Four months later, she's still checking daily for word on the whereabouts of her test kit — worried her mother's DNA is lost in the mail. "I'd like to see them find my mother's sample and get it analyzed before the time runs out." The test kit requires about a tablespoon of clean saliva. As it was, she put the parcel in the mail, waited six weeks and then logged on to track her mother's sample through the analysis process. The company offered its condolences and offered a membership with access to Ancestry records and a complimentary test kit.

Source: CBC News February 12, 2021 09:00 UTC