#Ancestry dna world explorer how to#
#Ancestry dna world explorer trial#

If they make you an editor (see below), you will be able to attach their test kit to the tree in your account. No, you can either share your family tree with the new tester’s account or the relative can share their DNA results with your account. We’ll have to build and maintain copies of the same tree in each account.If a DNA test is already managed in your account, that won’t change. I already manage several DNA tests and don’t want to have to create separate accounts for each.The tester can share the DNA results from their account to yours. We’ll have to log out and in every time we want to look at a different test, like at Family Tree DNA.

#Ancestry dna world explorer how to#

See below for instructions on how to share. If a relative doesn’t want to manage their own account, they can “share” the results with you and you can do (almost) everything from within your account.

No, you don’t need a paid subscription to do the DNA test.

They’re trying to force people to buy an Ancestry subscription for each new DNA tester.

Second, the negative publicity about this change may drive some customers elsewhere, although 23andMe is the only major testing company to allow one person to administer multiple tests in the same account. First, some potential users do not have access to a computer or aren’t computer savvy enough to register their own kits. However, if this change affects their bottom line, I suspect it’ll be slightly negatively. Well, they’re a for-profit company they’re supposed to make money! We want them to make money so they’ll continue to invest in new features, like the soon-to-be-released Genetic Communities.

They’re just doing this to make money.

To avoid panic in the genetic genealogy community, I thought I’d address some of the concerns I’m seeing expressed. For those of us who administer multiple tests, this will be an inconvenience, but it’s not the end of the world. I contacted AncestryDNA‘s customer support and got this reply (used with permission):īased on this statement, AncestryDNA is making this change to ensure that each person who tests has agreed to it or is legally authorized to give permission for the tester. My gut reaction was that this was going to be a huge imposition, akin to having to log in to each DNA test separately at Family Tree DNA, so I did some digging.

#Ancestry dna world explorer trial#

Some AncestryDNA users who have tried to register a new kit in the past couple of days are getting this message:ĪncestryDNA is running a trial for a forthcoming system in which each new DNA test, with the exception of those for minors or legal wards, will have to be registered in a separate account.