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Hiya my boy is 8 months old and has spina bifida iv recently done a paternity test for the alleged father and i was 100% sure he was my sons father but its come back as hes not.. can the dna be affected with a child with spina bifida.. can this be a false

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Dr. Carol Jacobs answered

No: The Dna paternity test cannot be affected by your son's spina bifida. You will have to consider another partner as the biological father.

Dr Ferguson agreed

Answered 8/29/2015

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Dr. Lois A Freisleben-Cook answered

No: the DNA test is accurate and unaffected by the spina bifida.

Dr Ferguson and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 12/22/2015

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A member asked:

Hiya my boy is 8 months old and has spina bifida iv recently done a paternity test for the alleged father and i was 100% sure he was my sons father but its come back as hes not.. can the dna be affected with a child with spina bifida.. can this be a false

5 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Dr. Carol Jacobs answered

Dr Ferguson agreed

Dr. Lois A Freisleben-Cook answered

Dr Ferguson and 2 doctors agreed

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