DNA Fingerprinting tests can be conducted to establish the paternity of a child in cases involving:
- Accidental or intentional child swapping
- Property heredity issues (to determine parentage)
- Disputed paternity (who is the father)
- Personal identity of dead in accidents, fires, mass disasters etc.
- Murder, rape cases with evidence of blood, semen etc.
- Genetic linkage of animals, birds, plants, seeds etc.