Can there be a mistake when a paternity test comes back 97% on a father.?

my exhusband took a paternity test and it came back 97%

It's possible that it's in error. If it was a PCR "buccal swab" test, it's not as accurate as the RFLP blood test.

The advantage of PCR is that it's quicker, 3 to 9 days to complete, vs. 10 to 14 days for an RFLP analysis.

97% is very high...it rounds off to 100%. Ask the testing facility how to interpret the results.

I think these things are still prone to error. (i.e. the paternity test could be wrong, but this is highly unlikely - for every 100 tests taken, only 3 will be wrong). but i'm not exactly sure, so please check.

With that high a percentage, it's doubtful, but you can re-test again to make sure it was valid.

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