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AncestryDNA Genetic Test Kit

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Various Retailers have AncestryDNA Genetic Test Kit for $39. Shipping is free.Various Retailers also have AncestryDNA + Traits Genetic Test Kit for $49. Shipping is free.Thanks to Community Members gaijin4life & kenmaples for finding this deal.

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  • AncestryDNA Genetic Test Kit
    • Simply activate your DNA kit online and return your saliva sample in the prepaid package to our state-of-the-art lab. Your results will be available online in roughly six to eight weeks
    • AncestryDNA provides a more precise ethnicity estimate with greater geographic detail. Our innovative SideView technology takes your results even further by showing your ethnicities and matches by parental side. *Some DNA features may require an Ancestry subscription
  • AncestryDNA + Traits Genetic Test Kit
    • Simply activate your DNA kit online and return your saliva sample in the prepaid package to our state-of-the-art lab. Your results will be available online in roughly six to eight weeks
    • AncestryDNA provides a more precise ethnicity estimate with greater geographic detail. Our innovative SideView technology takes your results even further by showing your ethnicities and matches by parental side. *Some DNA features may require an Ancestry subscription
    • AncestryDNA + Traits lets you discover 40+ genetic traits, allowing you to explore how your genes might have influenced a range of appearance, sensory, fitness, nutrient, and other personal characteristics

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    • This price of the AncestryDNA Genetic Test Kit is $60.99 lower (60% savings) than the list price of $99.99.
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Various Retailers have AncestryDNA Genetic Test Kit for $39. Shipping is free.Various Retailers also have AncestryDNA + Traits Genetic Test Kit for $49. Shipping is free.Thanks to Community Members gaijin4life & kenmaples for finding this deal.

Product Details:
  • AncestryDNA Genetic Test Kit
    • Simply activate your DNA kit online and return your saliva sample in the prepaid package to our state-of-the-art lab. Your results will be available online in roughly six to eight weeks
    • AncestryDNA provides a more precise ethnicity estimate with greater geographic detail. Our innovative SideView technology takes your results even further by showing your ethnicities and matches by parental side. *Some DNA features may require an Ancestry subscription
  • AncestryDNA + Traits Genetic Test Kit
    • Simply activate your DNA kit online and return your saliva sample in the prepaid package to our state-of-the-art lab. Your results will be available online in roughly six to eight weeks
    • AncestryDNA provides a more precise ethnicity estimate with greater geographic detail. Our innovative SideView technology takes your results even further by showing your ethnicities and matches by parental side. *Some DNA features may require an Ancestry subscription
    • AncestryDNA + Traits lets you discover 40+ genetic traits, allowing you to explore how your genes might have influenced a range of appearance, sensory, fitness, nutrient, and other personal characteristics

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Written by SlickDealio
  • About this deal:
    • This price of the AncestryDNA Genetic Test Kit is $60.99 lower (60% savings) than the list price of $99.99.
  • About this product:
    • Rating of 4.6 from over 83,000 customer reviews.
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May 2, 2024 5:12 PM
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WillieTRMay 2, 2024 5:12 PM
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Okay, i'll bite at this price. Especially for the Ancestry one. Family name is dying out, want to add what I can to the record before it does.
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Share your genetic and racial info for free in their data records. Your insurance might access them in future to decipher about your health issues down the lane. Dont share your DNA period.
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SIX29PMay 2, 2024 5:36 PM
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Does anybody know if these "expire"
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Quote from jmichaelp :
I don't care a lick about the ancestry part, is this as good as any other for genetic information that I can upload into a service like Promethease?
Yes. It works well for that.
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Enjoy making law enforcement have an easy time prosecuting you and any family member who commits a crime and they recover DNA in the future. And hackers too can get your DNA and potentially use it against you. And people are paying for giving up their constitutional priviledge?

There is serious concerns brewing that 23andme is in serious financial trouble and will get bought out for their trove of DNA they have on so many people.
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Quote from JasonC6103 :
Enjoy making law enforcement have an easy time prosecuting you and any family member who commits a crime and they recover DNA in the future. And hackers too can get your DNA and potentially use it against you. And people are paying for giving up their constitutional priviledge?

