Maury Povitch announced he’s launching an at-home paternity test business called “The Results Are In.".Photo:David Livingston/Getty
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Maury Povichis taking his infamous paternity tests from the screen into homes.
The formerMauryhost, 84, revealed toTMZthat he’s launched a new at-home paternity test business one year after his popular daytime show — which often featured guests in paternity disputes — came to an end.
“I’m in, only because I know this,” he said in a video. “I’ve been around paternity testing for more than 20 years, so I know exactly what’s going on and how we can help those people who are looking for fathers, fathers who are looking for children, fathers who don’t think they’re the fathers and fathers who think they’re the fathers.”
He added, “We can unite families after a long period of time.”
The at-home tests are called “The Results Are In,” after Povich’s popular catchphrase on the show, which he would use to build anticipation for the test outcome.
The kits, which were already available onDDC’s websiteprior to Povich’s announcement, include materials and instructions for how to take a DNA sample.
Povich said DDC can provide a 99% accuracy rate, and the tests are all done confidentially — as opposed toMaury,which disclosed the results live. Customers receive their results within two to three business days.
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“I’ve seen firsthand how DNA testing can change lives and bring families together,” Povich said in a separate statement. “With ‘The Results Are In,’ we’re making it easier and more affordable than ever before for people to get the answers they need.”
The DDC, which is one of the largest private DNA-testing firms, boasts on its website that it has been theMauryshow’s primary lab for paternity testing since 1998, saying, “Together we’ve provided accurate DNA answer[s] to hundreds and hundreds of people from all walks of life.”
PEOPLE confirmed last March that Povich’s long-running daytime talk show series would beending after 31 years. Original episodes of the series aired through September, and the show now lives on in syndication.
“I’m so proud of my relationship with NBCUniversal and all those who worked on theMauryshow,” Povich told PEOPLE in a statement at the time, “but as I occasionally tell my guests onMaury, ‘Enough, already!'”
source: people.com
