{"id":2885,"date":"2008-08-30T23:00:01","date_gmt":"2008-08-31T06:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/30\/reasons-to-conduct-a-genetic-genealogy-test-now\/"},"modified":"2008-08-30T23:00:01","modified_gmt":"2008-08-31T06:00:01","slug":"reasons-to-conduct-a-genetic-genealogy-test-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2885","title":{"rendered":"Reasons to Conduct a Genetic Genealogy Test Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently had my Y-DNA and mtDNA tested at Family Tree DNA, and several other family members have had their Y-DNA tested.<\/p>\n<p>I thought about having a DNA test done long before I actually took the plunge and finally opted to have my DNA tested at FamilyTreeDNA. I&#8217;ve been very pleased with both the service and results.<\/p>\n<p>Now, both <a href=\"http:\/\/www.familytreedna.com\">FamilyTreeDNA<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/dna.ancestry.com\/\">Ancestry.com<\/a> are offering reduced prices on DNA tests and the reduced prices may persuade some fence-sitters to jump into the DNA pool.<\/p>\n<p>Family Tree DNA\u00c2\u00a0offers the following sale prices until September 30, 2008:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A 12 marker Y-DNA test that normally sells for $189 is now $99 and comes with a free mtDNA test.<\/li>\n<li>A 25 marker Y-DNA test that normally sells for $238 is now $148 and comes with a free mtDNA test.<\/li>\n<li>A 37 marker Y-DNA test that normally sells for $189 is now $119.<\/li>\n<li>A 37 marker Y-DNA+mtDNA that normally sells for $339 is now $189.<\/li>\n<li>A 67 marker Y-DNA test that normally sells for $269 is now $218.<\/li>\n<li>A 67 marker Y-DNA+mtDNAplus test that normally sells for $409 is now $288.<\/li>\n<li>A mtDNAplus test that normally sells for $189 is now $149.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ancestry.com offers the following sale prices to members until September 30, 2008:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A 33 marker Y-DNA test that normally sells for $149 is now $73.50.<\/li>\n<li>A 46 marker Y-DNA test that normally sells for $199 is now $99.50.<\/li>\n<li>A mtDNA test that normally sells for $179 is now $89.50.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Be aware that the FamilyTreeDNA and Ancestry.com tests don&#8217;t test exactly the same markers. I understand that, in the mtDNA tests, FamilyTreeDNA sequences a longer stretch of DNA than Ancestry.com does.<\/p>\n<p>I also understand that Ancestry.com&#8217;s 46 marker test includes three markers (19b, 464e, 464f) that FamilyTreeDNA does not include in any of their standard tests. FamilyTreeDNA&#8217;s 67 marker test, likewise,\u00a0includes 24 markers that none of Ancestry.com&#8217;s tests cover.<\/p>\n<p>If now is the right time for you to take a genetic genealogy test,\u00a0be sure to place your order before September 30, 2008 to\u00c2\u00a0qualify for these reduced prices. If you plan to send a check rather than place an online order with a credit card, be sure your check arrives before the deadline.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Copyright \u00a9 2008 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now, both FamilyTreeDNA and Ancestry.com are offering reduced prices on DNA tests. <a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2885\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pyBfX-Kx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2885\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}