AncestryDNAGenetic Test Kit: Personalized Genetic Results, DNA Ethnicity Test, Origins & Ethnicities, Complete DNA Test

I had hoped it would happen but I didn't actually think it would, I found my half brother who was given away for adoption by the birth mom about 11 years before my parents had me. Sadly my father passed 3 months before I was able to make contact but I'm still so very thankful for the ancestry services! If it wasn't for them I would still be looking and I have been looking for over 20 years, i wish i bought this kit sooner. Sadly i used a different genealogy kit first and had i used this one which had been around longer i would have found my brother sooner. The kit is super easy to use and you dont have to buy the added services if you dont want to. However*** now that I found my brother I upgraded my membership so I can build out my tree better because i realized that the details i had were very minimal. Now when I log in and look at this huge family tree of mine it makes me feel really good.

I've done DNA testing with all of the major companies now. And I've been at this DNA stuff for almost 15 years now.* I found the ethnicity estimate to be just about equal to everyone else. You can get more detail running your own models via gedmatch but for the curious or beginner, this is the easy result. If you just want to know whether you need a kilt or lederhosen or green beer for the next holiday seasons then this works as well, with many particular limitations, as any of the others.* There's no medical interpretation - most don't anymore. You can get good medical results running your raw download through Promethease for a few bucks. If you want to know medical propensities then Ancestry won't help much on its own.* The relationship calculations are pretty accurate and the database is huge. Compared to my other tests, this one returned far more and much closer connections. If you're looking for birth parents and such, this is the place to start. Just remember that the calculator is an estimate and other possibilities exist.- The sampling process was simple "spit in a tube, mail it in" - I much prefer cheek swabs but this gets the job done.- Time was super fast for me - 4 weeks from mail-in. I have a test out with one company that is nearing 3 months to process.- The user interface is pretty simple for newbies but doesn't offer much in the way of analysis tools for those who have DNA experience. Gedmatch can makeup for the shortfall in analysis tools if you can get your matches to upload there.- The ease of creating an attached tree makes for some particularly easy genealogical research to confirm/refute family connections.- The ease of creating an attached tree makes for some particularly prevalent errors in family trees.- yDNA and mtDNA predictive markers are hidden in these results if you want to make an effort to dig them out.- The marketing of this tester has created a large database of folks who were only interested in ethnicity and admixture estimates who have no interest in and won't reply to genealogy queries. Many haven't logged back in since they got their results back.There seem to be a lot of customers who forgot that molecular biology, human origins and migrations geography, and world history weren't their best subjects in school and were expecting this to return an easy result to "grasp it all" in a few minutes. The more you want to dig, the more complex the understanding will become. "DNA for Dummies" is a master's degree - "All You Ever Wanted to Know..." is a PhD. If you get hung up on needing to understand it all in a few short hours then you're going to get very frustrated. Take it in a little at a time.Having spent many $1000's on this hobby over the years, I'm very pleased with this $70 investment into understanding who I am and where I came from. Your mileage may vary.

I am totally blown away with the outstanding service that Ancestry has provided. The kit arrived in perfect order and timely. Once the sample was collected and sent (via prepaid USPS packaging), I was continuously kept informed of the status. I receive updates via email at each step and today, the results came, ahead of the identified target date. I was able to access my results which were both expected and exciting. I am totally happy with this Ancestry purchase through AMZN.

Absolutely loved it…very emotional for sure…. Found out alot more about myself as well as my ancestors than I expected! Great experience and would recommend to everyone. Now I can explain to my kids better on where they’re bloodline is from and they also can have a sense of clarity with myself…

The product is good but having to purchase things just to see photos or ancestry items kind of puts a damper on things. Every time I click on something to view, it ask me to start a free trial and then wants me to buy something. The price is outrageous.

I received this 2 orders and one for me and one for my daughter and it told me how to take my DNA test and what to do and how to send it off to the ancestry DNA test.

Un viaje por nuestros ancestrosEs una experiencia única el recorrido de nuestro ADN por el mundo , no podía imaginar tantos países en esta travesía , es asombroso y recomiendo que lo realicen y van a recibir grandes sorpresas

Came intake, on time and with no problems.