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I would imagine a lot of people received DNA Test Kits from the various genealogy sites for Christmas this year. If they quickly send their samples back in the weeks right after the holiday, I would expect their results will be getting added to the sites by sometime in March. This would mean that those of us that had previously done DNA tests should then start seeing a lot of new DNA matches. This could help many with new genealogy leads.
You're certainly correct on the amount of kits gifted, but many of them are given on a whim or in desperation. If past experience holds, you'll need to be lucky to get any boost from it. So many of the folks who even bother to submit their sample are curious only about their ethnicity results and will never link a tree or respond to inquiries. It's frustrating to come across a new match that has the potential to prove extremely helpful and yet yields nothing at all. Those seem to proliferate any time there's a big surge in testing.
Each year it seems fewer and fewer people are taking DNA tests. I recall only a small bump in new matches after last year's holiday season, hardly noticeable. I had a relative tested at Ancestry a couple of months ago and the processing was very fast, about 2 weeks.
Each year it seems fewer and fewer people are taking DNA tests. I recall only a small bump in new matches after last year's holiday season, hardly noticeable...
A recent blog by The DNA Geek - https://thednageek.com/fool-me-once/ - contains a chart of autosomal DNA database growth by all the big players, as of 12/2/2021. The databases continue to grow, but the growth slope of the databases has indeed slowed down.
The article primarily addresses the games that 23andMe has played with their numbers, but the chart for all testing companies, including AncestryDNA, is at the very end of the article.
The law of unintended consequences. Not everyone who shares your DNA will welcome your addition to the family tree.
"Your DNA Test Could Send a Relative to Jail Thanks to “genetic genealogy,” solving crimes with genomic databases is becoming mainstream — with some uncomfortable implications for the future of privacy.
A recent blog by The DNA Geek - https://thednageek.com/fool-me-once/ - contains a chart of autosomal DNA database growth by all the big players, as of 12/2/2021. The databases continue to grow, but the growth slope of the databases has indeed slowed down.
The article primarily addresses the games that 23andMe has played with their numbers, but the chart for all testing companies, including AncestryDNA, is at the very end of the article.
Thanks for the link, I was wondering about the actual data vs. my impressions. These graphs show that the popularity of the tests really exploded in 2017 and continued strong into 2019, then slowed down.
The law of unintended consequences. Not everyone who shares your DNA will welcome your addition to the family tree.
"Your DNA Test Could Send a Relative to Jail Thanks to “genetic genealogy,” solving crimes with genomic databases is becoming mainstream — with some uncomfortable implications for the future of privacy.
Thanks to “genetic genealogy,” solving crimes with genomic databases is becoming mainstream — with some uncomfortable implications for the future of privacy.
Perhaps, but also with encouraging implications for putting criminals behind bars and releasing innocents who were wrongly convicted, particularly since these cases almost exclusively involve violent crimes.
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