A serious ethnic mix
There could be more to your story.
Piece it together with AncestryDNA®
Discover your ethnic mix, connect with distant relatives and uncover fascinating new details about your family story.
ONLY $89*$129
*AUD. Offer ends 11:59pm (AEDT) on 22 Nov 2021. Price excludes shipping, includes taxes. Transaction fees may apply. Payment process in the United States.
There could be more to your story.
Piece it together with AncestryDNA®
Discover your ethnic mix, connect with
distant relatives and uncover fascinating new
details about your family story.
ONLY $89*$129
*AUD. Offer ends 11:59pm (AEDT) on 22 Nov 2021. Price excludes shipping, includes taxes. Transaction fees may apply. Payment process in the United States.
There could be more to your story.
Piece it together with AncestryDNA®
ONLY $89* 129
*AUD. Offer ends 11:59pm (AEDT) on 22 Nov 2021. Price excludes shipping, includes taxes. Transaction fees may apply. Payment process in the United States.
Results Include
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Pie chart and percentages of your ethnicity estimate.
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Locations and details from over 1,500 regions—sometimes down to a city.
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Depending on your regions, a timeline of historical changes with expert-curated content.
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Potentially how and why your family moved from place to place around the world.
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Explore ways to sort, group, and view your DNA matches.
Ali Clemesha
I am your typical looking Aussie girl, a blonde, blue eyed, surfer who grew up in the Eastern Suburbs. Once I decided to do the AncestryDNA test, I waited eagerly for the results, discussing it with my family, my co-workers and even my clients. When I received them, I was very surprised.
“My initial thought after getting my results was, "Wow my ethnicity is a serious mix!"”
My dad’s side of the family is English, tracing back to the Norman Conquest. And my Mum’s side is Italian and Maltese. I grew up very proud of my heritage, attending gatherings with my huge Italian family and hearing stories from my Nonna. And I would bring my Mum’s creative antipasto choices and foods like the Arabic dish Molokhia to school.
Before taking the AncestryDNA test, I truly believed I was made up of only Italian, Maltese and British blood. I was surprised to find the strongest part of my ethnicity is actually from Western Europe – and that my ethnic mix included traces from 10 different world regions.
The biggest shock for me was that I was a small percentage North African. West Asian was also something I certainly did not expect, honestly they were all a big surprise. It seems there is a lot more to my heritage than I expected, which has really raised a number of questions for me.
Mark Carter
Identity is an interesting concept. Many people like to believe that they define their own identity. But in reality there’s much more to it than the decisions we make in our own lives. For example, how much is nature and how much is nurture? How much are we defined by the people around us? Or society, even?
“I started considering how much of my identity was defined by my family history.”
Having given these questions much thought, I thought a good starting point would be to look back and start researching my own family history. When I was young I always thought I was 100% British. My Dad was born in Edgware and my mum in Hampshire. Of course, none of us are truly 100% British and as I got older I learnt that my Dad had Russian great-grandparents on one side and German on the other, and that my great grand-parents on my mother’s side were Greek. So I suppose this is when I started considering how much of my identity was defined by my family history.
When I found out about AncestryDNA, I thought this could be the perfect tool to pinpoint where my family emigrated over the past few hundred years (AncestryDNA can actually go back 1000 years) and give me a focus where to take my search next. When I got the email that my results were ready I felt like a kid on Christmas day. They revealed that I was only 40% British, 25% German and 35% Greek. I’ve now focused my search on these three countries and already discovered ancestors I never knew existed.
Isabel Rojas
People often look at me and wonder what I am. I’ve always known I was a mix, like a minestrone soup, and the more I’ve found out about my family’s past and heritage, the more my own identity has changed and evolved.
“People often look at me and wonder what I am.”
I was born in NYC, the youngest of five kids. My parents and three older siblings were born in Bogota, Colombia. My name implies Hispanico/Latino roots but when I’m with my Polynesian friends people always think I’m Hawaiian or a mix of Polynesian and something else. I recently attended a Nepali church service and people asked me what part of Nepal I was from.
As my dad and I have begun to explore our genealogy over the past seven years or so, we’ve found that our family is largely from Spain, which is no big surprise. Colombians have a wide range of ethnicities, which explains why many Colombians, including my mother, have white or fair skin with blue eyes. My dad also suspects we have German ancestry somewhere back there.
A friend of mine knew I had been working on my family history and bought me an AncestryDNA kit for my birthday. My results were surprising to say the least. I discovered I’m 35% Native American, 5% African and 29% from the Iberian Peninsula. This has drastically broadened the way I think about my identity and heritage. I feel connected to those parts of the world now and I’m excited to see how far back our records can go.
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Learn how AncestryDNA has helped people see themselves in a whole new way.
Australian Ali Clemesha thought she knew her ethnic background, but her DNA results revealed so much more with some surprises.
