Deconvolution rules a tool to solve a complex paternity case where child was chimeric

STR-autosomal markers are among the most powerful systems to solve kinship attribution cases. The Y-STR chromosome analysis is another widely accepted system to confirm the parental relation alleged father-son. Here, we show an unusual Civil trial where a woman (VE) wanted to know whether a man (MR) was the father of her child (VM). Four years earlier, the child had been hospitalized in a Paediatric Onco-Haematology department. He had haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) for a leukaemia disease.

Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series - October 27, 2022 Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: C. Di Nunzio, G. Maione, A. Di Nunzio, C. Scalise, P. Ricci, N. Tinto Source Type: research