Maternity DNA Test
Price: $119
Testing: Child and alleged mother samples
Timeframe: 4 working days from receipt of sample at the laboratories
Due to New York State Department of Health regulations, we cannot offer any peace of mind paternity or relationship tests to New York residents. However, we can offer legal paternity and relationship tests in New York. Contact us or click here for more information.
We do not offer express testing if you choose to send a forensic sample. We can offer express testing only if you use mouth swabs.
Maternity testing by International Biosciences starting from only $119 for testing mother and 1 child. This cost includes our express turnaround time which means your results will be ready and available to you in 3 working days from the day we receive your samples. Our test uses 21 genetic markers to ensure the highest levels of accuracy. Maternity test results are 99.99% accurate and all we need are mouth swab samples from the mother and the child.
Note: We can only guarantee standard result turnaround time when testing takes place solely using oral swab samples. Using a forensic sample for your test may lead to an increase in turnaround time.
Why Would You Need a Maternity Test?
Most of our clients use our maternity testing service in cases of immigration. Because of the conclusive evidence of a biological relationship that DNA testing provides, immigration authorities may require that you present results of a maternity DNA test to provide proof of the alleged relationship between mother and child. Immigration maternity testing needs to follow a very precise procedure and results will be notarised. More information can be found by visiting our Immigration DNA Testing page.
Clients may sometimes carry out a maternity test in cases of adoption. They may seek this test to verify the biological relationship between the adoptee and the birth mother which can help reunite the two.
The Science and Results For a Maternity Test
A maternity test will analyse 21 genetic loci (loci are specific points or DNA locations on the DNA sample). For a conclusive result, the 21 loci analysed on the DNA profile of the child and the father will need to be an exact match. Maternity testing also involves a calculation using all the values generated from each specific locus – this value must yield a result that is higher than 99%. In rare cases, when the mother is not included, the final result gives a probability of maternity that is lower than 99% and this is considered too low to be a conclusive result. In such cases, it is important to have the father’s sample in order to get a stronger result and increase the probability of maternity.
Results will clearly exclude whether the tested mother is the biological mother of the child with a probability of 100%. If the tested mother is the biological mother, the result will show a probability of 99.99%.
How To Collect Your Samples
Sample collection for a maternity is by means of our home sample collection kit which will be sent out to you as soon as we have confirmed your order. If the mother and children live in different locations, International Biosciences can send kits out to multiple locations. Using our kit makes it easy and quick to collect your samples in just a few easy steps using a procedure that is 100% pain free. Samples will be collected using mouth swabs.
