Establish the biological facts quickly. Use this guide to determine the specific DNA service required for your legal or personal situation. Choosing the correct test ensures your results are fit for purpose and delivered without delay.
Do you require results for court or the Home Office?
If you must resolve a dispute for child maintenance, change a birth certificate, or support a visa application, select a Legal DNA Test. These tests follow a strict chain of custody to ensure the results are admissible in a court of law or by government bodies.
- Action: Book a legal collection appointment.
- Logistics: Ensure all participants provide valid government-issued photo ID at the time of sampling.
If the results are for your own personal knowledge, choose a Peace of Mind Home Kit.
- Action: Order your home testing kit today.
- Logistics: Expect discreet delivery within 24 hours of your order.
Is the child already born?
To confirm parentage for a child or adult, use a Standard Paternity Test.
- Process: Collect DNA by swabbing the inside of the cheek for 30 seconds.
- Timing: Return your samples to our accredited UK laboratory immediately for processing.
To confirm parentage during pregnancy, select a Non-Invasive Prenatal Paternity (NIPP) Test.
- Requirement: Perform this test only after the 10th week of pregnancy.
- Procedure: Arrange a blood sample collection for the mother and a simple mouth swab for the alleged father.
Are you proving a relationship without the father?
When the alleged father is deceased or unavailable, you must identify other biological links to confirm parentage.
- Siblings: Choose a Sibling DNA Test to determine if individuals share one or both parents.
- Aunts/Uncles: Use an Avuncular Test to verify paternal links through the father’s siblings.
- Grandparents: Select a Grandparentage Test to establish a biological link between a child and their alleged grandparents.
Do you need to confirm the baby's gender?
For early discovery of your baby's sex, choose our Baby Gender DNA Test.
- Eligibility: Access this service from as early as 6 weeks of pregnancy.
- Accuracy: Rely on 99.9% accuracy provided by our expert laboratory technicians.
What are your next steps?
- Identify your test type using the criteria above.
- Order your kit via the Brashan DNA Services website.
- Collect the samples following the step-by-step instructions.
- Post the samples back to our lab using the guaranteed delivery envelope.
- Receive results via secure email. Same-day results are available for urgent cases.
Call Brashan DNA Services at +447360536054 for immediate assistance or to schedule a legal sample collection.
