Your DNA Kit

Steps to Collect Your DNA Sample

Watch the short video, then follow the seven steps below to collect your saliva sample and mail it back.

How to Take a Saliva Sample

Full Instructions

Steps 1 through 3: do not eat, drink, chew gum, or smoke for 30 minutes before collecting. Remove the collector without touching the sponge tip, rub it along the lower gums 10 times on each side, then hold the tube upright and unscrew the cap.

Steps 4 through 7: turn the cap upside down, insert the sponge into the tube and close tightly. Invert the capped tube and shake 10 times. Put the tube in the specimen bag and kit box, then place it in the prepaid mailing box, seal, and mail it in.

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