Question

if i had an amniocentesis when my kids were born, would that record mine as well?

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Judith,

Add DNA to the tag for this message and the people who know about the subject will see the question.

Thanks,

Answer 1

I think you are wondering about DNA.

Amniocentesis typically wouldn't include the kind of DNA testing that's done for genealogy. Amniocentesis is done to look at the fetus' chromosomes -- looking for abnormalities like an third copy of one chromosome -- and if there's concern about a genetic disease they might test for the gene(s) for that disease. That's very different from the DNA tests for genealogy purposes.

Also, amniocentesis testing looks only at the chromosomes of the fetus. I think the parents might also be tested if there is suspicion of an inherited chromosome defect, but if they did that, they'd collect samples from each parent.

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The can use them for paternity tests so why not this

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Paternity testing during amniocentesis would require DNA testing of a sample from the fetus and a sample from the presumed father(s) and probably also the mother. That would be over and above the standard amniocentesis testing that Judith appears to be describing.