2020 Black Friday/Cyber Monday Sale, Deals on Gift Memberships, AncestryDNA

Ancestry.com has started its Black Friday/Cyber Monday Sale. This sale is on Gift Memberships and autosomal DNA tests.

Gift Memberships
Ancestry.com is having a 50 percent sale on its Gift Subscription Memberships until Monday, November 30, 2020. Gift memberships are one-time, non-renewing memberships. You pick the start date of the gift membership and it arrives in the recipient's email on that date. Recipients are not supposed to have active, paid subscription. See the Questions and Answers towards the bottom of the gift membership page.

U.S. Discovery GIFT Membership
Access to U.S. records
6-months reg. $99.99 ... sale $49.99 ... save $50 
12-months reg. $189 ... sale $94 ... save $95

World Explorer GIFT Membership
Access to records across the globe.
6-months reg. $149 ... sale $74 ... save $75
12-months reg. $299 ... sale $149 ... save $150

All-Access GIFT Membership
Access to records across the globe; plus military records on Fold3.com; and articles on Newspapers.com Basic.
6-months reg. $199 ... sale $99 ... save $100
12-months reg. $389 ... sale $194 ... save $195

DNA Tests
For this holiday sale all of the AncestryDNA autosomal test options are on sale.

The AncestryDNA (autosomal) test regularly $99 is on sale for $49, a savings of 50 percent or $50 dollars, with taxes and shipping extra. This offer ends November 30, 2020.

OR, The AncestryDNA (autosomal) test can be combined with a three-month World Explorer Membership for a sale price of $50 rather than a regular price of $178 with taxes and shipping extra. This offer ends November 30, 2020. BUT take note, this offer is for new and returning subscribers not for existing subscribers. And tkae note that after the initial three-month period is over the 3-month subscription will automatically renew at the regular price of $79.95. If you do not want to renew the subscription, you need to cancel the subscription at least 2 days before the renewal date by going into your account or calling customer service.

Quite a while back, Ancestry.com introduced its AncestryDNA Personal Traits feature. Personal Traits can be added on to an existing test or purchased at the same time as an AncestryDNA test. For this sale, the AncestryDNA Personal Traits can be added to the purchase of AncestryDNA test for just $10 instead of its regular price of $20.

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

The AncestryHealth test now regularly $179 is on sale for $99, a savings of $80 dollars, with taxes and shipping extra. This particular offer ends December 31, 2020.

The AncestryHealth test includes the AncestryDNA test, the Personal Traits as well as actionable health and wellness reports, support from genetic counselors, and family health history tree. The tests offered by AncestryHealth are physician-ordered and are not diagnostic. The tests are not reviewed and approved by the FDA. The AncestryHealth test is not available in New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, or Guam.

Over 18 million AncestryDNA test kits have been sold now according to reports back in July 2020 and the company facts page on the Ancestry corporate website. 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:  Birth Weight, Facial Hair Thickness, Omega-3, Photic Sneeze Reflex, Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Vitaman E, Wisdom Teeth,
Asparagus Metabolite Detection, Bitter Sensitivity, Cilantro Aversion, Cleft Chin, Earlobe Shape, Earwax Type,
Eye Color, Finger Length, Freckles, Hair Color, Hair Strand Thickness, Hair Type, Iris Patterns, Male Hair Loss, Savory (Umami) Sensitivity, Skin Pigmentation, Sweet Sensitivity, and Unibrow. More traits may be available in the future at an additional cost. There may still be 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.

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. 

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, as of now when this post was written the AncestryDNA test is listed at $59 while the AncestryDNA+Traits is also listed at the same price of $59 and the AncestryDNA+Traits+Health is listed at $99. So, this time the sale price on the Amazon website is as good as the Ancestry website deal or a bit better because shipping is free. 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 Holidays Everyone!

See you soon at Mt. Clemens Public Library!
LE