FamilyTreeDNAReviews of familytreedna.com

The tests are great and are a real help to someone who's looking to get deeper into their family history.

Varit kund sedan 2013, allteftersom köpt mer avancerade tester. Enkel procedur, bra support, priserna sänks från år till år, ingen årsavgift, varje vecka tillkommer nya matcher som är spännande att utvärdera (igår 1, i förgår 3). Bra DNA-verktyg. Tappade 5e stjärnan på att de nyligen lagt ut släktträdsfunktion på ett annat av DNA-bolagen. Har testat mig på tre DNA-bolag och använder mig av tre till efter transfer - men FtDNA är favoriten. Etnicitetsmatchningen är på alla bolagen mest en gimmick (för de flesta) och man bör ha lite kunskap för att dra full nytta av kostnaden för deras olika tester på olika nivå). Går in på deras webbplats dagligen, har ännu inte tröttnat!

I paid the 19 dollars to unlock the chromosome browser some time ago, and found it unlocked only for myself, and not the other three DNA kits that I manage. So I paid a further 19 dollars to unlock the chromosome browser for one of the kits I manage - a little anxiously because I read the negative reviews of the website - but the response was instant and the chromosome browser was available immediately. Happy, thanks

I tested to confirm my paper trails and can report total success. If male do not waste money on Y37 go for at least Y67 and aim to eventually take Big Y 700. For relations use test with Ancestery or My Heritage and transfer your results thus gaining more database access. mtDNA while interesting has yet to prove much benefit. Do not expect instant gratification as results take time and may involve reruns. If you are not prepared to have your family myths burst a test with My True Ancestry will provide all the feel good reward you could wish

Despite of all the poor comments here I have to give you four stars. I would like to give you five stars, but I will explain why I don't and where I find that some improvement is needed. First of all to all those people who think this is a perfect world, let me tell you that it isn't Every company will tell you that ethnicity is an ESTIMATE. Basing your DNA findings on that is a waste of money. Don't even take it and spend your money if you are taking it too serious. Have some fun with it and learn about history. You will enjoy that part if you do that. But if you are in for serious genealogical work FTDNA is a good start. Although a bit expensive, your company is the longest one to do DNA starting off almost impossible with your prices. (pricing has really improved) Here is why I gave you the four stars. 1. You are letting other DNAs on into your data bank to use the match system. Although you charge a small amount of money to open up the chromosome browser to compare, you still still have the functions for the haplogroups to show. 2. You are offering YDNA tests and MTDNA tests and keep the DNA in case someone likes to update further. 3. You are still expensive, but in general no more than other companies that offer less, such as Ancestry. 4. You have family trees available. You could improve on the browser with more generations. 5. Your ethnicity part is probably the closest I have to my documented tree, although it is off just like most of them. Here is where you can improve. Your company is indeed to be used by more advanced DNA users. But you could make it easier for less advanced users. Change your numbers to an understandable amount of cm. Your chromosome browser is great, but I even have problems working with the numbers. If I find a 100 cm I know that I may be working with a normal 50 cm and lower segments as well. I don't think it should be that hard to adjust the numbers within your system? Match system is hard to understand if someone doesn't know how to match. I have not problems, but I can see that a lesser advanced user has problem finding the proper setting. Overall, your website could be using an improvement. Here I am talking for all the new people who are trying to work with DNA not really for myself. Your data bank is limited and that makes it not so desirable for someone who likes to work with DNA on a big scale. Unfortunately, that person will have to spend money to do their DNA more than with one company. Based on all the facts that could be changed I am withholding my one star.

I believe Family Tree DNA is an excellent, top of the line genetic sequencing company!!! I love the fact that they use the Human Omni Express 24- chip and NovaSeg Sequencing system for genotyping DNA and ethnic origins, which is very powerful technology. They do a brilliant job drilling thousands of years into the history of genetic-ethnic components and I appreciate very much that they offer you the Ancient Origins feature, which is a prime aspect of this company allowing you to look into your prehistoric origins all the way back to the Neolithic and even further, I absolutely love this!!! I don't have a problem with my DNA results, they make sense in the timeline that Family Tree looks at my ethnic history which is older than other companies, the reason why I give Family Tree DNA four stars is because I think they should be more specific as far as their list of ethnicities not just showing West Africa, Southeast Europe or Middle Eastern but then again that is maybe because they look at really ancient DNA. Also, I had a lot problems downloading my Raw data and it was quite a process even with a compressing file program so I think they should have an easier system. The other issue is, I understand that DNA genotyping is a costly process but they charge for every test that looks into mitochondrial and paternal lineage histories for every SNP which makes it even more expensive than other companies if you want to do it and it is a lot of money. Nonetheless, I have thoroughly enjoyed my experience with Family Tree DNA and I recommend it to anyone specially if you want to do your Family Finder Origins(other features included) for $79.00 it is perfect!!!

I have predominately British ancestry and have only found one confirmed relative through FTDNA, as the sample has a heavy US bias. So if you are looking for relatives, clues on ancestry, the test is not that useful unless you have US ancestry. However, the data on origins and my y-DNA results were quite useful. The site also has a lot of very detailed data and has the largest sample.