Besides its ability to settle paternity issues, DNA fingerprinting technology can also be used to help solve criminal cases, reveal the identity of corpses, track the progress of bone marrow transplant patients, and aid research on genetic relationships among and within ethnic groups.
除了解決說不清、理還亂的親子關係外，DNA 比對技術還可以應用在刑事案件的鑑定、無名屍協尋和骨髓移植前後的比對、族群血緣的研究等等。