The World's Premier Home Paternity Testing Service

While searching online for information about DNA paternity testing, you may have come across companies that claim to offer paternity tests for as little as $99. While the prospect of cheap paternity testing may be appealing, we urge you to carefully consider what you may be getting into by choosing a $99 test.

To help you make an informed decision about paternity testing, we have assembled a list of things to look out for when considering a $99 test. We have placed these cautions next to a list of benefits offered by Beta Paternity. Here are some highlights from the list:

Some $99 companies encourage motherless testing by charging additional fees for testing the mother. Beta Paternity encourages testing of the mother, which is recommended by AABB for achieving higher-quality results. We test the mother at no additional cost.

Some $99 companies require you to pay the $99 up front, before you know if they are trustworthy. Beta Paternity offers a free kit that allows you to become comfortable with the sample collection process before committing to a test.

Some $99 companies cannot afford adequate staff for their call centers, making it difficult to reach someone when you call. Beta Paternity’s customer service team is highly trained and ready to answer your questions when you call.

To read the full list of “watch-outs” for companies that offer $99 DNA tests, please visit our $99 Paternity Tests page. If you have any questions about our services, please call us at 1-800-798-3810. Our helpful customer service representatives are standing by.

Unlike many other companies that offer home DNA testing, Beta Paternity owns and operates its own DNA testing laboratory. When you test with us, you can be confident that you are sending your DNA samples directly to a state-of-the-art lab, without the delay of going through a brokering company.

Beta Paternity’s laboratory is located in the DNA Technology Park just north of Cincinnati, Ohio. This high-tech complex houses paternity testing, genetic testing, and forensic DNA testing facilities and employs leading experts in the DNA testing industry.

Our laboratory is equipped with the latest advancements in DNA testing technology, including:

• Biomek® FX robotics systems, which assist with the purification and preparation of the DNA samples
• Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) thermocyclers, which produce millions of copies of the DNA markers we examine in our paternity tests and other family relationship DNA tests
• ABI Prism® 3100 genetic analyzers, which examine the DNA markers and generate reports about them
• DNA-View™ software, which our expert DNA analysts use to make the statistical calculations needed for the test results

All of these technologies give Beta Paternity the leading edge in the paternity testing industry. To read more about our laboratory, please visit our Laboratory and Technology page. For more information about our DNA testing services, please call 1-800-798-3810.

Before the advent of DNA paternity testing, several blood testing methods were used to help determine paternity. Blood typing was one of those methods. It is based on the ABO blood group system, which distinguishes four main types of blood: A, B, AB, and O.

Children inherit their blood types from their parents. This means that a child’s possible blood types can be figured out by looking at both parents’ blood types. Similarly, if you know the blood types of a child and the child’s mother, you can deduce the possible blood types of the child’s father. (In most cases, you will find that a father has two or three possible blood types based on the mother’s and child’s types.) To see how this works, you can try the blood type calculator from The Biology Project at The University of Arizona.

Please note: Blood typing is not a conclusive method of determining paternity. It can only predict possibilities of paternity. For instance, if the mother is type A and the child is type O, the father could be type A, B, or O.

DNA paternity testing is the best way to accurately and conclusively determine paternity. DNA is unique to every individual; half of a child’s DNA is inherited from the mother, and the other half is inherited from the father. By comparing a child’s DNA profile to the profiles of his or her mother and alleged father, we can look for patterns of DNA inheritance and conclusively determine whether the alleged father is the biological father of the child.

For definitive answers about the paternity of a child, take a DNA paternity test. Please visit our Home Paternity Testing page or call 1-800-798-3810 for more information about this service.

If you are exploring your paternity testing options but are not quite ready to undergo a test, consider ordering our free, no-obligation Beta Self-Collection™ Kit.

By ordering our free kit, you will be able to see firsthand what the DNA sample collection process is like. Our kit contains everything you will need to take a paternity test, including:

• Instructions for collecting the DNA samples
• Cheek swabs for each person to be tested
• A form on which you indicate how you would like to pay for the test and how you would like to receive your results
• A postage-paid reply envelope for returning the samples and completed form to us
• Our contact information in case you have any questions along the way

We will ship you a free kit within 1 business day of receiving your order. Once the kit arrives, you will have everything you need should you decide to undergo a paternity test with us.

You can use our online order form to order a free, no-obligation kit. If you have any questions, please call us at 1-800-798-3810.

Patients who are considering their paternity testing options sometimes ask us if the test results produced from in-home DNA testing are as accurate as the results produced from legal testing.

As long as the DNA samples were collected from the right people, there should be no difference between the results of an in-home test and a legal test. In other words, the actual test result—inclusion or exclusion—will be the same no matter which type of paternity test you take. Beta Paternity performs all its DNA tests twice to make sure the results are always 100% accurate.

However, in-home testing does not follow the chain of custody procedure required in legal testing. Therefore, the result report of an in-home paternity test will be different from the report of a legal test in these ways:

• A legal test report will list the tested parties’ full names, while an in-home test report will only list the tested parties’ roles (mother, alleged father, child) as specified in the samples you send us. In an in-home test, the patients collect their own samples. Because we cannot verify who truly contributed the samples, we cannot list names on the report.
• The result report of an in-home test will not be notarized. This means it may not be admissible in courts of law. If you need a paternity test for any legal purpose, we highly recommend you undergo legal testing with our sister company, DNA Diagnostics Center (DDC).

Please call 1-800-798-3810 for a free paternity testing consultation. Our knowledgeable customer service representatives will help you determine which testing option is right for you.