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Reporting Guidelines - Paternity

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Reporting

Inclusions

  • The DNA profile from __ (child) is consisitent with having come from an offspring of __ (mother) and ___ (father/alleged father).

I have therefore considered two possibilities:

  • ___ (child) is an offspring of ___ (mother) and ___ (father/alleged father).
  • ___ (child) is an offspring of ___ (mother) and an unidentified male.
  • The DNA profile from ___ (child) in the Caucasian population is x times more likely to be obtained if he/she is an offspring of ___ (mother) and ___ (father/alleged father) than if he/she is is an offspring of ___ (mother) and an unidentified male. For the African American population the number is x and for the Southwestern Hispanic population it is x. (or use appropriate population groups).

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