This Ancestry DNA kit is perfect for the family history buff — 60% off, today only
Where are you from, and what are you made of? Two fundamental, eternally enticing questions. Well, there's a way to find out, and this holiday season it's never been easier. In other words: Now’s the perfect time to gift yourself (or a loved one) the Ancestry DNA test kit, aka the most detailed such test available. Normally retailing for $119, this genetic ethnicity and traits test is on sale for just $49 — that’s a 60% savings!
Many products claim to be fun for the whole family, but this one truly is. The whole extended family, in fact. The AncestryDNA test kit is a simple saliva test that yields rich, detailed results about background, ethnic origins and more. For your mom, your sister, your aunt, your best friend, AncestryDNA has all the elements of a great gift: It’s an experience (rather than a thing), shimmers with excitement and mystery, doesn’t ask much of the recipient and is built to share.
A little background: Ancestry is the world’s largest online family history resource (we’re talking 10 million people tested so far). It not only tells people about themselves but can connect them with others they may be related to. The service can map ethnicity back through multiple generations, and its ever-growing list of DNA matches means it may even help identify relatives you never knew you had. If you’ve been considering other services, know that this has the biggest (as in double its competitor) and broadest pool of matches.
Once you send in the sample, the lab gets to work. Ancestry will send an email indicating that results are ready to view online. (By the way, privacy is an option; anyone who doesn’t want info shared can just download the findings and tell Ancestry to delete the files.)
Maybe the best part of gifting the Ancestry kit to someone else is that it gives you something wonderful to talk about. In this high-tech world, a gift that leads to more human connection — to conversation and laughter and joy — is (forgive the corniness) the greatest gift of all.
If you have Amazon Prime, you’ll get free shipping, of course. Not yet a member? No problem. You can sign up for your free 30-day trial here. (And by the way, those without Prime still get free shipping on orders of $25 or more.)
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