Routine DNA Paternity or Maternity Test - The results of a routine paternity or maternity test will take 5 business days from the time the last sample is received by our testing laboratory. Orchid Cellmark will release a DNA test report which will indicate a probability of paternity and maternity. The average probability of paternity or maternity is 99.9% on average. The reports which are released will include:
- Names of Tested Parties
- Date of Specimen Collection for each Tested Party
- A listing of the individual DNA profiles for each Tested Party
- A Combined Paternity or Maternity Index
- A Probability of Paternity or Maternity
- A statement of Conclusion
Kinship Test – The results of a kinship test will from 2-4 weeks from the time the last sample is received by our testing laboratory. Orchid Cellmark will release a DNA test report which will indicate a probability of kinship. The probability of kinship will depend on the amount of shared DNA that is observed between the tested parties as well as the frequency of that shared DNA in the general population. Orchid Cellmark cannot guarantee a conclusive result in a kinship case. A kinship report will include:
- Names of Tested Parties
- Date of Specimen Collection for each Tested Party
- A listing of the individual DNA profiles for each Tested Party
- A Combined Kinship Index
- A Probability of Kinship
- A statement of Conclusion
- A statement of laboratory accreditation
Y-STR Patrilineal Test – A Y-STR test will take between 3-4 weeks from the time the last sample is received in our testing laboratory. Orchid Cellmark will release a DNA test report which will indicate a likelihood of patrilineal relatedness. The written report will include:
- Names of Tested Parties
- Date of Specimen Collection for each Tested Party
- A listing of the individual Y-STR profiles for each Tested Party
- A Patrilineal Relationship Index
- A Probability of Patrilineal Relatedness
- A statement of Conclusion
- A statement of laboratory accreditation
Mitochondrial DNA Matrilineal Test – A mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) test will take between 30 and 60 days from the time the last sample is received in our testing laboratory. Orchid Cellmark will release a DNA test report which will indicate a likelihood of matrilineal relatedness. The written report will include:
- Names of Tested Parties
- Date of Specimen Collection for each Tested Party A listing of the individual mtDNA profiles for each Tested Party
- A Matrilineal Relationship Index
- A Probability of Matrilineal Relatedness
- A statement of Conclusion
- A statement of laboratory accreditation