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.

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.

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!

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.

What is Genetic Testing? A genetic test (or DNA test) for family history purposes is designed to look for variations in peoples’ DNA that can tell us something about them. For example, genetic testing can …

The "AncestryDNA 101" video sets the stage for a comprehensive introduction to DNA testing and its implications for family history research.

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 …

AncestryDNA uses an autosomal DNA test that surveys a person’s entire genome at over 700,000 locations. It covers both the maternal and paternal sides of the family tree.

We test the DNA collected in a person’s saliva sample, which contains cells from multiple sources, often including blood cells created by bone marrow or stem cells. If you’ve received a transplant, your …