Thanks to advances in medical technology, DNA testing is now a fairly simple and straightforward process. While DNA testing was previously quite expensive to perform, and only available for specific purposes, DNA testing is now very affordable.

As a result, the uses of DNA Testing has grown to include:

-Paternity testing
-Family member testing

For both of these purposes, the same DNA testing process is used. Both are able to tell with high reliability who is related to whom. For paternity testing, the process involves comparing the DNA of the child to the father. For family member testing (often used to determine proper family trees), DNA testing compares any two family members.