My nephew subscribed to 23andMe. I understand it is an excellent site for medical information but they do not specialize in genealogy. Most of his background was listed as unspecified European. Although we are an Irish Family only 10% was shown as Irish. -----Original Message----- From: irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of irl-carlow-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2013 3:01 AM To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Subject: IRL-CARLOW Digest, Vol 8, Issue 215 Before you send an email to this List you must first of all subscribe to the List. Today's Topics: 1. Re: DNA Testing-23andMe and FTDNA Databases (Tanya Whitaker) ) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 14:22:34 -0400 From: "Tanya Whitaker" <tmmw025@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] DNA Testing-23andMe and FTDNA Databases To: <irl-carlow@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <001101ce69f5$4f4ddd10$ede99730$@com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Thought I would share the following, which is a better deal than the sale price offered by FTDNA. There is another company 23andme that offers the same test for $99. They also give you information on medical tendencies. Because of this, your matches are kept anonymous at first and you have to send them an invitation to share, so you don't get as many replies as with FTDNA. In addition, there is an advantage. Once you test with 23andme you can download your raw data. You can upload the raw data to FTDNA (they take out any medical-related information) for another $99. So if you do it this way, you can find matches at both companies for the same price FTDNA charges to test directly. And although you have fewer people sharing genomes with you at 23andme, their database is about 5 to 6 times larger. Also, I looked on the website and if one orders more than one kit there is a 20% discount for each additional kit. https://www.23andme.com/ Tanya ************