Some $99 Companies |
Beta Paternity Laboratory |
| Encourage motherless testing to lower the testing costs while potentially sacrificing quality. These companies often charge additional fees if the mother is tested. |
Encourages testing of mother, as recommended by AABB for better testing and results. We test the mother at no additional cost to you. |
| Offer a $99 service with many disclaimers about sample integrity and mutation, which eventually result in delayed testing and additional fees. These companies offer no guarantees that motherless tests will produce conclusive results. |
Provides comprehensive testing with additional markers and extended analysis as necessary, in both motherless cases and cases with mutations, without any additional fees. |
| Do not test cases with exclusion results twice, as recommended by AABB to ensure correct results. $99 is not enough to cover testing twice. Other companies may repeat only part of the process, which is ineffective at ruling out errors that can result in exclusion. |
Performs all DNA tests twice from beginning to end by two independent teams, a step above the AABB recommendation. While helping ensure 100% accurate results, this practice also eliminates the lag time that results from waiting for an exclusion before repeating the test. |
| Require you to pay the $99 (plus shipping) up front—before you know whether you are dealing with a reputable company. |
Offers a free kit that allows you to experience the sample collection process first, without any obligations. This will help you feel confident about the quality of our company. |
| Offer DNA testing experience to untrained college students – do you want to trust your DNA test to students? |
Has professionals with over 150 years of combined experience to perform the test and correctly interpret the results. |
| May be start-up companies that do not have sufficient expertise in DNA testing technology and are trying to attract customers through the $99 offering. |
Is highly experienced. We have performed DNA testing for thousands of cases since 1996, and our laboratory directors are leaders in the industry. |
| Claim to offer “legal” paperwork, but their sample collection procedures may not allow their test results to stand up in courts. |
We recommend complete chain of custody for legally admissible test results. If you order an in home paternity test and later find the need for legal test results, Beta offers a $100 discount off DNA testing performed by DNA Diagnostics Center (DDC), the world’s leading DNA testing laboratory. |
| Have fake addresses or use a mail forwarding company’s address (such as a UPS store) to make you think that they are in the United States, when testing is actually performed in Canada. |
Has its own laboratory facility in the 16-acre DNA Technology Park (Ohio). |
| Cannot afford adequate staff, making it difficult to get somebody on the phone when you call. |
Has an accessible client service team that is committed to providing top service even after the test results are sent. |
