Tuesday, September 26, 2017

AncestryDNA on Sale for $79

Ancestry.com is having a sale on its AncestryDNA (autosomal) Test. Regularly $99, it is on sale for $79 plus shipping and taxes. We have seen no indication of when this sale will end.

From what we understand that free shipping coupon code FREESHIPDNA listed at the RetailMeNot website will work with this sale so you will save on the $9.95 shipping cost too! Also reported is that if you buy additional AncestryDNA test kits at the same time, those additional test kits will cost just $69 each.

One thing to remember with AncestryDNA is that there are new rules/procedures for activating tests that are not your own DNA aka spit aka test. We reported on this with our July 14, 2017, post. Essentially each DNA tester needs to have a unique email address (because of the next requirement), have his/her own Ancestry.com account (it can be a free one), activate his/her own test kit, and then invite the test requester (often the person that paid for the test) to be a manager of that DNA tester's results.

It has been speculated a lot of these changes were to comply with European Union privacy laws so that perhaps Ancestry.com can expand its test sales into other countries.

But that said, it makes things a whole lot more difficult to get other relatives who don't, won't or can't have technology like email and internet; and who don't, won't or can't manage their own test results due to age, capability or finances. Many relatives are willing to test if that is all they have to do so you can share the results with them.

So Ancestry advised us to help the tester set up those things.

How much help (with the tester's informed consent and permission) you need to give will depend on each situation.

See you soon at Mt. Clemens Public Library!
LE

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