AncestryDNA deal cuts test kit to $39.60 until July 27
Rolling Stone reports AncestryDNA’s $99 test kit is selling for $39.60 in a 60% deal scheduled to end July 27.
By Bianca Rossi · Entertainment Editor
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An AncestryDNA deal has dropped the company’s genetic testing kit to $39.60 from its regular $99 price, according to Rolling Stone’s product coverage.
The discount is listed at 60% off and is scheduled to run only until July 27, when Rolling Stone reports the kit is due to return to its usual price. The publication said it may receive an affiliate commission if readers buy through links in its shopping coverage.
The marked-down kit is the standard saliva-based AncestryDNA test. Rolling Stone described AncestryDNA as a leading genetic testing brand and said Ancestry is the largest genetic testing company in the world.
How does the AncestryDNA kit work?
After ordering, customers receive a kit at home, provide a saliva sample and send it back using the prepaid packaging included with the kit, according to Rolling Stone. Results are usually made available after a few weeks through Ancestry’s online portal.
The service analyzes a customer’s DNA to show ethnicity estimates, possible relatives and ancestry-related information, Rolling Stone reported. The portal can include an interactive ethnicity map and tools for building a family tree.
The kit can also produce personalized reports about migration patterns that ancestors may have followed generations ago, according to the report. Rolling Stone said some customers have used AncestryDNA results to connect with newly discovered family members in other countries.
What does the test show?
Rolling Stone said the test can provide information about ethnic origins and possible relative matches by comparing a customer’s genetic data with Ancestry’s DNA database.
The service is built for people looking into family history, genealogy and possible DNA connections. That means the main draw is not a medical diagnosis, based on the details reported, but a closer look at ancestry, family links and historical migration.
What about privacy?
Rolling Stone reported that Ancestry stores DNA samples and results without the customer’s name attached. The coverage also said users can download their data and ask Ancestry to delete records of their results or destroy their physical saliva sample.
Those privacy controls are part of the company’s pitch to customers considering genetic testing. Anyone weighing a purchase should review Ancestry’s current terms and privacy policy before mailing in a sample.
For now, the price point is the news: $39.60 for a kit usually priced at $99, with the discount expected to end July 27, according to Rolling Stone.
This story draws on original reporting from Rolling Stone.