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From: "Diana" <>
Subject: RE: [DNA] deceased person's sample
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 22:29:25 -0400
In-Reply-To: <BAY119-F34C1746E40DF5F1C9F0AD2E4670@phx.gbl>


Hello Nelda,

I had no idea this was possible. Thanks for letting me (et al.) know. I
purchased the test and am the contact, but I am also my father's sole heir, so
either way, I have legal ownership of the sample.

Diana

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nelda Percival [mailto:]
> Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2006 12:35 PM
> To:
> Subject: [DNA] deceased person's sample
>
> Hi,
> If your decesed person was tested with one company who stores
> the DNA then
> it is possible for a fee to have it sent to the other
> company. If you were
> the one who paid for the test and had control of the
> specimen... If it was a
> person in your group, then you would have to get permission
> from the heirs
> of the person for futher testing and movement of the specimen
> to a different
> lab.
>
> I had written privately to some companies and asked about
> this when I first
> started. Some companies have an unofficial agreement about
> this and will
> work with each other...
>
> write the company and ask if they can provide this service
> and the extra
> cost... You would probably still have to pay the extraction
> fee to the new
> company but..............
>
> Nelda

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