When you add this deal to your cart you get 2 discounts -US$40 & US$60 reducing the overall cost by $100US$.
Males can only be tested with this deal. Trace your paternal ancestry - The Y chromosome is passed almost unchanged from father to son. That lets you trace your paternal ancestry using the world's largest Y-DNA database. This is currently the highest YDNA test you can have, there are others on this page https://www.familytreedna.com/products.aspx
They send you out a swabbing kit, which basically you use a cotton bud like thing to swab your cheeks. Send it back, then eventually they add your DNA results under your profile. If you have done some Genealogy research then that will work hand-in-hand with this test. There is no medical clearance, as you mention, they are just analyzing your DNA.
You can use this DNA to upload to sites that analyze for medical probability.
Ah basically it's your DNA profile. I thought they do the trace for you aswell to find your Neanderthal ancestors.
According to site - Our Y-DNA marks the path from our direct paternal ancestors in Africa to their locations in historic times. Your ancestors carried their Y-DNA line on their travels. The current geography of your line shows the path of this journey.
https://www.familytreedna.com/learn/dna-basics/ydna/
I think you'll find that in your report you get from them it will contain info about your Neanderthal ancestors
seems a bit over the top.
is there anything wrong with this DNA test?
https://www.familytree.com/DNA/
save a lot of loot to spend on other xmas presents
That might be a autosomal test, which is different to this test. The link I gave above in summary lists an autosomal test for US$59 (which is very cheap atm btw)
You mean the 23andme banner that comes up on that page? Nothing wrong with it. Its a different product - it's an autosomal test, the test in this deal is a test for 111 markers on the Y-chromosome men inherit from their father. FamilytreeDNA have an autosomal test too.. believe it looks at more SNPs than the 23andme one. You can also get a test of your mitochondrial DNA (which you inherit from your mother).
There's different tests for different things.. https://www.familytreedna.com/products.aspx
Testing a few markers on one chromosome is not going to tell you much. Unless you are checking paternity.
Big waste of money.
http://www.livescience.com/2084-dna-kits-secrets-scientific-…
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/9912822…
Price is ridiculously exorbitant $350?
23andme same thing enough analysis to match family tree. is $149USD
https://www.23andme.com/en-int/
In reality all these products need you to produce your DNA and both your parents and at least 2 grandparent DNA to accurately trace your long term heritage
Then my cousin at CSIRO instructed me to download the RAW DNA sequence file and give it to Promethease $5USD to match genome to current known/theorized medical knowledge..
Biomedical researchers, healthcare practitioners and customers of DNA testing services (such as 23andMe, Ancestry.com, FamilyTreeDNA, etc.) use Promethease to retrieve information published about their DNA variations. Most reports cost $5 and are produced in under 10 minutes. Much larger data files (such as imputed full genomes from dna.land) cost $10 and have increased runtime.
Again, it's a different test. This one is a 111 marker, paternal.
no need to be rude
the more basic test without said 111 seems sufficient to the only moderately interested like me
In this instance it's not about a test being more or less basic, its a completely different source of data (Y-chromosome, rather than autosomal chromosomes). A more basic Y-chromosome test (37 markers) can be had for $139 (https://www.familytreedna.com/y-dna-compare.aspx)
The 23andme offer you linked above is a completely different product. It's an autosomal DNA test. You could get an autosomal dna test even cheaper here: https://www.familytreedna.com/family-finder-compare.aspx
Another option, if you were interested in your maternal line, is to get a mitochondrial DNA test: https://www.familytreedna.com/mt-dna-compare.aspx
Y-chromosomes, mitochondria, and autosomal DNA contain different genetic data. It's all about what you're interested in.
How much to sequence my entire genome, for backup purposes?
edit: OMG, I was joking, but there are now consumer-priced services that do it.
what does backup mean in a dna sense?
I can't picture using backupExec to restore my DNA to Leelu in Fifth Element
I think i've seen prices for around $600. Something I would like to do one day.
Lol this would be a great way to get DNA to test against crime data bases.
I'm often accused of being related to Genghis Khan and am reminded that he was a notoriously bad dude. Perhaps this test will get me out of this, however my chances aren't good as apparently on third of the population are related to him.
He might have been a product of his times.. maybe if he'd been raised in modern Australia he would have been a chilled out surfer dude.
An interesting fact is that due to pedigree collapse, anyone who lived 2000 or more years ago, whose line hasn't died out, is quite likely to be your direct ancestor.
I know this deal is NOT for Ancestry brand/site but I suggest caution with any claims re this area of expenditure.
I warn everyone who is thinking of spending ANY amount on an Ancestry DNA test (or any other such DNA test) to go to any reputable search engine and search for "Ancestry DNA scam".
Read just a few results of various people's dealings and you'll realise you are standing in the proverbial shower p1551ng your money for next to nothing.
Two of my in-laws were amongst the many Australian victims … one for $99 and the other for $198.
If you purchase from one of the reputable sites like https://dna.ancestry.com.au or http://familytreedna.com/ it is not a scam and the results can be extremely useful for people who have an interest in genealogical research or who are trying to identify biological parents. Just make sure you understand exactly what you are purchasing and how it will help you achieve your research goals.
700,000 genetic markers tested for $149! Is it fully legit?
Makes the above deal look even worse.
It is fully legit. The Y-DNA test is a different type of test though. Family Tree DNA also offers an autosomal test (which is what Ancestry offers) for a price similar to that of Ancestry, once conversion rate and postage cost are taken into consideration.
I had mine done via Ancestry and I can say that it was money well spent. I had no information on my birth family other than the name of my mother which led absolutely nowhere. The DNA test got me linked up on my father's side of the family and I now have two brothers and a whole bunch of cousins and nieces and nephews who were unknown to me before.
I've now been able to trace family back to the mid 1600s. But that interests me far less than finding people I am actually related to. I love my adoptive family but I wanted to know where I came from… and now, I mostly do.
Care to share how exactly that works? E.g. Did Ancestry give you details of someone in your father's side? Does it mean it can only match you with people who have also had their DNA tested by Ancestry?
If you test with Ancestry and don't download your data from there, you will only be matched with people who have tested with Ancestry. Ancestry has over two million people in its database. If you download your data from Ancestry and upload to other sites, such as Gedmatch.com, you can also be matched with people who have tested through other companies, but I believe Ancestry has the largest database.
I have helped a woman identify her biological father using results from Ancestry and 23andMe (another autosomal DNA testing company). The woman's closest match was an estimated second cousin (this is estimated by the company based on the amount of DNA two people share). I'll call this second cousin match "Sally". Second cousins have one set of great grandparents in common. Sally was able to provide information about her family and I figured out who her great grandparents were and researched the descendants. One of the descendants was a male who matched with some (but not all) of the little information given by the biological mother. We were able to get one of this man's daughters to test with Ancestry also, and she came back as a half sibling to the woman, meaning they had the same father.
I think some folks don't understand what this deal is for as some are comparing bananas with rump steak. There are different DNA tests which analyze paternal, maternal, autosomal and others, and prices vary accordingly. There is stacks of info online to find out more, here is the OP's forum for beginners, if you are interested. http://forums.familytreedna.com/forumdisplay.php?f=3
So how does this work? I'm assuming they would need to have records of your ancestors to actually link you right? Or do they somehow have clearance to pull records from medical files.