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AncestryDNA® Kit + Family History Membership (3 Months) $86 + $29 Shipping (Was $258.99) @ Ancestry.com.au

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AncestryDNA® Kit + Family History Membership (3 Months) $86 + $29 Shipping (Was $258.99) @ Ancestry.com.au
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Rojohe on 24/11/2021 - 21:29 ancestry.com.au (246 clicks)
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AncestryDNA kit is $85 down from $129 but for $1 extra you get 3 months of access to Austrailia, New Zealand, and all international records on Ancestry. Don't forget to cancel the automatic renewal as it's $129.99 for 3 months.

**Offer is for new and returning subscribers only and not for renewal of current subscriptions. Your subscription will automatically renew at $129.99 every three months after the introductory 3-month offer. If you don't want to renew, cancel at least two days before renewal date by visiting the My Account section or by contacting us.

Edit: Fixed title, I read excludes shipping as includes shipping.

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  • YOLO on 24/11/2021 - 21:38
    +1

    Additional $29.99 for shipping

  • rokkz on 24/11/2021 - 21:41
    +1

    yeah special price is 99 free ship

    • bisaya on 24/11/2021 - 22:16

      is it free shipping on the $85 kit as well or just the $99 intro kit

      edit: looks like there's no option for free shipping on either the $85 or $99 kits

  • cbalcs on 24/11/2021 - 22:19
    +6

    Worth noting they can use your DNA for anything they feel like.

    • pierrejb on 25/11/2021 - 08:18
      +1

      If it helps the cops catch a killer/rapist or identify a John/Jane Doe I'm fine with that. If they track down a relative I did not know about I have no problem with that (been there, done that). If they want to use my data for medical research - also fine. If they want to clone me… well that would be pretty cool but they would need to sequence a lot more DNA to get a complete profile.

  • CuteWittleCorgi on 24/11/2021 - 22:22

    I want to buy this just for fun, but having just watched the latest James Bond movie and seeing how they used a hacked DNA database to get everyone's DNA information makes me hesistant.

    • ihfree on 24/11/2021 - 22:27
      +1

      There's already enough data to track you down based on your relatives who have done these tests.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT18KJouHWg

    • Muten-Roshi on 25/11/2021 - 11:41
      -1

      It's already been expressed in official statements by the Chinese military from what I've heard.
      https://youtu.be/biNxl7tiVSY

      I haven't looked at the documents themselves but I'd say it's a valid possibility.
      A lot of these companies use Chinese labs to identify DNA, but the country more strictly controls leakage of the local population DNA exports.
      Like ihfree said it probably may not matter by this stage and whatever is meant to happen will happen. Enjoy life.

  • Bretttick on 24/11/2021 - 22:28
    -2

    I think there was a previous ancestry deal a while back. Signed up and mucked around for a while.

    It's a useless site, got over it and cancelled free trial, never again I don't know what all the fuss is about

  • ihfree on 24/11/2021 - 22:32
    +1

    I found a great uncle who was trying to track down family and solved a family mystery. 5/7 would recommend.

    There's also promethease if you're interested in health and traits. It's worth reading about the implications of doing these tests.

    • scottishdave on 25/11/2021 - 06:05
      +1

      You can also upload your Ancestry.com DNA results into MyHeritage.com and GedMatch.com using a free account.
      Ancestry seems to be North America centric and MyHeritage UK and Ireland centric.
      https://blog.myheritage.com/2016/05/myheritage-is-adding-fre…
      Filae.com is focused on Continental Europe.
      Ancestry showed me as 3% Scandinavian and MyHeritage showed me as 16%. Go figure.
      It does help if you create a family tree as well.

      • pierrejb on 25/11/2021 - 08:23

        Don't forget FamilyTreeDNA as well…these days I don't find a lot of regional difference between Ancestry and MyHeritage. Plenty of UK relatives on both…

  • jackwoz on 24/11/2021 - 22:56

    Same price as amazon?

  • lostn on 24/11/2021 - 22:59

    i don't know how much I can trust their accuracy, or how far back their ancestry will trace back. Does it go all the way back to Africa 60k years ago? Probably not.

    My DNA result told me I was a 100% of one ethnicity which sounds extremely unlikely.

    • Rojohe on 24/11/2021 - 23:05
      +4

      Are you Asian by chance?

      Review from Amazon:

      DO NOT PURCHASE THIS IF YOU ARE ASIAN

      I'm Korean, but I wanted to further understand my ethic background. I was curious if I have South Asian genes or ancestors from other East Asian countries.

      But the test result only says I'm "100% Asian." One giant yellow pie chart just saying I'm just "Asian", nothing else. So, I paid 80 bucks to find out I'm Asian.

