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Kinship Testing
Testing Steps
A DNA test involves essentially 3 steps:
1. SPECIMEN COLLECTION
Once we have received your order, arrangements for specimen collection will be made, depending on if you have ordered the at-home or court-ready kinship test. If you have ordered our Court Ready Kinship test, our Scheduling Department will contact either the requesting or testing parties (depending on the test being ordered) to arrange for a specimen collection appointment at one of our 5000 convenient specimen collection sites. If you have ordered our Curiosity Kinship test, our Kit Shipping department will send you specimen collection kits.
2. LABORATORY TESTING
Once the samples are received by our laboratory, the following steps occur:
- Samples are assigned a unique bar code and are logged into our laboratory database
- Samples and paperwork are examined for completeness
- Samples are analyzed
- DNA profiles are triple checked
- Reports are generated
- Final report is verified by Ph.D. Laboratory Director
3. DISTRIBUTION OF RESULTS
Upon completion of the test, results will be distributed to the parties indicated on the application form.
Results
The results of a kinship test can take anywhere from 5 days up to 2 or more weeks, depending on the complexity of the test and the DNA technology that is used in the analysis. All results will be notarized and will contain the following information:
- Names of Tested Parties
- Date of Specimen Collection for each Tested Party
- A listing of the individual DNA profiles for each Tested Party
- A Statement of the alleged relationship and the testing assumptions
- A Combined Kinship Index
- A Probability of Kinship
- A statement of Conclusion
- A statement of laboratory accreditation