January 2011 Archives

With the softening of political relationships between United States and Cuba, many Cuban families will be reunited sooner.  Since the 1950s, Cubans have risked their lives, left their family members behind and arrived on American soil in search of a better life.  As with many immigrants before them, Americans set up agencies to specifically work with these new arrivals - in fact - we eliminated much of the paperwork other ethnic groups encountered and encouraged Cubans to get to the United States shores and out of the Soviet style dictatorship that is Fidel Castro. 

The majority of the Cuban immigrants set up life in Florida but many made their way further up the East Coast and settled in Union City, NJ.  Union City, NJ became so dominated by the "Cuban" flavor that it became known as "Little Havana on the Hudson".  Since the year 2000, there is a Cuban Day Parade celebrated in June - plans are already in the works for this years event - proceeds go to scholarships for disadvanted children, aid for worldwide natural disasters and other humane organizations.  For over 45 years, Cuban Americans have participated in Union City, NJ's political, social and economic environment. 

These Cuban Americans, now fully assimilated into American life have longed for the day when travel to/from their country would be more direct. President Obama, has loosened travel restrictions and allowed for Americans to send cash to family members in Cuba who are not members of the Castro Administration or Communist Party.  Further, reunification with family members who for various reason did not leave Cuba will now become easier.  Cuban Spouses or minor children of Legal Permanent Residents of the United States, can now proceed through immigration under regular immigrant Visa applications as of January 2011.  If documents are not available to confirm the biological relationships claimed on a Family Based Visas - a simple DNA test can expedite confirmation and reunite families even sooner.  The DNA Lady can arrange for DNA sample collection from the Sponsor in the United States and the Beneficiary (s) in Cuba.

Cuban-Americans form the 4th largest Hispanic population in the United States and also the largest group of Hispanics of European ancestry. 

 

Tucker, a beautiful 7 year old, brown & white haired orphaned spaniel of sorts sat in a big cage in Edison, NJ.  Large, droopy ears, big soulful brown eyes and a bald patch on his butt.  His eyes were ringed in red - he had some kind of allergies.   7 years old in dog time - is equivalent to  49 years in human time.  Really who would purposelly adopt a 49 year old, balding, red eyed guy as your new best friend.  Most people walked by the cage and thought, that ones going no where.  Even the rescue staff had some secret doubts that Tucker wouldn't be adoptable.  You see most families coming in before the holidays are looking for those bright eyed puppies that squeal with delight and wag their little tails like crazy or pure breed dogs that for some reason were left to a rescue force.  Tucker, a wise old 7 year old, didn't get up or wag his tail when you came near the cage.  He just looked up at you to see if there was a treat in your hand or maybe he was trying to figure out if you were going to let him out of the cage.  Either way, there was little reaction from Tucker as we stood in front of his cage but there was something about his eyes and hair color that let you know that one day he was loved by someone, that he was a beautiful handsome guy - he was just another side effect of our economy.  When the Animal Resuce staff asked if I wanted to take him out of the cage - I thought yeah - I just wanted to pet him without having bars in between us.  The staff quickly took Tucker out of the cage and we walked to the front of the building with him - he was playful for such an adult dog, he was sweet and listened to the rescue staff about not jumping up and sitting and "doing his business".  Wow, from caged and sleeping dog to this lively young guy in an instant, just wanting to walk and play and be pet.  The rescue staff put Tucker back in his cage and gave me some of his background.  How sad to think that someone left this poor guy home alone, unkempt, flea and tick ridden and then finally gave him up to a shelter.  Its sad for the dog and sad for the family because we have records that Tucker was taken care of for the first 5 years of his life.

