DNA Sales for April 2025

Though the main DNA sales take place from Black Friday through the New Year holiday season, there are DNA sales at other times of the year. Usually holidays (from the U.S. perspective) and, of course, DNA Day on April 25 of each year. Sometimes they start early and sometimes they pop-up when you are not expecting them. The tip is to check websites often.

 

MyHeritage DNA

MyHeritage DNA is having a flash sale that ends today, Sunday April 13, 2025. For this Flash DNA Sale the price is $33 (regularly $89) plus shipping. If you order two kits, there is free shipping. You have the choice of just the DNA kit or the DNA kit with a 30-day Complete free trial*. 

*After 30 days, you'll enjoy a 50% discount and be charged $299 $149 for the first year. The Complete subscription renews annually. You can cancel anytime.

 

AncestryDNA

AncestryDNA has no sale at this time but keep an eye out for either an Easter Sale or DNA Day Sale in the near future.

 

LivingDNA

LivingDNA has started its DNA Day Sale. Its DNA Ancestry Kit is regularly $124 and is on sale for $69 plus shipping.

LivingDNA is based in the United Kingdom so if you have a lot of English and Irish ancestry the more detailed regions for Britain and Ireland in the ethnicity may be of interest to you. The company is still building itself so at a sale price it may be worth a try. Perhaps you will find a clue to direct your search.

BUT remember that LivingDNA is now requiring that your LivingDNA test be taken/used and sent in within one year of the date of purchase. They will not process tests older than that despite the swab test tube saying its expiration date is well after that. Based on a LivingDNA Support article this change may have been implemented in early 2019. However, we are not sure when its Terms of Services was changed to reflect this. So if you have a LivingDNA test sitting around you might want to check its purchase date. Hopefully you still have time, or you may need to pay for shipping on a replacement test kit.

Family Tree DNA

Family Tree DNA began its DNA Day Sale early as it celebrates its 25th birthday. This sale goes through April 30, 2025.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Many of the DNA testing companies also sell their basic tests on Amazon but when they hold a sale on their own website, it may or may not be on sale on Amazon. So check there (usually shipping is free on Amazon but make sure the seller is indeed the testing company and not a third-party entity.

Remember you can look at past DNA sales by selecting the post label in the left-hand column to compare sale prices. Useful ones are DNA, AncestryDNA, MyHeritageDNA, FamilyTreeDNA, LivingDNA and 23andMe. 

A note about 23andMe, the company is in bankruptcy and at this time it is not known who/what the potential buyers are and their plans. If you have DNA there, keep a close eye on the situation so you can decide if you want to delete your DNA test at 23andMe. You should download you DNA data and screen capture any ethnicity and match information so you have it for the future.

 

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