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I bought this for 2 reasons. 1, because I know I came from an ethnic background because I’m tanned year round, and my dad is clearly black/mixed race, but my dad didn’t know his grandparents and didn’t speak to his dad. I found out that I’m actually a mixture of British, African and Irish. My dad was gobsmacked. I also have a lot of health issues as I’m getting older, and the data did shed some light on this. You can also download the raw data and upload it onto other genetic websites or family tree building sites. I didn’t find the family tree side of it too good because it is an American company, so I didn’t find any family in the UK, but I did come across a lot of possible family members in America. It has been an eye opener and some good fun. I highly recommend.

As Ancestry is a big interest of mine, i got this on a special offer. While the results differ in parts to the one i did with Ancestry, i was more intersted in the health aspect with this one. While it never flagged anything serious, it failed to flag other problems that i did know of? While it is not meant to diagnose, and i knew of my problems prior, i was curious to see how ‘accurate’ this could be? Having studied my results, the website, the app, the ‘health probabilities’ are derived by the information given by willing participants like me, and then whatever haplogroup your DNA belongs to, it is then compared to others in the same haplogroup - it is basically worked out on statistics to the information they receive from the DNA samples they collect. It is still a very interesting insight, but not life changing. For the Ancestry side to it, i prefer the Ancestry DNA kit, as the results i got from that were more positive in my linking to other DNA matched relatives. The results from this kit do tell me of ‘relatives’, a few are also on my Ancestry DNA lists as well, so there is certainly an accuracy there, but their half hearted attempt at showing how you are linked with these people is just not clear enough for me? Having been well experienced with the Ancestry one, i am somewhat disappointed in this kit in comparison.

I bought this for myself and one for my husband. I had been worried about health mutations as we both have complicated family medical histories. I was waiting to to have an indication of what we both potentially have markers for and to proactively make lifestyle changes or seek further screening etc. I had held off reviewing but it has been nearly one month and we are not even to the first stage of testing….samples still in transit since the 28th of March. So I have removed one star as this process is really too long! Apart from the processing time, the kit itself was easy to use and easy to register with their app. Sample collection is simple and the container is pretty ingenious. Posting it off to them in a prepaid shipping box is also simple. I hope I get results soon. It really seems like it takes so long. I am not sure of other companies can do this faster. My only advice is to compare the time it takes for results if you need it faster.

This won’t interest anyone but myself. I thought I was half Irish and the other half a mix of Eastern Europe and French. It turns out I’m 66% Irish. I have 0% French but 7% Spanish and or Portugal. My father doesn’t show up as a DNA relative. So this is fascinating to me if nothing else.

Finally after 3 months I got my DNA results very long wait.

I’ve always wondered about my ancestry when I saw this product on amazon I didn’t hesitate getting it for my partner and myself. It arrived on time and the test itself takes about a month if not less! Its a great product to have if you want to know more about your origins and genetics predispositions.

Very interesting to look into your heritage.

I got this to answer questions of my background that due to family falling out and deaths, could not be answered. Was pleasantly surprised of how quick the test was sent out and kept myself informed of the status throughout