Missing Parent DNA Test

All testing performed by an accredited laboratory. DNA Direct offers confidential, accurate, fast, and affordable missing parent testing services. When the alleged parent is either missing or deceased and both alleged grandparents are available for testing, DNA Direct can perform a missing parent analysis. While including the child’s mother is not required, it is highly recommended in order to achieve the most accurate results. Because a child inherits exactly 50% of its genes from its biological mother and 50% from its biological father, that child shares exactly 25% of its genes with each biological grandparent. If both biological parents of the alleged father are tested and they do not possess the paternal genes between them, then they are excluded (ruled out) as the biological grandparents. When both biological parents of the alleged father possess the paternal genes between them, they are not excluded as the biological grandparents. It is important to understand that, in reporting