Paternity Experts uses modern state-of-the-art techniques to analyze your DNA identification material.  We routinely achieve a probability of paternity of at least 99.99% (or greater) when we test a Father and Child for nonexclusion cases (inclusion) and 0% for exclusion cases.  The enhanced accuracy of the paternity test allows us to only determine paternal parentage without the Mother. The only time we really need to include the Mother in a paternity test is in a situation in which the alleged Father has a Brother, Father or Uncle who also maybe a potential Father, this situation does not often occur.

Order Your Home DNA Testing Kit Today!!

A paternity DNA test has two possible outcomes:

 1.  The tested man is not the father.  The report will say that the alleged father is not the biological father (excluded) of the tested child.  The parentage report will show a minimum of three exclusions.

 2.  The tested man is the father.  If the report says that the tested man is not excluded as the biological father of the tested child, the results will be reported as a statistic known as the Combined Paternity Index.  A Combined Paternity Index of 100 or greater is the accepted standard to establish parental rights in most States.

DNA paternity test Collection kits:  Paternity Experts' DNA sample collection kits include foam tipped swabs and a FTA card. The foam tipped swabs are used to acquire buccal cells (cheek cells) from the inside of the mouth.  DNA samples are collected by swabbing the inside of the mouth to remove buccal cells.  This procedure is painless and noninvasive.  The buccal cells are then transferred onto the FTA card.  The FTA card is pink and will turn white when you have correctly transferred the DNA.  You will throw the swabs in the trash and mail the FTA card to Paternity Experts to analyze.  Once the DNA material  is on the FTA card it will be stable at room temperature for years.  Therefore, shipping the DNA samples via mail is never a problem.

Speed:  FTA card technology allows for rapid DNA processing. Once the FTA card is received by Paternity Experts laboratory we use a small punch (Harris punch) to remove a 1.2 mm circle directly from the card.  The 1.2 mm punched circle is washed and the DNA paternity testing proceeds directly on the washed 1.2 mm punch.  This process is much more efficient then what other laboratories use.  Most other companies use swabs.  Swabs require an extensive hands-on processing.  For example, once a swab is received, the tip of the swab is it cut off and placed into a microcentrifuge tube containing lysis buffer.  The cells containing the DNA are lysed, usually overnight.  The DNA is then removed from the lysis buffer by precipitating the DNA.  The precipitated DNA is washed, dried and then resuspended.  The DNA concentration of the newly resuspened DNA must be determined before being used for DNA testing.  It generally, takes 8-16 hours to process a swab.

Enhanced Accuracy:  The FTA prevents mistakes from occurring.  For example, the processing of swabs requires several buffer changes and microcentrifuge changes.  It stands to reason that the more you handle sample the greater the chance of human error occurring.  The FTA is a single punch placed in only one microcentrifuge tube, thus greatly reducing the risk of paternity samples being mixed up in the lab. 

Safe:  The FTA-treated matrix has the unique ability to kill blood-borne pathogens and protect genomic DNA from microbial and environmental degradation, allowing for long-term storage  of DNA material at room temperature. The FTA-treated card offers the safest and most cost-effective method available for the transport of DNA specimens.  This unique system is the only one of its kind that has been formally approved by the U.S. Postal Service. 

Order Your Home Paternity Test Kit Today!!

Order Your Home Paternity Test Kit Online!