Nowhere do I find, in the test results, that it proved that Brandy was the mother. The fact that DS didn't allow the child to stand (Danny held her on his lap), it was difficult for Dr. Day to assess the height and size of the child. It appeared to her that the size of the child's legs were that of about a 6 year old, not an eight year old that Brandy's child is. The child presented was not allowed to be seen nor photographed for identification. Why all the secrecy on DS's part? ~ unless there was something to hide! The child was required to remain laying down in the back seat of his pickup (for 30 minutes!), covered up at all times, and DS took her out only for the collection of her mouth swab - head covered. I do not believe that the child presented was indeed, Brandy's birth child.
Jodi, perhaps you weren't around when the results from the DNA lab were posted
on Page 29 of the Paternity test thread. (Note: This particular thread was moved to "3ABN Other", a semi-private area of Advent talk to protect the child involved and can only be accessed by members who are signed in.)
There, member Nosir Myzing attached a picture of the lab results of the specimens collected and submitted by Dr. Lorraine Day and tested by Genetic Profiles Corporation, located in San Diego, CA.
The Director of Parentage Testing, Thomas Gilroy, Ph.D, states:
“The item submitted as a specimen from 15735 MO cannot be excluded as the mother of the item submitted as specimen from 15735 CH. The combined maternity index (genetic odds In favor of maternity) is 1,832,372. The relative chance of paternity, assuming a prior chance of 50%, is 99.99%.”
Please also note that Thomas Gilroy, Ph.D, the Director of Parentage Testing, also states:
“(1)The collection of specimens, for the performance of the genetic testing and analysis that forms the basis for this report, was not in compliance with the laboratories’ established sample collection guidelines.
Thus, the results of this report cannot be considered a legally admissible genetic test for use in a court of law. The tested parties explicitly understand that the result from this test is only for personal knowledge.”
The adults involved in this knew that the samples they were collecting in that Southern Illinois parking lot on their own were for personal knowledge only. In order to rise to the standard of being considered a legally admissable genetic test for use in a court of law, the test would need to have been conducted in an authorized lab by a qualified technician with all of the required documentation.