Paternity Test
Two person DNA paternity test - Father and Child
Next day results - as standard
UK Accredited laboratory
Paternity Testing from just £99
About Us
For over 35 years Cellmark has been known for high quality court approved DNA testing and excellent customer service. This same high quality service is now available from Cellmark with the added convenience of taking your own samples at home with our simple to use home DNA test kit.
With Cellmark’s experience of testing well over half a million DNA samples in paternity and relationship cases and our rapid, quality accredited laboratory processes, you can have complete confidence that your test is in safe hands with DNA at Home.
In the kit
Our paternity DNA testing kit contains everything you need to take your DNA samples and return them to us for testing.
- A folder with information about Cellmark and the paternity DNA testing kit
- Clear instructions about how to take the DNA samples
- A mouth swab for each person to be tested
- A sample collection card for each person to be tested
- A sample declaration form for each person, requiring a signature to provide consent
- A tamperproof, prepaid return envelope
All our 'DNA at Home' paternity kits are mailed out inside a non-branded envelope, there is no mention of Cellmark or DNA at Home on the envelope and it will be labelled ‘Private and Confidential’.
Next Day results
If all of your DNA samples arrive at our UK laboratory before 10am we aim to send the paternity test result to you by the end of the next working day by email.
Important Information
A DNA paternity test is a scientific way to determine if a man is the true biological father of a child. A simple mouth swab is used to collect a small DNA sample from the alleged father and from the child and the samples are then sent to Cellmark’s specialist DNA laboratory for testing and analysis.
In the laboratory our scientists test the DNA samples with 24 ‘markers’ (for more information see our FAQs) to analyse the relationship of the people being tested. This produces extremely accurate results which will either exclude the man from paternity with 100% certainty or will indicate a paternal relationship with a very high level of confidence - usually in excess of 99.99%. When carrying out a paternity test, including a sample from the mother (as well as from the child and alleged father) will always provide a more conclusive result.
Please note that DNA at Home’s paternity test is what is termed a ‘curiosity test’ - this means that the results will not be accepted in UK courts, nor by the Child Maintenance service. If you are disputing paternity and require a test for legal purposes then please visit our legal DNA paternity testing site - www.cellmark.co.uk
As with all of our DNA relationship testing services we offer a Next Day DNA service at no extra cost. This means that if all the DNA samples for your test arrive at our UK laboratory before 10am, we aim to send the test result to you by the end of the next working day by email.
DNA relationship testing can be a life changing event and we would urge that before ordering a test you think carefully about the potential outcomes and have considered if testing will be in the best interests of the child(ren) involved.
If you have any questions please call our customer services team free on 0800 043 1987.