23andMe Premium Ancestry + Health DNA Test Kit, Includes 1-Year Membership

This was super easy to use. It came with prepaid box to return my sample. All I had to do was spit in the vial, put it in the self paid box and drop it in the mail. They could not have made the process any easier. Definitely recommend.

Very effective for clear ancestry and basic health insights, but it has limits and should not be treated as a medical test

Fast shipping and good price for something that could be priceless

23andMe is the best! They offer both health and ancestor, which was super important to me, and their system is super user-friendly. I don't think I can recommend the "+ Premium" membership option. It was like an extra $30-ish bucks, and I feel like I don't plan on using the membership over the year, I just wanted my results the one time. I'm sure it probably depends on the specific user, but I recommend holding off on the extra membership

I bought both this and Ancestry DNA to cover my bases. Lets' compare. COLLECTION Almost identical. You spit into a tube, wrap it up, send it in. Then wait. TIME UNTIL RESULTS Nearly identical. It took around 4-ish weeks for both. They emailed me at different steps of the process which was nice. RESULTS Pretty surprising. Ancestry DNA says I am 33% English, 23% Irish, 19% German, 13% Scottish, and so on. 23andMe says I am 77.1% "Irish & UK", 17.7% French & German, 4.3% Scandinavian, and so on. Comparing Ireland and UK, Ancestry totaled 56% while 23andMe totaled 77%. Quite a difference. Ancestry didn't even pick up on my French ancestry while 23andMe didn't quite recognize my Norwegian ancestry. 23andMe did include results for WAAAAY back results like Middle East, Africa, and even Neanderthal. USER INTERFACE/EXPERIENCE I will give 23andMe the edge here. On Ancestry you can see the highlighted countries representing your DNA. On 23andMe you can click the country and see all of the regions/counties where your DNA is from. Bolder regions show where more DNA is from vs. lighter regions. So rather than just "Ireland" I know most of my DNA came from County Dublin, County Mayo, County Cork, and County Galway. Pretty cool. KEY DIFFERENCES 23andMe dives much deeper into your health markers. You really can't make informed decisions on it but it's still interesting to see that I have an increased likelihood of skin cancer, glaucoma, ADHD, etc. 23andMe has the ability to build a family tree but if that's what you're after, Ancestry beats them hands down. Ancestry has years and years of data from others building their family trees. What this means is you can add your parents, grandparents, etc., and there is a high probability Ancestry will automatically identify your past relatives. Basically, "Hey, we think we found a good match for Jane Doe's parents. Does this look right?" With that feature I was able to build out my direct lineage back to the 1700s in a couple of hours. CANCELLATION This is where it gets fun. Cancelling 23andMe and SUUUUUUCKS. The site conveniently broke for me when I went to cancel. What made this more annoying is you have to sign up for their annual subscription to get your results. Yes, the results that you already paid for with this kit requires an annual subscription. But don't worry, you can "cancel at any time." I ended up having to write to customer service to cancel. It took almost a month to get back to me. So I just completely deleted my account and scrubbed my DNA results (assuming they follow privacy laws). That whole process was annoying and left a bad taste in my mouth. Ancestry was super easy to cancel. No issues there. BOTTOM LINE I think both are worth it given the varying results. The health data is interesting but not something I am putting much stake in. If I only had money for one, I would absolutely go with Ancestry. A NOTE ON THE RECENT BREACH The recent 23andMe breach occurred through a password spray attack. Basically, people who use the same password everywhere were targeted. This is all the more reason to use different passwords for every site and app. Also, use MFA whenever you can. Yeah, it's annoying but getting hacked is way more annoying. So no, 23andMe's systems weren't hacked -- individual users were hacked. Because there is the ability to share data with your DNA matches, this also impacted people connected to those who were hacked. Yes, 23andMe should have had detection capabilities to identify this attack sooner but it's not quite a doom and gloom as the media would portray.

Seriously, that and the medical stuff my doctor couldn't be bothered with screening for (kidney stones, liver and cardiac disease, cancer susceptibility, drugs I was being prescribed I really shouldn't be taking) and then looking at the results and charging my insurance a premium just to verify yup, that's a true thing. Ancestry is a side bonus and honestly it's what I thought of when I bought it. HUGE disappointment. But the medical tests? God I think it paid for itself in terms of what hereditary issues I have my family wouldn't tell me like dementia, Parkinson, and anemia. So yes, probably really worth your time to pay for this then talk to tour doctor as an ounce of prevention is Seriously worth a pound of cure. Or death avoidance.

I received my results in a timely manner as promised, I was very satisfied with the results. My ancestry map was accurate to where I was born and the information I was already aware of. I appreciated the health portion of the test and the results and I plan to share it with my doctor at my next visit. I would recommend for accuracy. This came with a year membership but I’m not sure I need that, but if you would like to continue connecting your family tree it could be really helpful. I would recommend 24andMe.

Arrived for black friday discount 50% so i decided to try. Spit in a tube close the cap download the app scan the vial barcode to link the sample to your profile number so your name isnt on anything. Place sampe in provided box with provided prepaid lable wait for results on app. And they wont give your dna to ANYONE whatso ever not even the po po

Scam

Don’t buy from here. It was sent to the UAE where I live and where I bought it from. Then had to be sent back to the US. It didn’t arrive. Now 23&me are saying the replacement kit can only be sent to the US. So this product here is false. Do not buy. It doesn’t work

I ordered product through Amazon and it was delivered in the UAE. Followed the instructions post it and then I received a message since it was delivered in the UAE and I’ve sent the test from the UAE it can not be tested in the USA. Then why sell it outside of the USA

23andMe’s services sold on Amazon but are only available for shipment in the United States. I bought the kit from amazon.ae delivered in Dubai, the complete kit was sent back to 23andMe USA, but they refused to perform genetic test referring to the fact that kit came from outside of US. So full money loss for the kit plus delivery back cost