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Ancestry.com has also stepped up its marketing game. Used to be a follower with DNA, now a leader, and discounting heavily. And, unlike 23andMe which got rid o

Ancestry.com has also stepped up its marketing game. Used to be a follower with DNA, now a leader, and discounting heavily. And, unlike 23andMe which got rid of family tree tools used by genealogists, Ancestry still has a very strong suite of trees and traditional genealogy tools. Some people really want to have both genetic and traditional genealogy accounts under the same provider, and are either unaware or don't really care about the privacy concerns.

fiftyfifty 7y ago
One thing I would add is the data for places outside of Europe looks pretty weak for both Ancestry.com and 23AndMe, at least it was the last time I looked. If you are from European descent they can practically tell you what village your ancestors are from (how accurate that is I don't know) but if you are Asian about the best you get is yep, you're Asian! I married into an Asian family and the reports I've seen from Asian family members are pretty disappointing compared to what I've seen from my family members (white, European descent). I imagine it's similar for some other non-white races too, that's a big demographic that's being missed.
- rb808 7y ago
  Lol $199 - yup you're Asian. Thanks!
- sombremesa 7y ago
  This was my main reason for not doing it as well, until I got it as a gift. Still waiting on results, though I expect to be disappointed.
- RobAtticus 7y ago
  Perhaps its changed since you looked because my fiancee is Latin American and her results tell her the provinces/areas of her home country where her extended family is originally from.
- asveikau 7y ago
  > If you are from European descent they can practically tell you what village your ancestors are from (how accurate that is I don't know) Can confirm it was accurate for me based on my own impression of family history, I found it pretty impressive. My ancestry is from Lithuania and two different parts of Italy. Lithuania is a small country but they identified my grandparents' county correctly. In Italy, 2 of the regions that I know I have roots from are in spots #1 and #3. The third one is #8.
s_y_n_t_a_x 7y ago
Just tried to buy a kit, their checkout page after creating an account is blocked because it's trying to load a flash object.

fiftyfifty 7y ago

One thing I would add is the data for places outside of Europe looks pretty weak for both Ancestry.com and 23AndMe, at least it was the last time I looked. If you are from European descent they can practically tell you what village your ancestors are from (how accurate that is I don't know) but if you are Asian about the best you get is yep, you're Asian! I married into an Asian family and the reports I've seen from Asian family members are pretty disappointing compared to what I've seen from my family members (white, European descent). I imagine it's similar for some other non-white races too, that's a big demographic that's being missed.

rb808 7y ago
Lol $199 - yup you're Asian. Thanks!
sombremesa 7y ago
This was my main reason for not doing it as well, until I got it as a gift. Still waiting on results, though I expect to be disappointed.
RobAtticus 7y ago
Perhaps its changed since you looked because my fiancee is Latin American and her results tell her the provinces/areas of her home country where her extended family is originally from.
asveikau 7y ago
> If you are from European descent they can practically tell you what village your ancestors are from (how accurate that is I don't know) Can confirm it was accurate for me based on my own impression of family history, I found it pretty impressive. My ancestry is from Lithuania and two different parts of Italy. Lithuania is a small country but they identified my grandparents' county correctly. In Italy, 2 of the regions that I know I have roots from are in spots #1 and #3. The third one is #8.

s_y_n_t_a_x 7y ago

Just tried to buy a kit, their checkout page after creating an account is blocked because it's trying to load a flash object.