New Connections
After Mark Carter found out about AncestryDNA, he discovered ancestors he never knew existed.
Connected beyond Colombia
Isabel Rojas always identified with her Bogotá roots. But her DNA results took her DNA to unexpected places.
A serious ethnic mix
Australian Ali Clemesha thought she knew her ethnic background, but her DNA results revealed so much more with some surprises.
New Connections
After Mark Carter found out about AncestryDNA, he discovered ancestors he never knew existed.
Connected beyond Colombia
Isabel Rojas always identified with her Bogotá roots. But her DNA results took her ancestry to unexpected places.
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Top questions about AncestryDNA®
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Your privacy is our highest priority. We use industry standard security practices to store your DNA sample, your DNA test results, and other personal data you provide to us. In addition, we store your DNA test results and DNA sample without your name or other common identifying information. You own your DNA data. At any time, you can choose to download raw DNA data, have us delete your DNA test results as described in the Ancestry® Privacy Statement, or have us destroy your physical DNA saliva sample. We do not share with third parties your name or other common identifying information linked to your genetic data, except as legally required or with your explicit consent.
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AncestryDNA is a cutting-edge DNA testing service that utilizes some of the latest autosomal testing technology, our patented Genetic Communities™ technology, and the largest consumer DNA database to revolutionize the way you discover your family history. This service combines advanced DNA science with the world's largest online family history resource to estimate your genetic ethnicity and help you find new family connections. It maps ethnicity going back multiple generations and provides insight into such possibilities as what region of Europe your ancestors came from or whether you’re likely to have Southeast Asian heritage. AncestryDNA can also help identify relationships with unknown relatives through a dynamic list of DNA matches.
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Your AncestryDNA results include information about your geographic origins across 1500+ regions and identifies potential relatives through DNA matching to others who have taken the AncestryDNA test. Your results are a great starting point for more family history research, and they can also be a way to dig even deeper into the research you've already done.
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AncestryDNA is a simple saliva test you can do in the comfort of your own home. Once you order, you will receive the AncestryDNA kit in the mail in a matter of days. Your AncestryDNA kit includes full instructions, a saliva collection tube, and a prepaid return mailer (so you don't have additional costs to return your DNA.) After returning your sample by just dropping it in the mail, your DNA is processed at the lab. You then receive an email notifying you that your results are ready to explore on the AncestryDNA website.
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AncestryDNA is the leader in DNA testing for family history and includes more than 15 million people who have taken the AncestryDNA test as well as the ability to access Ancestry, the world's largest online family history resource, which includes millions of family trees and over 20 billion historical records.
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Your AncestryDNA test results will normally take about 6-8 weeks to process from the time that the lab receives your DNA sample. Please note that you must also activate your DNA kit online in order to begin processing.
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When your AncestryDNA results are ready, you will receive an email from AncestryDNA notifying you, with a link to view your results. Your results will also be available online in your password-protected AncestryDNA account.
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Giving AncestryDNA couldn’t be easier. Simply order a kit online, create your Ancestry account to track your order, and have the kit shipped to either you or the recipient. When they open the box, they’ll find clear instructions on how to take the test, open their free account, and activate the kit online.
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You will only have access to the recipient’s results if the recipient chooses to share their results with you. As privacy and security are of the utmost importance here at Ancestry, only the person who has taken the test may decide whether or not to share their results. When activating their kit, they will be given the option to share their results with the person who purchased the kit. They can also choose to share with other Ancestry members via the DNA Settings page.
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Absolutely. When placing your order, you can choose to have the kit shipped either to you or to the recipient.
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The AncestryDNA test uses microarray-based autosomal DNA testing, which surveys a person's entire genome at over 700,000 locations, all with a simple saliva sample. Additionally, the new online interface integrates state-of-the-art tools for you to utilize your DNA results for family history research.
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Yes, both women and men can use AncestryDNA since we all carry the DNA that is being tested. In fact, men and women are tested in the same way for the same number of markers. Unlike some other DNA tests, which only analyse the Y-chromosome (and can only be taken by a male to look at your direct paternal lineage) or mitochondrial DNA (can be taken by a male or female but only looks at your direct maternal lineage), AncestryDNA looks at a person’s entire genome at over 700,000 locations.
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AncestryDNA is available in more than 30 countries including Australia and New Zealand.
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Click here to find out how our enhanced ethnicity estimates give you an even more detailed picture of your origins.
Get started in a few simple steps.
Order a kit with
easy-to-follow
instructions.
Activate your kit and
return your saliva
sample in a prepaid
package to our
state-of-the-art lab.
In roughly 6-8 weeks
your results will be
ready online.
Note: lab processing times may be increased
due to high demand.
ONLY $89*$129
*AUD. Offer ends 11:59pm (AEDT) on 22 Nov 2021. Price excludes shipping, includes taxes. Transaction fees may apply. Payment process in the United States.