Our Commitment
The Customer Service line is open Monday – Friday from 8:30 am – 5:00 pm (EST).  Our answering service is available 24 hours a day so please leave a message, you will get a response the next business day.

We provide parentage testing services to individuals, lawyers, physicians, state and federal agencies, and clients of private companies. If you need to learn more about parentage or lineage or if you would like your own DNA profile, Marshall University Parentage Testing Services would like to help. Our services are designed to meet your needs. We offer:

• Confidential test results
• Prompt turnaround time
• Painless, easy sample collections
• Strict chain of custody
• Affordable fees
• Efficient and personalized service to the customer
• Expert witness testimony
• Consultation
• Test results at 99.99% probability of paternity for a standard DNA test
• Experienced DNA analysts.
  

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Confidentiality & Privacy
Our goal is to protect our clients’ privacy, both individually and genetically.  We understand the sensitive nature of your results and your privacy is of utmost importance to us. We will only perform DNA parentage tests on individuals with their written consent or by court order. Your test results are confidential and your genetic information will never be distributed without proper consent or authorization. Our building is a secure, card-access-only facility and samples are kept in a locked storage area where only authorized laboratory personnel have access.

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Quality Commitment
Our professionals at Marshall University ’s Parentage Testing Services are committed to maintaining the highest quality standards in the laboratory.  We are dedicated to a system of process improvement, which includes feedback from our clients.

Laboratory accreditation is highly regarded both nationally and internationally as an indicator of technical and managerial competence. MUFSC's Parentage Testing Services Laboratory is accredited by the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) specifically for relationship testing through DNA analysis.


Our laboratory has also been accredited by Forensic Quality Services - International (FSQ-I) as an ISO/IEC 17025 testing laboratory.  ISO/IEC 17025 laboratory accreditation uses criteria and procedures for technical competence to assure customers the test, calibration and measurement data provided by the laboratory are accurate and reliable. In addition, our DNA laboratory provides databasing services to the forensic science community.


AABB Accredited
ISO/IEC 17025 Compliant