This service combines advanced DNA science with the world's largest online family history resource to identify your genetic origins and help you find new family connections.

Before you pick a DNA test kit, read about test types, privacy, and what the test involves. DNA test results from Ancestry® can help with genealogy research.

Learn how DNA testing works and what goes on behind the scenes as we transform your DNA into your ethnicity estimate, ancestor migrations, and DNA matches!

Unlike Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA tests, AncestryDNA provides matches on both sides of your family. A Y-chromosome DNA test finds only the father-to-son path in a family tree, and a …

Sep 21, 2023 · So you want to take an ancestry DNA test to gain a more complete story of your genetic makeup. Here's a 5-point primer that maps out facts you need to know.

After you register your AncestryDNA kit, we compare your DNA with millions of tests in our database and give you a list of DNA matches to explore—people you are likely related to.

AncestryDNA testing can help you learn where your distant ancestors were from as well as who your family is today. And no matter where it leads, it’s a story you’ve always carried with you.

This service combines advanced DNA science with the world's largest online family history resource to estimate your genetic ethnicity and help you find new family connections.

Ancestry has provided the following table to help you decide which product will supply the information you’re looking for most.

AncestryDNA ® provides a list of DNA matches (people who are genetically related to the test taker) and an estimate of one’s ancestral origins. We survey one’s DNA at hundreds of thousands of locations …