Black Friday/Cyber Monday Sale at AncestryDNA -- Save Up to 50%

There have been some changes in the genealogy/DNA marketplace so it has taken us a bit longer to write about them. The changes are that a few more of the Genealogy/DNA testing companies are offering health components to their testing options.

Ancestry.com is one of the genealogy/DNA testing companies that has added a health component to its offerings.

For 2019's Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale, the AncestryDNA tests at Ancestry.com are up to 50 percent off. This sale ends December 2, 2019, and taxes and shipping are extra. 

The AncestryDNA (autosomal) test regularly $99 is now on sale for $49, a savings of $50 dollars.

Quite a while back, Ancestry.com introduced its AncestryDNA Traits feature. Traits can be added on to an existing test or purchased at the same time as an AncestryDNA test. But for this sale, the AncestryDNA Traits can be added to the purchase of AncestryDNA test for just $10 instead of its regular price of $20. Free gift wrap with Traits purchase is available while supplies last. (This particular gift wrap offer ends December 31, 2019.)

We have not seen if the sale price on the AncestryDNA Traits add-on will be offered to those with existing AncestryDNA tests.

With Ancestry.com jumping further into the genealogy/DNA/health market it now offers an AncestryHealth Core test which includes the AncestryDNA test along with actionable health and wellness reports, support from genetic counselors, and family health history tree. The AncestryHealth Core test is not available in New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, or Guam.

The AncestryHealth Core test regularly $149 is now on sale for $79, a savings of $70 dollars.

We are not sure if the FREESHIPDNA code will work on the Ancestry website 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.

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.

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. New traits added are Birth Weight, Facial Hair Thickness, Omega-3, Photic Sneeze Reflex, Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Vitaman E, Wisdom Teeth. There is also a Compare Feature and Around the World Feature. 

From Ancestry.com

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, the prices for an AncestryDNA test and the AncestryHealth Core test at Amazon are also at the sale prices. BUT the AncestryDNA+Traits bundle is not on sale at Amazon. Non-AmazonPrime members get free shipping due to the total cost and because it is fulfilled by Amazon while AmazonPrime members 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. You will find this information just below the price. See the image below.

Look for this before adding your item to your cart.

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

See you soon at Mt. Clemens Public Library!
LE