Sotos wrote:GreekIslandGirl wrote:Hi Sotos
I changed my post because I saw that he had mentioned using Ancestry DNA.
I would not recommend this one. We have done both. The most comprehensive is 23&Me. But, I guess, it's useful to have both for comparison.
Ancestry DNA is very USA-centered - it gives you migrations to the USA from 1920 for example, and indeed, it did find one of my relatives there. With this one, 80% of my markers centered over Greece (mostly southern) and over Cyprus. Few scattered around Asia Minor. No African.
With 23&Me, the classification was over 95% European (Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Scandinavian) with about 4% undetermined.
You can do either of those companies if you want (AncestryDNA is cheaper but spams you constantly), and then submit your raw data to some other company (can't remember details - can get) that does the most comprehensive migrations for around £10.
How about https://www.myheritage.com/ ?
They are the cheapest €79, they have an offer now for €59 and the shipping is just €6 (free if you order 2). 23andme wants $99 + $84 shipping! AncestryDNA is €99 and it doesn't give me shipping unless I enter cc number
I don't know myheritage, Sotos. It's the way they collate the results that differs the most and how much information they finally offer you that seems to differ.
23 & Me also allows you access to genetically linked conditions that you might be carrying. That was a controversial feature that was stopped for a while but now is back, I believe. It tells you things such as your likelihood of developing Alzheimer's (above or below average), diabetes etc.
However, you could go for the cheapest and get your raw data (the four base sequence for each chromosome) and then use one of those companies such as Dr Cyprus mentioned which then does the migration analysis. I'm not sure how good they are though.
I was very impressed with 23 & Me, though, because it pinpointed a family feature which we were unaware of, but when mentioned to an older family member it surprised us all that such a small community were so well characterized to pinpoint accuracy.
