PATERNITY TESTS

Where there is question as to the identity of parents of a child, paternity testing establishes DNA compatitibility. The following laboratories offer this service and the necessary blood tests/swabs can be taken here in the surgery.

Blackrock Clinic, Paternity Testing Service, Blackrock, Co. Dublin.

Telephone: 2832222 Cost in the region of €570 to test both parents and child.

Prof. J Houghton, Cyto-Genetic Unit, Dept of Microbiology, National University of Ireland, Galway Tel: (091) 750384 Total cost of testing €750

Cellmark Paternity Testing, PO Box 265, Abingdon, Oxon, UK OX14 1YX. Mouth Swab testing. Prices available (sterling) on their Website: www.cellmark.co.uk