What is your favorite DNA testing service?

[Profileid]

Might have already been made but I haven't seen a thread for this so far.

[Jana]

AncestryDNA without any doubt, by faaaaar especially with newest updates.

[Profileid]

AncestryDNA without any doubt, by faaaaar especially with newest updates.

Why exactly? I'm thinking of testing my mom and brother with 23andme. I want to see if they pick up any components I don't.

[Gründig]

23andme. It was very accurate for me.

[Iloko]

FTDNA seems to have provided for me the most balanced results out of all the commercial tests out there!

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[Jana]

Why exactly? I'm thinking of testing my mom and brother with 23andme. I want to see if they pick up any components I don't.

Check out amount of regional breakdown and regions they added, it's crazy how detailed it is. They even have midwest American (Celto)Germanic cathegory.
and they go back further from 23andme.

I just find them better for smaller price, 23andme is perhaps too conservative.

[Gründig]

It's all opinion. They are all roughly the same, just using different reference populations. So no, one doesn't go back further.

It's really just based on opinion and personal experience when it comes to the big name tests.

I was however thinking of adding an ancestryDNA test.

[DarkWater]

Check out amount of regional breakdown and regions they added, it's crazy how detailed it is. They even have midwest American (Celto)Germanic cathegory.
and they go back further from 23andme.

I just find them better for smaller price, 23andme is perhaps too conservative.

They have lots of small categories like she mentioned. I actually got the Germans in the Midwest regional breakdown she mentioned. I am waiting for the newest update, they expanded their population comparison panel a lot, and people's results are changing as they slowly roll out the update

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[Profileid]

Check out amount of regional breakdown and regions they added, it's crazy how detailed it is. They even have midwest American (Celto)Germanic cathegory.
and they go back further from 23andme.

I just find them better for smaller price, 23andme is perhaps too conservative.

Tell me about it. I got 30% broadly NW Euro. I assume a lot of that is German and they're doing an undercount.

[Jana]

Tell me about it. I got 30% broadly NW Euro. I assume a lot of that is German and they're doing an undercount.

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[Armenian Bishop]

I tested at 4 places: (1) 23andMe; (2) Ancestry.Com; (3) MyHeritage.Com; (4) and FamilyTreeDNA (FTDNA).

My recommendation is to start with 23andMe; later try Ancestry.Com later, especially if you're placing ancestors in a family tree. If doing them both is in your budget, then there's no harm in doing them together.

(1) My best results were with 23andMe, which provides more accurate haplogroup information, and better results for ancestry composition. 23andMe provides ongoing continued updates, testing and data updates, at no additional cost. In fact, they've never hit me up for more money, since I joined them. Ancestral Relatives at 23andMe are updated more effectively, although AncestryDNA does that very well too. The others bundled Armenians together with Turks, as West Asians, which I didn't like; on the other hand, 23andMe identified my West Asian Component as specifically an Armenian Component.

(2) Ancestry.Com has the best customer support help for facilitating the building of a family tree. Ancestry.Com has the largest database of information about ancestral relatives. Also, Ancestry.Com provides superior and polite customer service assistance. There people are polite and helpful on the phone.

(3) MyHeritage.Com also provides great customer service assistance. They get an A for effort, but they're a more recent company and they need more time to build a database of ancestral information. People have sometimes suspected the accuracy of their results too.

(4) FTDNA was the worst for me. FTDNA's customer service skills, the least helpful; their ancestral database is less widespread (globally); and, they're by far the most expensive, which in this case didn't mean that they are better. Their swab box came in a cheaply wrapped postage envelop, while all the others are nicely boxed. The boxes do much better as gift packages. It's the only one that uses a swab stick, the others have test tubes for spitting.

* So, as I said before, start with 23andMe, and if possible, do Ancestry.Com later, or do them both at once.

[Dick]

AncestryDNA is probably the best test right now on the market especially with their new update and genetic communities, like a principal component analysis. LivingDna from britain is good too. It predicted my haplo subclades which 23andme didn't do.