      AncestryDNA only 4 Asian regions (Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, and Guam/Philippines), whereas they have more than 100 European regions.

      Is this some sort of sick joke? I understand that the company may have way fewer Asian samples. But then, they should've notified customers that they can't track Asian people's ancestry at all.

      Don't waste your money on this, if you are Asian.

      • lostn on 24/11/2021 - 23:10

        no, mine was more specific. It gave me an actual country and region of that country. But if my test came up 100% Asian, I would ask for my money back. LOL.

        What we don't know is how many generations back it traces. For anyone to be 100% of something is unlikely, unless they are part of an uncontacted tribe.

      • ihfree on 25/11/2021 - 23:47

        Looking on Ancestry.com.au now, there are 57 different regions in Asia. Obviously, it is still very Europe centric with 1277 regions testing in Europe.

    • chyawala on 25/11/2021 - 03:54

      Very skeptical too as we understand the product to decipher our ancestry. However they update your ancestry with an email saying actually instead of the what the test result showed about your ancestry, we now think you are this % ancestry based on new information we have. And I've seen this include huge shifts in outcomes, and to suddenly add numerous additional nationalities. So it appears what they are selling is in fact a best guess result that is not based on enough information, and that the test you pay for is in part the information they need.

      • pierrejb on 25/11/2021 - 08:38

        That is more or less how they operate. The more people they have in their database, the more accurate the results. For me the ethnicity report is a bit of a gimmick, but the value lies in DNA matches I have with living relatives which help me to find missing links and branches in my family tree. I rarely look at the ethnicity report but I check the DNA matches every week for new relatives and I try to figure out how they fit into my tree.

    • scottishdave on 25/11/2021 - 06:11
      +1

      @lostn, If you upload your Ancestry DNA results into a free gedmatch.com account, gedmatch does give you that kind of info.

      • lostn on 25/11/2021 - 15:06

        how do you download your DNA results? Is this a premium feature you have to pay extra for? I can't find any such option.

    • pierrejb on 25/11/2021 - 08:33

      These sites do not track your ancestry back 60000 years. They compare your DNA with the DNA profile of current living populations and provide an estimate of ethnicity based on that. Most people in their database are European so if you have other ethnicity your results are going to be a lot less accurate. If you want to compare your DNA with DNA recovered from ancient samples you want gedmatch - but none of these samples go back 60k. Populations move around so you need to combine your DNA results with historical knowledge about mass migrations to build a picture.

      • lostn on 25/11/2021 - 14:56

        i don't need it to go back 60k years, I'm just curious how far back they can trace, because for me the results sound suss.

        • pierrejb on 25/11/2021 - 17:34

          Some of my DNA matches go back to common ancestors 7 or 8 generations ago and when you then map out the family tree using historical documents the DNA is always correct … DNA does not lie, so nothing suss about it. It is a very helpful tool if you are into genealogy and expanding your family tree. If your main aim is to find out your ethnicity I have found it to be pretty accurate (based on what I know about my family history from other sources) but the ethnicity estimate is more of a gimmick IMHO.

  • Calcifer on 24/11/2021 - 23:02

    How does this compare to a 23andme?

    • bisaya on 24/11/2021 - 23:03

      i did 23andme and was happy but apparently ancestry has a bigger database so should get better results but otherwise pretty much the same, just go with what's cheaper imo

    • lostn on 24/11/2021 - 23:09

      23 is a lot more expensive and their shipping is I believe $60 USD.

  • Benoffie on 24/11/2021 - 23:09

    Have had grandparents do this.
    The thing to remember is the results are based on where others submitted tests from and basic DNA.

    If you want to find out very in-depth information, you need to pay for one of the university services via Cambridge/Oxford etc who can get it down to ethnic groups and specific areas

  • jonnyb on 24/11/2021 - 23:20
    +1

    For me, the benefit of the DNA test is more about filling in gaps by finding a distant relatives with trees. Helps to find the real records if you have a hint of a name.

    As for the records, if people are into it after the 3 months, it might be worth looking into local libraries as some have library subscriptions to Ancestry that you can access from home.

  • Muten-Roshi on 25/11/2021 - 11:34
    +1

    Be aware that if you do not give consent for your DNA to be tracked and stored, but one of your relatives does they will have enough of your information to identify you anyway.
    Similarly this is the case for anyone else in your family, if you do not want your kids, cousins, aunts/uncles, grandparents etc. or they don't want this information out there. It affects everyone so you should probably have a conversation with them first.

    Also be mindful that a lot of these companies (not sure about Ancestry) may use labs and storage located in China if you are concerned or worried about that. (There is the whole "targeted bio-weapon" conspiracy out there too, so if you think that is a valid possibility, now you can make an informed decision.")

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