Paternity or DNA Testing

[shakespeare]

DNA testing for disease states will become popular in the near future and will most likely be something you can have tested at your local pharmacy. I work in the pharmacy industry and this is an avenue we're looking at to increase the health profile in retail pharmacy. Some of the things that could be identified are propensity to certain disease conditions, or even down to a fitness level - how your body would respond to physical training/weight loss etc could be identified through your genetic make up. This is already quite widely available in the US. Paternity testing could open all kinds of cans of worms though!

[Frankenstrat]

Dyldo, I feel certain that you have the right to that information under the Freedom Of Information Act. But like Shakespeare says, you may not appreciate what you find out, so there could be a very valid reason for protecting you from revealing who your biological father is. You should ask your family WHY they won't tell you. Maybe it's too unpleasant for them to divulge?