There is serious concerns brewing that 23andme is in serious financial trouble and will get bought out for their trove of DNA they have on so many people.
Yeah that's exactly what I was going to say, you better make sure no one in your family did anything criminally before signing up for one of these, cause they gonna find them. So many cold cases solved this way now, but I guess if you're not worried about giving all of your generic info away to greedy large companies seeking your to sell your data, then have at it!
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dhishiMay 2, 2024 6:17 PM
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Quote from Wildpir8 :
Would you have been more impressed with 23andMe if they'd given you ancestry results that are different than what you already know?

If you were simply hoping for more specificity, I've seen a lot better results in that regard with Ancestry than 23andMe.
I paid $99 for 23andme and money down the ditch. I won't even do this again even if it was free. Good luck to those who have paid for this.
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Quote from ilovethissite :
Yeah that's exactly what I was going to say, you better make sure no one in your family did anything criminally before signing up for one of these, cause they gonna find them. So many cold cases solved this way now, but I guess if you're not worried about giving all of your generic info away to greedy large companies seeking your to sell your data, then have at it!
WSJ recently ran an article why it is a real concern about someone buying it, especially foreign entity. Perhaps you read it and disagreed?

Don't forget it isn't just current relatives, it is your children and grandchildren that can easily be narrowed down in the future.
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kenmaplesMay 2, 2024 6:31 PM
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AncestoryDNA + Traits is also on sale - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07J1FZQBC? $49


Mod edit: Short links are not allowed. Fixed shortened amazon link to full amazon url.
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Quote from StickItToEm :
Looks like the same price on Ancestry.com [ancestry.com], and says the sale there ends May 12th.
If you purchase through Ancestry, you have to pay an extra charge to return the kit to them. I believe it's $9.95. If you buy through Amazon, return shipping to Ancestry is included and there is no extra charge.
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Quote from dhishi :
Don't waste your money on this crap. I did mine with 23andme and they asked a ton of survey questions about my origin and the results they provided was exactly what I gave them. It took them 3 mths for providing nothing more than I already know. It is a total scam.
Only way you can know is a scam if you give them a wrong origin (on purpose) and have them prove that you are wrong.
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Quote from telco59 :
If you purchase through Ancestry, you have to pay an extra charge to return the kit to them. I believe it's $9.95. If you buy through Amazon, return shipping to Ancestry is included and there is no extra charge.
I don't know if you meant returning the dna sample or order. Order Idk, but i bought from ancestry before and the sample return shipping was in a prepaid package in the the box.

Edit: I think you meant returning extra kits from the order. OK, good to know.
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Quote from NaPra :
Looks like you get very vague results if you're from anywhere in Asia.
yes what about people with chinese ancestry? I guess that won't be very useful?
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Quote from gaijin4life :
23 and me is a BAD VENDOR. Profit driven, using your data in stuff they sell to others that is supposed to be anonymized but wasn't or wasn't properly (more than once). They've been hacked by China (most recent one: https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/04...ion-users/), too. Our neighbor down the street has a daughter that worked there from the beginning and has plenty of horror stories. Never do 23 and me.

Never.

I don't believe Ancestry proper has been hacked. Their subsidiary rootsweb was in 2017, but unlike 23 and me, they didn't blame their customers for their system's security failure. I know plenty who have done Ancestry and found blood relatives they didn't know they had. So, and easy recommendation for Ancestry, especially at this price!
They just sell your data
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Quote from dhishi :
Don't waste your money on this crap. I did mine with 23andme and they asked a ton of survey questions about my origin and the results they provided was exactly what I gave them. It took them 3 mths for providing nothing more than I already know. It is a total scam.
If you are from anywhere in Asia (Central Asia or Southeast Asia or Middle East) then the test won't give you any good results. DNA tests need a very large database to identify the origin and the bifurcations. Asian people hardly have this service at their disposal and 99% have never done any tests; so there is no database to compare against.

People need to know that this is more of an American and European thing and more of a first world country thing too. Results will be very sketchy outside of that.
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