However, if you ever experienced working with some of the rescue organizations, one would think that their method of weeding out new potential adopters should be applied to the human population as well.  Four pages of screening questions, why do you want a dog, where will the dog sleep, who will be the primary care taker of the dog, do you have other pets, who is their doctor, do you have a fenced in yard, will you take care of a "special" needs dog...Does anyone ask these questions to the "16 and pregnant crowd"?  Listen we've spent enough time teaching our children all about sex - as if they wouldn't figure it out for themselves - let's get them to answer the four page questionnaire about adopting a dog to scare them off of having a baby.  Even a baby boomer like The DNA Lady was scared off by the amount of responsibility implied in the doggie rescue questionnaire.  I decided to put such an action on hold, until I could think about it more.  It has only been since 1968 that I wanted a dog.  Let's give it more time.

But Tucker's rescue organization saw a potential adoptor in me and the very next week, when I went back to "see" Tucker with my better half - so he could get to know Tucker - I found myself in a shopping frenzy with the store representative buying Tucker's $200 worth of food, toys, blankets, beds, bones and matching leash - dark brown of course.  In the course of half an hour, Tucker was riding in the back of my car - home to my house.  My better half went to do that thing he does best - he watched a football game in a corner of the house he has declared "the he man's women haters club" - that is, I stay out of the room when he is watching "men in uniforms".  So I walked Tucker incessantly, so that there were no first day accidents.  But then Tucker made his way into the "he man's women haters club" and that is when we realized - Tucker is a man's dog.  He parked his 63 pound self in my better half's lap, nuzzling his nose between hip and chair and made it clear that he needed to be pet, and pet by a man - not that woman who keeps walking me.  Tucker also makes it clear to my neighbors that he prefers the company of men.  Wagging his tail as he barks like crazy at every man that walks by, and ignoring any of the women.  Tucker is a man's dog.  My first dog in 40 years and he is a man's dog.

That got me thinking, what if Tucker was a hunting dog.  Maybe that is why he enjoys rough housing in the snow with my husband, my neighbor and my neighbor's dog - Buddy.  So I did a little reading on the breed that he most resembles - but when you look at Tucker although Spaniel first comes to mind, you also see "Pointer" - as when Sushi the cat comes into the room and Tucker "points" at her - just learned that that behavior comes right before the pounce... Or the red-highlights in his coat - does he have Irish Setter in him?  Would an Ancestry DNA Test determine that his Ancestor's were from Ireland?  As my neighbor said, he has the red high-lights but didn't have to pay for them.  Then there are times that I look at the markings on his head and I see St. Bernard - thankfully there's not much drooling.  If you read all the books on these breeds, you'd be scared to adopt this Tucker.

So the other day, I decided to indulge myself yet again, and I bought a Doggie DNA Kit.  There's a catch, doing a DNA collection on a dog is not as easy as doing a DNA test on a baby.  For one thing, the dog is tired of me chasing him with pills for his allergies, spray for his dry skin, baby wipes to clean the insides of his droopy ears and a brush for that curly reddish brown coat.  So he sees me with these great big Q-Tips coming at him, and runs behind the couch, runs behind the kitchen table or as he did last night - shows me he has 42 teeth and he will use them.  Anyway, I cornered him and pushed the great big Q-Tip under his flappy gums and hopefully got enough Doggie DNA for the laboratory to determine how many breeds are present in Tucker, what are the personality traits and health issues specific to the breeds and some other special advice about a dog named Tucker.  Stay tuned for the outcome - as we come to know more about Tucker we'll keep you posted.  The DNA Test should return in a week or so - let's see if our guess is correct. 

If you adopted a dog and would like to know more about the breeds present contact The DNA Lady.  While we cannot offer Animal DNA testing in our office, we can meet you at a local dog park and perform a Doggie DNA Test on your four legged best friend.

Mas de 1 de cada 10 personas tienen alguna duda sobre quien es su padre biologico, dado que el average nacional de nacimientos de ninos de madres solteras es del 36%.  Con DNA Lady, les damos las respuestas de preguntas de paternidad y otras preguntas de relaciones familiares rapidamente, sin dolor, con compasion y en nuestro local en Nuevo Jersey.  Examinando la paternidad lo mas pronto posible, ayuda a traez paz mental mas rapidamente y evitar le ansiedad y confusion futura de un nino.

