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If you are unable to take a DNA sample using the swabs provided in our DNA sample collection kit, a list of alternative DNA sources is below: |
Category |
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Packaging |
Extra Charge |
Success Rate* |
Medical blood draw in test tube |
|
Send in tube |
£80* |
99% |
Plasters, tampons, tissues |
|
Send in paper envelope |
£70* |
75% |
2 to 4 used cigarette ends |
|
Send in paper envelope |
£60* |
65% |
Baseball caps, underwear, hats |
|
Send in paper bag |
£60* |
50% |
Do not touch with fingers once sampled |
|
Send in paper envelope |
£60* |
75% |
Cotton swab or ear bud |
|
Send in paper envelope |
£60* |
75% |
Put in paper envelope |
|
Send in paper envelope |
£60* |
50% |
Do not touch the gum with fingers, sugar-free gum preferred |
|
Send in food bag |
£60* |
75% |
Roots or folicles must be attached. Hair taken from a brush may not work. 6-10 hairs needed |
|
Send in food bag |
£60* |
80% |
From a card or letter |
|
Send in separate envelope |
£70* |
25% |
Freshly cut nails work best |
|
Send in food bag |
£70 |
75% |
From pathology laboratory |
|
Send in food bag |
£120* |
95% |
Coroner sample, funeral home |
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On dry ice or as preserved |
£175* |
65% |
Amniotic Fluid or Cultured CVS Cells |
|
Amnio: Sterile fluid container. CVS in tissue culture flasks |
£80* |
98% |
Put razor in paper envelope |
|
Send in paper envelope |
£60* |
40% |
Liquid semen: absorb suspected semen sample on a clean swab, allow to dry for 1 hour. Dried semen: absorb semen sample on a clean swab moistened by distilled water, allow to dry for 1 hour |
|
Send in paper envelope |
£70* |
90% |
Molar, premolar or canine preferred. (Baby teeth do not usually work) |
|
Send in paper envelope |
£150* |
85% |
Allow to dry for 30-60 minutes |
|
Send in paper envelope |
£60* |
75% |
Do not touch with fingers once sampled |
|
Send in paper envelope |
£60* |
65% |
Put in paper envelope |
|
Send in paper envelope or as preserved |
£80* |
90% |
Samples of phlegm on handkerchief |
|
Send in paper envelope |
£70* |
95% |
Samples of phlegm on tissue |
|
Send in paper envelope |
£60* |
95% |
Who'zTheDaddy? cannot unconditionally guarantee successful analysis of these samples. We will however make every attempt to provide you with the results you require.