DNA test

noun

: a test that examines DNA and that is used to identify someone or to show that people are relatives

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The assaults resulted in pregnancy, and a DNA test confirmed that Sullivan was the father of the child, the district attorney's office said. —Kerry Breen, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2024

Your wife should contact the relative in question, explain about her DNA test and inform her that she has been contacted by a man claiming he is related. —Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2024

But for the public, Binder said, there’s a much more practical way to help solve cold cases like Yager’s: donate your genetic information by taking a DNA test offered by a commercial genealogy database. —Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2024

However, the technology rapidly developed in the ensuing decades, and in the early 2000s, a DNA test linked Ridgway’s saliva sample to DNA collected from murder victims. —Christian Mysliwiec, Fox News, 20 Apr. 2024

Eventually, a DNA test revealed Figueroa was not the infant’s mother, the outlet reported. —Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2024

Even if he wasn’t related to any of them, Mr. Lee figured, maybe a DNA test could still provide other answers that had eluded him. —Emily Cochrane Caroline Gutman, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024

During Keeping Up with the Kardashians' season 7 premiere, Kris suggested that Khloé take a DNA test to give herself peace of mind. —Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024

Investigators later confirmed the real Woods’ identity after obtaining a DNA test. —Dell Cameron Andrew Couts, WIRED, 6 Apr. 2024