La prueba de paternidad establece quient es el padre.  Cada persona nace con un mapa genetico unico conocido como ADN (Acido Desoxirribonucleico).  Porque el ADN es heredado de la madre y el padre a un nino, la identificacion del ADN es de una manera conclusiva para determinar las relaciones biologicas.  Consequentemente, la prueba del ADN es el metodo mas aceptado para determinar la identidad dentro de las comunidades legales y cientificas. 

Los resultados son precisos.  Realizamos cada prueba dos veces independientemente.  Los resultados inclusos son rutinariamente reportados con un 99.9% or mas alto de la probabilidad de paternida y 100% de probabilidad en casos done la paternidad puere ser excluida. 

Idealmente la madre, el nino y el supuesto padre deberan ser examinados.  La muestra de la madre evidenciara que ella contribuyo al ADN del nino, asi que el ADN restante deebe emparejar al supuesto padre para ser incluido.  Sin embargo, usted recibira resultados conclusos sin la muestra de la madre.  Si los padres viven en ciudades diferentes, nosotros podemos coordinar la coleccion de todas las muestras por medio de nuestra extensa red de sitios de coleccion.

Resultados de Pruebas de Paternidad - La DNA Lady - en average, los resultados son obtenidos de 3 a 5 dias laborales. Garantizamos resultados de urgencia que seran obtenidos de 1 a 2 dias.

Ninguna otra compania en esta comunidad (Nueva Jersey) le puede dar todos estos beneficios a un precio economico, considerando que los resultados pueden cambiar su vida radicalmente.  Usted necesita la calidad y certeza, y el ciudad personal de los servicios de la credibilidad The DNA Lady proporcionados pur su inversion.

It's that time of year, and although we're hearing on the local news that filing your tax returns early will not guarantee an early refund, I can't think of a single reason not to get my papers in order, figure out my deductions and start spending my "hoped for" refund -  perhaps a trip to an aqua blue beach - any place that has sun and temps above 80 degrees.   After the last two weeks in the Northeast with upwards of 20 - 30 inches of snow and temps in the teens, who wouldn't be thinking of fun in the sun - even if you love the snow.

Getting back to 2010 tax deductions - if you have a child born in 2010 that you did not acknowledge paternity either at the hospital at time of birth or during the year, and now you need proof, to claim the child as a tax deduction, a court admissible or chain of custody paternity test can resolve any question as to whether a child is yours biologically and can be claimed as a dependent. 

Quickly and confidentially contact your local DNA Lady, bring in your identifying documents and have your DNA collected and results returned in as fast as 3 business days.  Irrespective of the age of the child, if you need to prove to any government office that the child is your biological child, DNA testing is considered the gold standard of human identification.  Minor children must be accompanied by a legal guardian. 

There are also circumstances in which you may not have the biological father available for the DNA test.  If a brother, uncle, father or other confirmed sibling (male or female child) is available for DNA comparison to your child - a simple, non invasive (no needles) DNA Test can provide a probability of relatedness which may be accepted by the Internal Revenue Service as viable proof of dependency, by the Social Security Administration as viable proof of eligibility for benefiits, and by Military agencies responsible for veteran and their families benefits.  It is your responsibility to determine if the DNA test would prove your case, it will be the pleasure of the DNA Lady to provide you with the best available tests.

Keep in mind that there are so many internet based companies these days, that with such personal information at stake, you will want to work with someone who you can follow up with - not an anonymous call center.  Work with your local DNA Lady so that follow up calls, questions, copies can be easily accomplished and without extra, sundry charges.   Know the difference when purchasing a DNA Test - from an accredited vs. non accredited facility and from someone with experience to handle your case.