Prenatal and newborn paternity testing with DNA analysis

• Published in: Forensic science international Vol. 147; pp. S57 - S60
• Main Authors: Csete, K., Beer, Zs, Varga, T.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ireland Ltd 17-01-2005; Elsevier; The Lancet Publishing Group, a division of Elsevier Science Ltd; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Abandoned children; Abandoned newborn; Aborted Fetus - pathology; Abortion, Legal; Adolescent; Amelogenin; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Dental Enamel Proteins - genetics; DNA - analysis; DNA Fingerprinting; DNA testing; Female; Foetus; Forensic sciences; General aspects; Genetic Markers; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Infants (Newborn); Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Male; Medical sciences; Paternity; Paternity testing; Placenta - pathology; Pregnancy; Rape; Rape case; Short tandem repeat (STR); Tandem Repeat Sequences; Tooth Germ; Vernix Caseosa; Foetus; Abandoned newborn; Short tandem repeat (STR); Rape case; Human; Prenatal; Newborn; Forensic science; Analysis; DNA; Forensic aspect; Paternity
• ISSN: 0379-0738; 1872-6283
• DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.09.101

In rape against youthful girls which yields pregnancy after the abortion DNA examinations can be performed from the aborted foetal material to provide evidence of paternity of the suspect. In our present work we demonstrate six cases: four of them are rape cases and two where the mother abandoned her newborn baby. These cases proved that DNA-STR profiles can be determined from foetus after the abortion and perpetrator of a rape can be found. Due to our result we suggest that not only placenta but also bloody vernix caseosa is useful tissue for identifying the putative mother because vernix caseosa can be the carrier of the mother's blood.