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After every major disaster, it will need to be proven or disproven which persons died and or whether children who cannot speak for themselves and are being claimed by adults are really biologically related to  that adult.  One of the ways the people in charge can make certain that they are turning over a minor child to a biological relative would be to conduct a DNA test.  There are many DNA tests which can prove beyond a shadow of a doubt whether a biological relationship between claiming parties truly exists.  

How can this be done? Well several ways, including but not limited to Genetic Reconstruction, under which the following testing fall: Paternity DNA testing, Maternity DNA testing, Avuncular DNA testing (using an uncle or aunt) , Siblingship (using known or proven brother or sister), Grandparentage DNA testing (using one or both grandparents). Forensic DNA testing may also be employed to determine whether a deceased person was a child’s actual parent and / or whether a surviving child is truly an orphan or related to a living person who is trying to claim that child.  Recently the earthquake in Haiti has left thousands of children orphans, however, among these children there may be ones who may have a surviving relative, or several surviving relatives.  One can almost be sure that the authorities will rely on DNA testing to prove biological relationships for the smallest ones who cannot speak for themselves to identify their relatives who are trying to claim them. Also, it is almost certain that the government may resort to DNA testing to identify deceased persons.  It is amazing just what a DNA test can reveal!  Genetic reconstruction uses a series of testing to determine whether a child is related to an alleged father’s close relatives. It is an alternate way to determine if a biological relationship exists among the tested parties.  Each person’s DNA profile is unique, but close relatives will share a significant portion of their DNA profiles because of the hereditary nature of DNA.

All that aside, results of genetic reconstruction may also be used as proof in getting Social Security benefit or matters of inheritance claims

When a father is available for sampling the usual DNA Paternity test may be performed.  However when a father is deceased or otherwise not available for testing, a DNA Grand-Parentage Test may be performed using the father’s parents to establish the child’s paternity.  This test will determine whether the tested couple’s child fathered the tested child by establishing biological relationship between the child and the alleged grandparents

For the grandparent’s test the child’s DNA profile is compared with the DNA profiles of the alleged father’s biological parents.  Because a child gets half of his or her DNA from its mother and half from its father, the paternal half should match the DNA passed from the alleged grandparents to their child and thus to the tested child.  The fastest analysis may be performed when the child’s mother participates in the testing; however, a motherless grandparentage test (does not include the child’s actual mother) takes a longer time to process as extended testing becomes necessary.

A grandparentage test may be need to establish biological relationship in some immigration cases, to establish Social Security benefits and in claims of inheritance matters.  The maternity DNA test as well as the paternity DNA test is also fast becoming the norm in immigration cases that claim a biological relationship.  For nearly every purpose, there is a DNA test which may be done to prove or disprove a point, see some of the other DNA tests that the technology now offers.