Is it worth getting Ancestry DNA and 23andMe?

[Graham]

Ancestry, MyHeritage and V4 23&Me's raw dna is much better than 23&Me's v3 raw dna. I think MyHeritage's raw dna is the best even though their Ancestry Comp is one of the worst.

I have the V3 23andme raw dna and Ancestry on Gedmatch. There was little difference in the result.

[Varg Vikernes 2]

Raw data from ancestry is better. I would just save more money and get a full genome test that way you’ll never have to get another test again. If I knew what I know now I would just get nebula full genome test(raw data) and 23 and me(for matching) and that would of saved me a shit load on all the other tests I done. And nebula saves your results on a blockchain so it’s super secure from hacks.

Aren't full genome tests pointless for ethnicity though? I read that only a tiny fraction of the genome has DNA mutations which can serve as markers for ethnicity. The tests may be more useful for DNA matches.

[Varg Vikernes 2]

23andme has nothing like this though. My Ancestry dna matches are full of stuff like this. It can even fill in peoples trees with more information from groups of matches.

Yeah, this is what I saw that made me want to get Ancestry DNA. 23andMe's tree feature is really crap.

[Varg Vikernes 2]

The ancestry reports are much better on 23andme however I’ve read that Ancestry’s raw data is much better for calculators than 23andme.

Do you know what happens if you try and import Ancestry's Raw DNA into a Y DNA calculator like Morley's DNA?

[Graham]

Do you know what happens if you try and import Ancestry's Raw DNA into a Y DNA calculator like Morley's DNA?

It worked when I tried Ancestry there. Though it is basic.

For some reason 23andme went backwards with its Ydna and MTdna. I done my test back in 2011 and has got worse.

[Slavic Italian]

Aren't full genome tests pointless for ethnicity though? I read that only a tiny fraction of the genome has DNA mutations which can serve as markers for ethnicity. The tests may be more useful for DNA matches.

Having used Nebula raw data sometimes the differences of Gedmatch are significant other times they are not. Sometimes the SNP utilized are not much different sometimes they can be 2000 different. Now with all the other services generally the same data with some minor differences here and there in the calculations.

[Varg Vikernes 2]

It worked when I tried Ancestry there. Though it is basic.

For some reason 23andme went backwards with its Ydna and MTdna. I done my test back in 2011 and has got worse.

Just curious. How many Y chromsome SNPs did Ancestry test vs 23andMe? I've counted my 23andMe SNPs and it adds up to 3500 for YDNA.