Home Paternity Test

How Does a Home Paternity Test Work?

When you order a paternity test from GTL, the first thing we do is ship it to you discreetly. We understand the sensitive nature of your situation and do all we can to aid your privacy. This starts with the way we deliver your home paternity test: in a plain envelope, with GTL and our PO Box printed in the return address area, and nothing more. The return envelope provided for the home paternity test is marked in a similarly discreet fashion.

When your DNA paternity test arrives, it will contain detailed instructions and collection materials for buccal or blood sample collection from your child and the alleged father. Samples taken for legal paternity tests need to be taken according to accreditation standards. Please be sure to follow instructions carefully.

Buccal samples are taken via rubbing a large Q-tip-shaped swap along the inside of the mouth. Blood samples are gathered by pricking a fingertip with the small lancet provided and squeezing a little drop of blood onto the collection card. For children younger than age 8, it is strongly recommend you get doctor assistance for the blood sample.

After your home paternity test has been remitted to GTL in the provided shipping envelope, we put the DNA samples through a precise chromosomal analysis to match the DNA sequences of your child and the alleged father as submitted with the paternity testing kit. From this information, we can conclusively identify with nearly greater than 99% certainty whether an alleged father is indeed a child's biological father.

While you are waiting for the paternity test results from your home paternity test you can track the status of your paternity testing kit online with our Status Report and Pickup feature. As the name suggests, you can also pick up the results from your home paternity test online as well. GTL will also mail you a printed copy of the results in a discreetly marked envelope for your personal records.

Prenatal Paternity Testing

Sometimes a prenatal paternity test is necessary for determining paternity even before the child is born. GTL also offers convenient options for prenatal paternity testing during the first and second trimesters of pregnancy. In this case, DNA samples need to be collected with the assistance of your doctor in an amniocentesis or a CFS procedure. Please note that we recommend you first consult with an OB/GYN physician to obtain a prenatal paternity test.

The Collect & Send Option

If you do not want to wait for a home paternity test to arrive in the mail, or have concerns about the discreet delivery of this paternity testing kit to your home or office, GTL offers a Collect & Send option that lets your prepare your own DNA sample per the instructions we provide online, and mail them to us for analysis and results. The Collect & Send option is not a legally binding test. Learn more about our legal paternity testing to determine whether this is the right option for you.

GTL DNA Test: Get Started Today

Don't let the stress of not knowing for certain who your child's father is get to you any longer. With the home paternity test from GTL, learning the identity of your child's biological father is quick, confidential, and affordable. With a home DNA tests from GTL, you can stop wondering and start knowing.

If you have any questions or would like to learn more about our paternity testing kit, please pick up the phone and give us a call at (866) 833-6895 today. If you are an international customer calling from outside the United States, please direct your inquiries regarding the home paternity test from GTL to (505) 646-3465, and our caring and resourceful representatives will be more than happy to help you.

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