Legal Family Reconstruction DNA Test $395

The AABB guidelines stipulate that a legal missing parent DNA test must have a valid chain of custody to be admissible in court or accepted for use in any legal matter. Simply put, chain of custody refers to the DNA collection in the presence of a medical professional and the legal identification and consent of the test participants. In any legal reconstruction test case, a neutral medical professional who is unbiased as to the outcome of the test must perform the sample collection.

Our legal missing parent tests offer conclusive and accurate results for DNA testing between an alleged father and child. When you buy your legal DNA test from us, you can do so with confidence. You will find our prices are very affordable and our customer service is simply unparalleled. Choose PaternityUSA.com for legal test results you and the court can count on. We offer full service legal DNA testing options with professional sample collection in a network clinic or, you can arrange your collection at your doctor.

Why We Stand Above The Others

Smaller companies advertise cheap legal DNA testing and allow participants to choose anyone as their own collector. Surprisingly, they even mail the collection kit right to the client. Please beware – this practice does not follow chain of custody requirements. Their cheap DNA test may end up being very costly to your family in the long run.

It’s a direct violation of legal DNA test requirements for anyone associated with the legal test to be in the possession of the collection kit. This includes a test participant, any family members or friends. When someone with an interest in the test result has access to collection supplies, there could easily be a suspicion of tampering. For this reason, we never ship a legal DNA collection kit to anyone other than a medical professional.

Secondly, a legally binding test must be collected by a medical professional. With PaternityUSA.com, you can use your doctor for the DNA collection, or opt for our professional collection service with collection at one of more than 4,000 clinic locations.

Again, having someone known to the test participant act as a collector, or “witness” the DNA collection, does not meet AABB standards. A collection by an associate, friend or family member can easily be discredited; causing you to have to pay for another test.

A legal test conducted outside of the chain of custody is easily contested and disputed in court; and more importantly will not stand up as evidence.

In contrast, we don’t bend guidelines or take any risk of injuring your case. We work to ensure your legal test partner adheres to every requirement. This helps your result stands up in any legal matter facing your family. We understand the need for missing parent DNA testing is usually accompanied by an emotionally taxing burden. As such, we handle every case with care and confidentiality.

DNA Collection

The collection process is very simple. DNA is collected through a cheek swab, also known as a buccal swab, which is painlessly rubbed against the inside of the cheek. All of our DNA missing parent tests are processed twice. For this reason we collect 2-4 swabs per person. As a general rule, be sure the mouth is clean before swabbing by rinsing with water. The test participants should refrain from drinking coffee or tea or smoking for 3-4 hours before the DNA collection.

Informational Family Reconstruction And Other Test Types

If you need a DNA test for informational or personal knowledge reasons only, then purchase our at home family reconstruction test.

In the genetic reconstruction test, or missing parent DNA testing, the paternal relatives’ DNA is compared against the child to produce a combined related index. Please note that other children of the alleged father are not compatible for this type of testing.  If you want to test with the alleged father’s other children, then please purchase a siblingship DNA test instead. Additionally, a Y-STR male lineage test if all participants are male.  On the other hand, if a relationship is trying to be established on the mother’s side, an mtDNA female lineage test will offer a conclusive answer regardless of gender.

Fully Accredited USA Lab

All legal family reconstruction DNA tests are performed in our partner AABB-accredited USA lab by PhD geneticists with 20+ years of experience. CLIA-certified for reliability, and AABB accredited for court admissibility.  Moreover all legal DNA tests adhere to AABB Standards for Relationship Testing Laboratories (17th edition effective January 1, 2026).