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No DNA kits were necessary in the story that made international headlines recently. A New Jersey father fought for five years to bring his only son home from Brazil, where the boy had been taken by his Brazilian-born mother.

The father, David Goldman, had tried diplomatic channels to have his son returned to him in the U.S., to no avail. The case took a dramatic and tragic turn last year when the mother who had remarried in Brazil, died in childbirth. At that point, the stepfather and his extended family decided they wanted to keep the boy.

Until that time this was considered another divorce case with international complications however the stepfather’s attempts to retain custody over the natural father from the U.S. set off an international outcry.

On December 23, 2009, a Brazilian judge reversed a lower court order and said the 9-year old must be handed over to his biological father. The stepfather says his Brazilian family will not fight the decision.

Around the world there are other cases like this playing out in less public fashion, fathers turning to DNA test kits to establish paternity in an effort to prove a child is his, or perhaps, not. This 21st century DNA technology provides answers that alter the course of a family’s history, and it is done with approximately $80.00 and a cheek swab.

In some cities DNA test kits can be purchased over the counter in pharmacies for as little as $29.99. The early results indicate a satisfactory level of accuracy.

A simple home paternity DNA test kit is not sufficient evidence of proof of paternity in court. In that case, a suspected father will need to provide his DNA sample and proof of I.D. in a certified lab.

Like the boy returning to his biological father in New Jersey, DNA kits can have a profound impact on the life of a family.

Read our previous article on DNA kits for genealogy.

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