Can I do a DNA test with sibling to prove parent partenity?
Hi everyone I would love to get your advice on this.
My father died in 2024 and I've been trying to apply for GEPF Child Pension since he was a member through SAPS, as he was a police officer since 2002. I was given documents to fill at GEPF and was told to bring certain documents one of them being an unabridged birth certificate (certified copy of it) that lists my father.
Apparently my father isn't listed on my unabridged certificate although I use his surname and he's married to my mother. Maybe he didn't fill out a partenity form, I don't know. When I went to Home affairs Bellville I told them I wanted to register my deceased father on my birth certificate, I had affidavits from his siblings and was told affidavits aren't good enough evidence to prove partenity, which made sense to me. All of this I was told outside in the line by one of those workers that you tell your reason for being there. He didn't allow me to go in and said I needed to come back with a DNA test and nothing other, he didn't specify maybe he felt there was no need to, I should've asked more but I didn't. Now I'm asking from you guys. Can I do a DNA test with 1 on my siblings to prove that we share both parents or at least my father? Both my siblings are younger than me and have our father listen on their birth certificates, we share both parents. How specific will the results be? Will the results specify in written words that we share the same father? Do I need to do this process through Court? What companies are best? What do I need to do for Home Affairs to accept and/or even GEPF?