Custom At-Home DNA Test Kits - Built Around You

When Do You Need a Customizable At-Home DNA Test Kit?

A standard two-person DNA test works for many family situations. Other cases require additional participants, separate collection locations, a different sample type, or more than one biological comparison. The customizable at-home DNA test kits from My Forever DNA help organize these details under the correct laboratory case. This collection may be appropriate when:

• One possible parent needs to be compared with multiple children, or one child needs to be compared with multiple possible parents.

• Additional relatives are needed because a possible biological parent cannot participate.

• Participants need to collect samples at different addresses.

• One participant needs a different collection method or sample type.

• You need to confirm if the results are for personal knowledge or official use.

If you only need to compare standard relationship testing options, begin with our at-home DNA test collection.

The Biological Relationship Comes First

The correct testing arrangement begins with the biological relationship you want the laboratory to evaluate.

A direct parent-child test is generally the clearest option when the possible biological parent can provide DNA. If that person is unavailable, an indirect test may use siblings, grandparents, or a biological aunt or uncle to investigate the family connection.

Some cases involve more than one comparison. You may need to compare two possible fathers with one child, test the same possible parent with several children, or determine which available relatives can provide the most useful information.

Tell us how each person is biologically connected before ordering. We can help identify the correct test and prevent unrelated or unnecessary samples from being included.

Who Should Be Included in the Test?

Customizing a test does not mean adding every available family member. Each participant should contribute useful information to the specific relationship being evaluated.

Your testing arrangement may include:

• One possible parent and multiple children, with a separate parent-child result for each child.

• One child and more than one possible father, with each possible father evaluated in the correct comparison.

• Possible siblings being evaluated for a full-sibling or half-sibling relationship.

• One or both grandparents from the side of an unavailable parent.

• A biological aunt or uncle when the connecting parent cannot participate.

• A known parent whose DNA may help the laboratory account for one side of the child's family.

The most useful participants depend on the family structure. Adding another person does not automatically create a stronger test, so contact us before ordering if several relatives are available.

Collection Options for Different Locations and Sample Types

Once the relationship and participants are confirmed, consider where each person lives and which sample type they can provide.

• One address and standard cheek swabs: Choose a standard shipped relationship kit when all required participants can collect at the same location.

• Two U.S. addresses: Our multi-location DNA tests provide separate materials for two households while keeping both returns connected under one laboratory case.

• No physical kit: Our DIY digital DNA tests provide instructions and forms electronically for paternity, sibling, grandparent, and aunt-or-uncle testing.

• No cheek swab from one participant: Our discreet DNA testing options can evaluate an approved personal item when standard cheek-swab collection is unavailable.

• Different sample types or additional locations: Contact My Forever DNA before ordering so we can confirm how the participants and samples should be connected.

Alternative samples must first produce a usable DNA profile and may require additional laboratory time. Cases involving more than two shipping addresses, international delivery, or a combination of cheek swabs and personal items should also be confirmed in advance.

What Happens After the Arrangement Is Confirmed?

1. Confirm the relationship, participants, collection locations, and available sample types.

2. Order the recommended test or testing arrangement.

3. Collect and label each sample according to the instructions for that sample type.

4. Return all samples and required forms under the same laboratory case.

5. Receive the completed relationship report privately by email.

Standard paternity, maternity, and twin zygosity tests typically require 1 to 3 business days in laboratory processing. Sibling, grandparent, and aunt-or-uncle tests typically require 2 to 3 business days. Alternative samples generally take longer because the DNA must first be extracted and evaluated. Collection and shipping time are separate.

Personal Results and Legal DNA Testing

Self-collected at-home DNA tests provide results for personal knowledge. If the result may be needed for court, custody, child support, immigration, inheritance, a birth-record change, or another official matter, arrange legal DNA testing before any samples are collected.

A personal at-home result cannot be converted into a legal result later. Legal testing requires verified identities, witnessed collection, and documented chain of custody from the beginning.

Let Us Help You Choose the Right Testing Arrangement

If your family situation does not fit one of the listed options, contact My Forever DNA before ordering. Please tell us:

• Which biological relationship you want to investigate.

• Who is available to provide DNA.

• How each participant is biologically connected.

• Where each participant lives.

• Which sample type each person can provide.

• If the result is for personal knowledge or official use.

We will help you identify the appropriate relationship test, participants, and collection arrangement before you order or send anything that may be difficult to replace.