We are not sure if the FREESHIPDNA code will work with this sale but it does not hurt to try it.
Nearly 15 million AncestryDNA test kits have been sold now according to reports at the end of February during the RootsTech 2019 conference and a press release on February 28, 2019, by Ancestry. As the testing company with the largest "pool" of potential DNA matches it is a good place to start.
AncestryDNA test results provide an ethnicity/admixture report, a AncestryDNA match list, shared matches, an internal member messaging system, and automatic updates to results. As well as some basic information from ThruLines which is Ancestry's replacement or next generation of New Ancestor Discoveries and DNA Circles. See the chart below.
Be aware that with an active paid subscription to Ancestry, there is fuller access to some DNA features such as all available information about people is shown in ThruLines; Matches' public family trees are viewable instead of just a preview of five generations; and up to seven generations of surnames instead of up to five surnames are shown for direct ancestor surnames from your matches' trees.
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| From Ancestry.com, a look at AncestryDNA with and without a data membership/subscription. |
Access to these extra features end if you discontinue your data subscription. Some of these extra features require a public family tree linked to the AncestryDNA kit.
Ancestry offers an AncestryDNAInsights subscription (available by calling customer service) for about $49/year which would give access to all of the DNA tools but not any data/records. (Price as of 2016 we are not sure if the pricing has changed since then.)
There is also a new add-on to the AncestryDNA autosomal test called AncestryDNA Traits. This add-on is regularly priced at $20 so when purchased with a new AncestryDNA test the total cost of an AncestryDNA+Traits test is $79 plus taxes and shipping.
AncestryDNA Traits now gives a look at 26 personal traits. These traits are: Sweet Sensitivity, Savory (Umami) Sensitivity, Bitter Sensitivity, Cilantro Aversion, Asparagus Metabolite Detection, Eye Color, Male Hair Loss, Hair Type, Hair Color, Hair Strand Thickness, Iris Patterns, Freckles, Cleft Chin, Unibrow, Finger Length, Skin Pigmentation, Earlobe Shape, and Earwax Type. Newly added traits are Birth Weight, Facial Hair Thickness, Omega-3, Photic Sneeze Reflex, Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Vitamin E, and Wisdom Teeth. New traits may be available in the future for additional costs.
AncestryDNA is the one DNA/genealogy testing site that does not provide a chromosome browser tool which allows you to see the chromosome segments you share in common with a match which is one of the scientific ways to confirm a match is a true match and not a match by chance. To access a chromosome browser you would need to download your kit's DNA data and upload that data to one of the three companies that do provide a chromosome browser: MyHeritageDNA, Family Tree DNA, and the third-party GedMatch.com website.
Want to save on shipping costs? Remember AncestryDNA also sells its test kits on Amazon.com and often at sale prices when it is having a sale. For this sale, however, the prices for an AncestryDNA test and the AncestryDNA+Traits test at Amazon are currently at regular non-sale prices. (Non-AmazonPrime members would get free shipping due to the total cost and because it is fulfilled by Amazon while AmazonPrime members would just get quicker 2-day shipping for free. But be cautious and make sure the test kit you are buying is "sold by AncestryDNAOfficial and fulfilled by Amazon" to insure you are buying a genuine test kit if and when you see the test kits on sale there. You will find this information just below the price. See the image below.)
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Have a good holiday weekend everyone!
See you soon at Mt. Clemens Public Library!
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Hello. I purchased a kit during the last sale and it's currently processing. I've done genealogy for several years and I've got access to Ancestry via the public library and do have a tree on my unpaid Ancestry account. I'm unclear as to what is actually part of the Insights subscription package. Can you please explain? I also have an account on Family Search where I am using the hints, etc.
ReplyDeleteIf you look at this Ancestry Support page https://support.ancestry.com/s/article/AncestryDNA-with-an-Ancestry-Subscription-US-1460090085520-3160 , the chart shows the difference in what you can access in AncestryDNA with and without a data subscription. It is similar to the one in this article. Several years back Ancestry had the DNA Insights subscription (only obtainable by calling customer support) which is not a data (records) subscription but rather it got you access to just those other DNA features available like when you have a data subscription.
ReplyDeleteWe are not sure with the recent change in AncestryDNA and the release of ThruLines a couple months ago if this affected the DNA Insights non-data subscription or not. We have not heard anything either way. Looking online there is some mention that Ancestry stopped it but another a year later that said if the customer rep says they don't sell that ask to speak to a manager. I know a member or two of our group had the Insights (non-records) subscription at one time.