Choosing the right paternity test

Please choose the type of testing carefully based on your specific need to avoid having to order a retest in the future.

 

 
  • Court Admissible
  • Official Identification Required
  • Photographed
  • Fingerprinted
  • Specimen collected by trained technician to maintain a strict chain of custody.

 

 
  • Not Court Admissible
  • No Identification Required
  • Convenient In Home Specimen Collection
  • Origin of Specimen cannot be verified.
 

 

Understanding your test results

A child has two sets of genetic markers, one from his or her father and one from his or her mother. In evaluating a paternity case, one first looks at what the mother and child have in common. The genetic marker that is left over in the child must come from the biological father. If the alleged father has a matching genetic marker, he is not excluded from paternity. If he does not have a matching genetic marker, he is excluded from paternity in that system.

EXAMPLE (A)

 Mother

Child

Alleged Father

Allele
10  15

Allele
10  22

Allele
17  22

EXAMPLE (B)

Mother

Child

Alleged Father

 Allele
10  15

Allele
10  6

Allele
17  22