Is the ancestryDNA test the same as the 23 and me test? Ancestry is having a sale price right now, but I would like to compare mine with the others that have taken the 23 and me as I think I am related to several in this area. thanks Nancy Barton Bowers www.gulleyville.com lakota@gulleyville.com Barton, Heymann, Washburn, Wellmon, Gulley, Marrs, Price, Killough, Ferguson, Connor ----- Original Message ----- From: Sheldon Jones [mailto:srjones@pcisys.net] To: iljeffer@rootsweb.com,ilfrankl@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, 3 Jul 2014 15:33:09 -0600 Subject: Re: [ILJEFFER] DNA Test Awesome! -- we aren't direct blood cousins that I know of, so you probably won't see me as a distant cousin - will see how many close matches show up :-) -SRJ > -----Original Message----- > From: [1]iljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:iljeffer- > [2]bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of [3]rwlmn@aol.com > Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 2:37 PM > To: [4]ilfrankl@rootsweb.com; [5]iljeffer@rootsweb.com; [6]rwlmn@aol.com > Subject: [ILJEFFER] DNA Test > > > I had a DNA test done by 23&me. I got my preliminay results this morning. > ... Visit the Jefferson County web site at: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iljeffer/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [7]ILJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message References 1. file://localhost/tmp/tmpMZsVga.html 2. file://localhost/tmp/tmpMZsVga.html 3. file://localhost/tmp/tmpMZsVga.html 4. file://localhost/tmp/tmpMZsVga.html 5. file://localhost/tmp/tmpMZsVga.html 6. file://localhost/tmp/tmpMZsVga.html 7. file://localhost/tmp/tmpMZsVga.html

Nancy, complicated answer: a) quick answer is No - 23andme now uses their own proprietary "V4"chip (different from standard V3, but not what was really going to be version 4), not 23andme is no longer compatible with anyone else. b) Ancestry is getting away from DNA testing now (it simply isn't profitable for them, so...) - there is a big uproar that they are destroying all the samples people have sent in, so as technology improves you will not be able to upgrade the sample.... Bottom line: -- if you want to compare with others at 23andme - test at 23andme (they are supposedly mapping new samples with those taken with the previous "V3" chip -- if you want to compare with people at FTDNA Family Finder (FF), test at FTDNA -- honestly, I can't recommend anyone test with ancestryDNA anymore, suspect won't be long before they stop it all together... (this is new within last couple months) My opinion!!, -SRJ > -----Original Message----- > From: iljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:iljeffer- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of lakota@gulleyville.com > Sent: Friday, July 04, 2014 10:21 AM > To: iljeffer@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ILJEFFER] DNA Test > > > Is the ancestryDNA test the same as the 23 and me test? Ancestry is having > a sale price right now, but I would like to compare mine > with the others that have taken the 23 and me as I think I am related to > several in this area. > thanks > > > Nancy Barton Bowers > ...