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Old 03-11-2018, 09:21 AM
 
Location: NJ
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For any adoptees, my heritage is giving away free tests, you only have to apply. It's called DNA quest.

DNA Quest application
DNA Quest main site

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Who is eligible?

Participation in this project is open to adoptees seeking to find their biological family members, and to parents and other family members looking for a child they had placed in adoption years ago. Preference will be given to people who are not able to afford genetic testing. Leveraging the power of genetic genealogy opens new doors in the search for relatives, and we believe everyone should be able to access this valuable technology.

Applications are open until April 30, 2018.
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Old 04-20-2018, 09:23 AM
 
Location: North Carolina
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DNA Day Sales have begun, except at 23andMe

AncestryDNA - $59 (normally $99)
FTDNA Family Finder - $49 (normally $79)
FTDNA Y-DNA - $139-289 (normally $169-359)
FTDNA mtDNA Full Sequence - $149 (normally $199)
MyHeritage - $69 (normally $99)
LivingDNA - $79.99 (normally $159)
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Old 04-20-2018, 05:43 PM
 
Location: North Carolina
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And now 23andMe have caught up:

23andMe ancestry only: $69 (normally $99)
23andMe ancestry+health: $139 (normally $199)
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Old 04-25-2018, 10:22 AM
 
Location: NJ
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Ancestry is having an awesome sale for anyone interested I'll paste it in

AncestryDNA is $59—LOWEST PRICE OF THE*YEAR
Your world is waiting for*you.
Order AncestryDNA and start your most meaningful journey yet. With 5x more detail than other tests*, you can uncover the people, places, and stories in your unique*heritage.
Only $59**


http://click.email.ancestry.com/?qs=...de039516c342d4
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Old 04-25-2018, 11:56 AM
 
Location: Chapel Hill, NC, formerly NoVA and Phila
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23andme is inviting Ancestry.com members to upload their DNA for free to 23andme until the end of the day today. Usually you cannot do this. Good deal if you've tested at Ancestry but want to compare to people who've tested at 23andme!

https://www.23andme.com/discover23/
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Old 04-29-2018, 12:12 PM
 
Location: NJ
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23andme is inviting Ancestry.com members to upload their DNA for free to 23andme until the end of the day today. Usually you cannot do this. Good deal if you've tested at Ancestry but want to compare to people who've tested at 23andme!

https://www.23andme.com/discover23/
So upset I missed it! Looks like a lot of people had issues; hopefully they'll do it again and I won't miss it.
____________________
23 and Me Mother's Day Sale Buy 2 kits gets one free or 20% OFF† Link - Offer Ends May 13


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My Heritage Sale
Hi,‎
In celebration of Mother's Day, we are happy to announce a huge DNA sale.
For a limited time, we offer the MyHeritage DNA test kit for only $59, plus shipping.
Get the special person in your life a perfect gift, as unique as they are.
MyHeritage DNA is based on a gentle cheek swab - takes only 2 minutes, and requires no blood or spit.
Results are available in 4 weeks on our private and secure website. They include a detailed Ethnicity Estimate with percentages, and the discovery of relatives based on shared DNA.
Order now for only $59
Offer ends on May 14, 2018. Order by May 6 to receive by Mother's Day.
Best regards,
The MyHeritage team
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FTDNA Sale -Celebrate Mom Genes during our Mother's Day Sale with discounts on Family Finder and mtDNA! Ends 05/14/18

Family finder is $59 and family finder with mtFull Sequence $199; regularly $278. Link to product page
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If you do DNA; don't forget to see my thread Family tree and DNA general instructions; Scroll down to Now to the DNA to find out how to upload to My Heritage; GEDmatch and GEDmatch Genesis for free ethnicity and family tree matching. My Heritage also gives surnames and chromosome browser; and FTDNA for free family matching. For $19 you can get myOrigins, ancientOrigins, and Chromosome Browser. I'll paste in the DNA part. The rest of it is how to back up your family tree as well as tips

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Now to the DNA
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How to access and download your autosomal DNA results from AncestryDNA once you're ready to upload to other sites.

1. Navigate to the Ancestry.com website homepage.
2. In the upper-right corner, click Sign In to display the sign in window.
3. In the Username or email field, enter your username or email.
4. In the Password field, enter your password.
5. Click Sign In. Your Ancestry home page is displayed.
6. On the menu bar, click DNA > Your DNA Results Summary. The AncestryDNA home page is displayed.
7. On the right side of the page, click Settings. Your Test Settings page is displayed.
8. Scroll down the page.
9. On the right side of the page, in the Download your raw DNA data section, click Get Started. The Download your raw DNA data window is displayed.
10. Enter your password in the empty field.
11. Click Confirm. A window requesting that you check your email is displayed.
12. Check your email for an email from AncestryDNA with the subject line Your request to download AncestryDNA raw data.
13. In the email, click Confirm Data Download. You will be redirected to the Ancestry.com website.
14. Enter your username or email and password in the appropriate fields, and click Sign In. The Download DNA Raw Data page is displayed.
15. Click Download DNA Raw Data to download your raw data file. Note where you save the file on your computer
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23andme Accessing your Raw Data

FTDNA Accessing your Raw Data to upload to GEDmatch


23 and me offers 2 tests, one for family finder ($99) and another for health ($200). If you do the family finder without health and you're interested in doing the health later on it will cost you an extra $25 so be aware of that. They do not support uploads from other sites.

Ancestry DNA - costs $99 plus $10 shipping. They do not allow uploads from other companies. Tests normally go on sale mothers and father's day, black Friday $69 and the Christmas holiday $79. I have a coupon code in my 1st post here I believe where it's $89 but you have to add the $10 shipping to it. It's very easy to buy more tests to add it to the people in your tree.

