Our DNA paternity tests are provided to establish paternity, which means they can confirm if you and another person/persons are biologically related. These relationship tests are for personal use, which means they give you the information you need and, ultimately, puts your mind at rest. Your samples will be tested by our scientists in our accredited laboratories. They are the most accurate way of helping prove relationships, with a success rate of 99.999%.

DNA paternity tests differ from legal or immigration DNA tests. Legal DNA tests, for example, are used when a court has ordered that a DNA paternity test must be undertaken, while immigration DNA tests can be used to support your application to UK Visas and Immigration service to help determine a person or persons’ relationship with a family member who legally lives in the UK. For more information on legal DNA tests please click here. For more details about immigration DNA tests, please click here.

At Key Forensic Services, we pride ourselves on always putting you first. Not only is your confidentiality key to us, but so too is the integrity and quality of our service. We are world- leaders in fast and affordable DNA testing, which our scientists have been carrying out in our own laboratories for many years, for a whole range of customers from all walks of life. You can put your trust in Key Forensic Services.

• Our laboratory processes are UKAS ISO17025 accredited
• Our DNA relationship tests are widely accepted as being the most accurate available (99.999% accurate)
• Our DNA paternity tests are easy to use
• You choose how many people you wish to test
• We send your sample kit direct to your door
• All tests and results are confidential
• We have a fast turnaround, returning your test results within five days
• Our prices are affordable and competitive
• We have your best interests at heart

When placing your order for a DNA paternity test, it is important that you have fully considered the implications of undertaking this test, and that you believe it is in the best interests of the child being tested.

It is important that you acknowledge beforehand that the result of the test may not be what you were expecting, or what you were hoping for. The result of a paternity test can bring with it significant, and possibly irrevocable, consequences that you may not have sufficiently considered before now. The impact on you, or your family, could be lifechanging.

It is always preferable that the mother of the child being tested also participates in the test. However, it can proceed without the mother, if necessary, but the mother should, in all instances, be aware that the test is taking place, and that she is the person providing consent on behalf of the child.

If the mother is unwilling to consent, and it is felt that it is in the child’s interest for the test to take place, then we will only be able to proceed if the test is ordered by a court. There may be limited occasions where we will accept consent from any person named on the birth certificate, for example, if the mother is deceased.

DNA paternity testing can be an emotional process, for everyone involved. How you understand the results, and the potential impact on you or your family, may prove difficult for you or other family members.

At Key Forensic Services, we are here to help and support you, and we recommend that you seek professional advice before and after testing is done.

Advice is available from the following services (but we must point out that KFS has no control or responsibility for the content of external sources):

• Relate - www.relate.org.uk/
• Mental Health Matters - www.mhm.org.uk/
• Samiritans - www.samaritans.org/
• Turning Point - www.turning-point.co.uk/
• Gingerbread - Single parent family charity - hwww.gingerbread.org.uk/
• The Fatherhood Institute - www.fatherhoodinstitute.org/
• Families Need Fathers - www.fnf.org.uk/

At Key Forensic Services, we pride ourselves on always putting you first. Our DNA paternity kits are really easy to use. We want them to be, because we want you to have complete confidence in using them. When you buy your DNA relationship test kit from us, we will send it out to you for you to carry out in the comfort of your own home, including all the helpful instructions you need to make sure it’s carried out properly. All you have to do is take your cheek swab samples with the kit provided, and then return them to us in the envelope provided. Our expert DNA scientists will then test your DNA samples and let you know the results within days. It really is as easy as that, and you’ll be safe in the knowledge that discretion is absolutely assured.

These are the five simple steps to your DNA Peace of Mind test:

1. Buy your DNA Paternity test kit

2. Receive your sample kit at your home

3. Take your samples, following our easy-to-use instructions

4. Send your samples back to us in the envelope provided

5. Receive your results within five days

If you have any questions or queries about our DNA relationship testing services, you will find all the answers in our FAQs section here