[Armenian Bishop]

AncestryDNA is probably the best test right now on the market especially with their new update and genetic communities, like a principal component analysis. LivingDna from britain is good too. It predicted my haplo subclades which 23andme didn't do.

I haven't seen the update at AncestryDNA. I'll take another look. Yea, it looks different now. But, I still like 23andMe.

[jingorex]

I've tested at ftdna and 23andme and they both told me pretty much the same thing as far as autosomal.

23andme has the health thing and thats pretty cool but so far ive been flawless as far as health reports, its just boring now. Fingers crossed for some rare genetic disorder, like liberalism.

I like ftdna more though, because i was more interested in my paternal line. The group feature there is legit and the group admins are very helpful.

Autosomals compared:

23andme:

https://s33.postimg.cc/hrciv1u4f/23meupdate.jpg

ftdna

https://s33.postimg.cc/k8oa2e6bz/ftdna_jingo.jpg

[rhiannon]

I've used two:

Nat Geo's Helix and Ancestry DNA. My results came out pretty much the same on both of them.

[Armenian Bishop]

Why exactly? I'm thinking of testing my mom and brother with 23andme. I want to see if they pick up any components I don't.

You're right about that, you've already done your test at 23andMe so you'll want to establish yourselves as DNA Relatives there. You probably already figured it out, but I thought it had to be said. Later, if the situation permits, you'll all be able to open accounts at AncestryDNA. But for now, 23andMe is where you can network with them.

[Centurion]

AncestryDNA.

[Thracian]

I took kits from both 23andMe and FTDNA. My scores are quite different. Somehow FTDNA gives more Asia Minor (just like some Greeks, Italians and even Northern Europeans). ISOGG give 7 points for 23andMe and 3.5 points for FTDNA. In my case, 23andMe give me more accurate result. Especially, matching strength section is quite accurate for me. I have no idea about AncestryDNA. So, I recommend 23andMe.

[TeutonicBoyars]

A question for anyone who has taken both the 23andme test and AncestryDNA test who have now received Ancestry's latest update: how would you compare the two in terms of accuracy? Do you think AncestryDNA's new update competes with or surpasses 23andme, or is 23andme still the best?

[de Burgh II]

I would say 23andme because they typically update more efficiently and continuously involve you in their genomic research projects; they also have more variety in their genetic tools you can look at; such as neanderthal percentages, y-dna/mt-dna, hair color, skin tone, etc.

To tell the truth, the only thing I was interested with Ancestrydna was simply their genetic communities/mapping out your Ancestors' origins from where they came.

[Profileid]

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Just ordered a kit yesterday. It looks like it's really detailed for Americans.
How long do results take to come in?

[Jana]

Just ordered a kit yesterday. It looks like it's really detailed for Americans.
How long do results take to come in?

For Stears it was very fast in Two weeks or so. I hope yourself will be too.

[Profileid]

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[GreentheViper]

AncestryDNA

[Dragoon]

Dont really have one. My experience is with 23andme and ftdna.

23andme is better in most ways and more 'bang for buck'. But dont trust them. Over time they raised price from something like $99-200/250
ftdna should really lower price (for ydna) or update more often (for autosomal).

[Rædwald]

AncestryDNA but I'm still waiting for my profile to update :c

[Bogdan]

AncestryDNA. I have yet to try 23andme but I’m interested in it after hearing good things

[Congolese Rice]

i personally think 23andMe is better from what ive heard, i took ancestryDNA. i find it a shit test xd

it takes wayyyyyyyyyy too long for them to update their goddamn autosomal. if i knew this nigga id never have bought this shit lol

[Bobby Martnen]

Might have already been made but I haven't seen a thread for this so far.

It depends on what you're testing for.

AncestryDNA is best if you're using it for genealogy, since it can be linked to trees and has a lot of users.
23andme is best if you just want a general snapshot of your DNA, including health traits.
Genographic is best if you want to see both haplogroups in detail (i.e. it gives much deeper subclades than 23andme does usually)

Don't really know much about the others

[Africa]

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