Family Tree DNA costs $79 or you can transfer your Ancestry DNA or 23 and Me autosomal DNA data to discover new matches for free. For $19 more they will give you myOrigins, ancientOrigins and Chromosome Browser. I haven't done it yet. I plan to do it at some point so I can get the experience. I have directions on how to upload multiple raw data files at FTDNA in case anyone gets stuck. Once you have the 1st one uploaded and have electronically signed it, logout of FamilyTreeDNA, then select the drop down box "DNA Tests" and select the "Autosomal Transfer". Fill out First Name and Last name of the person who's test you will be uploading and select if they are male or female and then enter your email address if you are the person who will administer this account. It will then assign you a new kit number and email you a new password for the kit. Then it will proceed to the upload DNA page. Make sure you look for the password email. You're going to get one for each sample you upload. You have to upload your family tree GEDcom file for each sample which is a pain in the butt but over all it's been a good experience. Directions page in case anyone needs it.

My Heritage DNA is normally $99 but they're selling it for $79. They're a new company so you may not get many matches. I didn't have many matches until recently. Their database has really grown.. They allow free uploads from Ancestry, 23 and me and FTDNA. June 2017 - New, they now give free ethnicity estimates. I won a kit from My Heritage for a founders project. They were interested in me because my family has lived in Hungary for a long time. I got my ethnicity report from it, I'm 96.3% East European and 3.7% Italian. It took 6 months, they wouldn't release it until they were done analyzing data from everyone that was in the project. They did give me DNA matches, I only have 5 where on FTDNA and Ancestry I have a lot more. To upload your DNA from another company, go to your profile, you will see the DNA tab where you can upload your raw data. They're saying they will eventually be charging to upload raw data. They're also going to add a surname feature where they will give surnames at some point. To upload DNA to another person in your tree, find them on the tree then click their name, it will open a box on the left that has the link to upload.

GEDmatch where you can upload both your DNA and a GEDcom file; look for matches and do all sorts of things with finding out your ethnicity that's more involved then any of the other companies. They go back to hunter-gatherer. GEDmatch upload in case you can't find it. It only takes a few minutes to upload the DNA, then you can play around with the tools. Full results will come in a day or 2. I have not spent much time here so can't go into more detail on the matches. There are tutorials on DNA matching that I have not read yet. Click here to register

To get the break down on your ethnicity, see below GEDmatch Heritage Tool

GEDmatch Tools for DNA and Genealogy Research -
Analyze Your Data
'One-to-one' compare
X 'One-to-one'
Admixture (heritage) - Eurogenes and other admixture utilities
Admixture/Oracle with Population Search
Phasing
People who match one or both of 2 kits Updated
Predict Eye Color
Are your parents related?
3D Chromosome Browser
Archaic DNA matches
Multiple Kit Analysis NEW
DNA File Diagnostic Utility

GEDmatch Heritage Tool
copy your DNA sample number, go to Admixture (heritage), select project, Eurogenes. Next page, Select how you want to process it: Admixture Proportions (With link to Oracle); Enter your kit number: Select the 'calculator' model to use: Eurogenes K13, Enter your Ethnicity: you'll then get the graph, Eurogenes K13 Admixture Proportions; under the populations on the left, you'll see oracle and oracle -4
Here's a basic intro guide to gedmatch's admixture calculators: Genealogical Musings: Finally! A Gedmatch Admixture Guide!

Near East Neolithic K13 - select Admixture (heritage), Select the project GedrosiaDNA, Select how you want to process it: Admixture Proportions (With link to Oracle); Enter your kit number; Select the 'calculator' model to use: Near East Neolithic K13

DNA Land - free upload of raw data. See the Frequently Asked Questions to see what you can do and directions to upload multiple raw data files from other relatives

Q - I have consent from a number of my family members to upload their DNA files/I have DNA files from all three of the companies, but I only have one email address. Is there anyway I can make multiple accounts with one email? (top)
A - We can currently handle a single genotype file per user/account as part of the consent process. But, if you are able to use a Gmail account, there is a trick that will allow you to create all your accounts using one email address. Say that your Gmail address is dna.land.user@gmail.com. To upload another family member (say your mother) to DNA.Land, create an account with the email dna.land.user+mom@gmail.com. Though it may look weird, DNA.Land will accept this as a valid email account. When we send the validation email to dna.land.user+mom@gmail.com, Google will redirect the message to YOUR account (dna.land.user@gmail.com). You can do that for as many genomes as you’d like, all under one Gmail account.

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Old 06-29-2018, 04:40 PM
 
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Australians,ancestry.com.au currently has the DNA kits for 99 dollars until today.
I highly reccomend them for matching with distant relatives and finding out your percentages of ancestry from different places.
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Old 07-15-2018, 09:19 AM
 
Location: North Carolina
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Get ready for Prime Day on Amazon tomorrow - last year they had good sales on DNA kits.
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Old 07-16-2018, 02:55 PM
 
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So far only 23andMe Ancestry+Health, normally $199, now $99.99 for Prime members at Amazon.
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Old 07-17-2018, 10:24 AM
 
Location: North Carolina
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Some other's have caught up:

AncestryDNA, normally $99, currently $54.99 for Prime members at Amazon
Nat Geo Geno 2.0 Next Generation, normally $99.95, currently $49.97 for Prime members

MyHeritage is also at a reduced price on Amazon ($67), but it doesn't say it's a Prime Day Deal, and MyHeritage are doing a "flash sale" at their own site for even less ($59), although with shipping it's about the same. (They're obviously trying to encourage people to buy directly through them, not through Amazon).
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