DNA testing - recommendations?

Hi,

just found out I may/have a half brother - Does anyone know how we go about getting a paternity test done. I have googled and I get lots of companies come up but i'm worried about them being scammers/not accurate.

Thanks in advance x

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  • My OH used nimble diagnostics.
  • The CSA use Cellmark.
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  • minnie123
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    Jeremy Kyle?

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    Cellmark or Anglia - Anglia were going to do a cheap DIY kit if not needed for legal purposes - here it is
    http://www.angliadna.co.uk/Peace%20of%20Mind
    Price seems to depend on who needs to be tested and what purpose it's for. HTH
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    Yeah we don't need it for legal reasons - I believe he is my half brother but we all just want to be 100% sure.
  • I work in an NHS DNA lab and we recommend Cellmark if we get any enquiries.
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  • minnie123 wrote: »
    Yeah we don't need it for legal reasons - I believe he is my half brother but we all just want to be 100% sure.


    You can't get a 100% yes. You can get a definite "no", but not a definite "yes". It's expressed instead as the odds of that genetic match being found if the father / mother of you both isn't the same, for example, it's 1,000,000 times more likely that X is the parent of you both than not.
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
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