The company created a home paternity kit in 1997 and has since expanded its services to include DNA sample storage.
Originally the kits worked by people taking a hair sample, and posting into the laboratory for testing.
This new type of DNA testing led to a great deal of controversy, especially in the year 2000, when the Vice President of the Australian Medical Association issued a press releasing calling for a ban of DNA Solutions's services due to issues of privacy and consent.
[9] DNA Solutions offers the analysis of Y-DNA for identification geographic and ethnic origin[10] of paternal lineage.
DNA Solutions sequences both the HVR1 and HVR2 regions for maternal ancestral and ethnic analysis.