The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island, is a smallest state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area.
If the DNA patterns between mother, child, and the alleged father match on every DNA probe, the likelihood of paternity is 99.9 percent. To conduct DNA testing, either a blood test known as Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP) or a procedure called a Buccal scrap is used.
Kinship and Paternity. â¢ DNA analysis can also be used for: â Kinship testing â determining whether. individuals are related. â Paternity testing â determining the father of a. child. â Missing persons/mass disasters. â¢ We are asking different questions than with.