child's, that would give false negatives.
  • Chimerism.
  • AncestryDNA might not be admissable in court.

And of those, the first three are just as applicable to paternity tests as they are to AncestryDNA.

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