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To: yesthatjallen

what about male descendant/ancestor false positive? brother false positive?


3 posted on 01/15/2020 7:44:54 PM PST by SteveH (intentionally blank)
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To: SteveH

DNA tests don’t have positive/negative results. They have percentage matches. The level of match would indicate that a sample was from a relative and not the perpetrator. False positives are not a thing in DNA.

Contaminated samples or planted samples are though.


6 posted on 01/15/2020 7:53:06 PM PST by Valpal1
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To: SteveH

And if the actor had a identical twin?


8 posted on 01/15/2020 7:59:05 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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