FamilyTreeDNA Family Finder, Ancestry & DNA Test Kit, Discover Your Origins & Unlock Your Geographic Roots, Connect with Your DNA Relatives, At-Home Test Kit for Expertly Processed Convenient Sampling

this will be the 2nd autosomal test ive ordered from family tree dna through amazon. for starters this is also the 5th test total ive ordered from family tree dna too, and overall im disappointed with many opinions and or outright problems people have been having with family tree dna. granted genealogy is one heck of a hard concept to fully understand. my own reasons in particular going with family tree dna was the comprehensive Y testing that you really can't get elsewere witch has really turned a few heads in my family but also confirmed many stories that have been pasted down. autosomal tests ive taken though them though i am inclined to think there is room for improvement or at least more comprehensive results but by no means did i fhave outright outrages in my results. this was a gift btw to further my own research but as far as ease of use and instructions i thought it was pretty straight forward and had no problems with any test ive ordered from them. no botched results, no shipping errors, no missing information. and even had pretty speedy results half the time. my advice is if you have any hesitations or concerns with the amazon reviews id recommend going directly to the website and reading up on them. they really do have an amazing Q and A section on darn near everything you can think of. there are pros and cons with family tree dna for sure like high prices compared to other companies but you cannot find a more comprehensive test on the market as others have said, so just just do your research before deciding. from start to finish on this particular test it took 16 days to be processed. i don't think that is unreasonable at all. i just don't understand all the hate...the only issue ive had in particular was finding many matches but everyday the pool keeps growing so im not worried. this seems to be the only thing ancestry has over family tree dna.

Easy to use. Simple steps and directions. Fast response time in letting me know they had received the kit back and was working on getting my results.

Don’t purchase from this company-worst ever. They received my DNA kit and emailed me saying it couldn’t be processed because I didn’t check off the box stating if I am male or female. I know this is not correct because I know for a fact that question was asked TWICE in the kit forms and I checked off the appropriate box TWICE as instructed. I get a notice my results are ready only to click on the “results” to get a pop up that says “check back in 24 hours” well is been 3 days and still no information available despite the dashboard saying my results are completed. Customer service does not respond to inquiries. Extremely disappointed total waste of money and at this point I question if the results will even be accurate. I will be making a subsequent purchase from another company since this one is so horrible.

It’s easy to use and I found new relatives!!! Love it!

Although I felt like this was a lesser known brand (maybe because other brands are advertised more), I was very pleased with this test. I didn’t realize how popular this testing service actually was in serious genealogy circles. Other services are a bit more commercial, while this one seems to be more in-depth for serious researchers. This test was given to an older relative who was unable to spit in a tube which is needed for other ancestry tests. Instead, this test allows you to swab the tester’s cheek, which made the process much easier to perform on my family member. Although the DNA relatives database seems to be smaller than other companies (meaning the sample pool in which ethnicities are drawn from is not as diverse), this test still gave me insight on my relative’s ethnicity breakdown and y-DNA. I believe this is the basic testing kit, and I know there are other kits that go deeper into y-dna and mtdna, but they come at a much steeper price. Like other companies, you are able to download your raw dna files once they’re available to you. The turn around time for the test was maybe about 2 weeks before I received an email about the ethnicity results. Then maybe 2-3 weeks later, the y-dna results were ready for reviewing as well. FamilyTreeDNA isn’t quite as user-friendly as other ancestry/genealogy DNA testing services, but it wasn’t difficult to learn how to use their website and the information you receive from your results. I did have some difficultly with trying to create a family tree through their service because it said my screen display (on my phone, tablet, and laptop were all too small). From my understanding, it seems like since I’ve done one test already with them, that if I wanted to upgrade to a better y-dna test, I would not have to submit another DNA sample. (I hope to try this in the future.) This is a really great feature because the relative I tested might not be able to give another sample a few months from now. I believe it’s important to note that you can only have one DNA test per account at the time I am writing this review, unlike other websites which allow you to manage multiple DNA results under one account. There is also no app available (as far as I can tell) to use these services or view your results. You have to do it from a web browser. *Make sure you save your kit number somewhere before you send off your results. This is needed every time you log in to your account.

Great product got my results fast

Among all the DNA ancestry tests, this one was the most detailed, and most reliable. It gave less wrong info like those larger companies do, and it had more scientific data. However, it did have generalized, and some bit of wrong or confusing information. If you truly want to gain some info, this test is the most reliable among all those, I think. But again, what a disappointment for all these companies.

Easy to do

Es war alles korrekt. Aber das plötzlich noch ein Einfuhrzoll von über zehn Euro zu zahlen war, ist zumindest für deutsche Kunden sehr verwunderlich.

Very good follow-up from the FamilyTreeDNA Group Projects Liaison service. They warned me about an omission on my consent form, and this evening they told me they'd taken my corrections into account so the DNA analysis could proceed. I'm looking forward to these!

Great to know about your background.

Shipping of kit for analysis not included for non-US customers