A category for sites and services providing matching of DNA test results with other testers. Sometimes even including researchers databases of current testers for scientific diversity studies or possibly ancient remains. We include services that also provide genealogy (tree match) services in addition to strictly DNA ones. Most DNA match sites are based on autosomal matching segment efforts. Some on yDNA or mtDNA but not providing a phylogenetic tree.
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It should be noted that virtually all of the microarray testing sites provide a match database feature. The only one that never did was NGG (which is now offline and no longer operating) and, to a certain extent, LivingDNA which seems to still be struggling with providing this service for imported kits as well as their own. Ancestry and 23andMe are closed to their own test kits only (and in fact do not allow constructed test kits and those from other services, of particular to note the legal and criminal investigation communities, to upload. FTDNA, MyHeritage and the non-testing sites listed here generally allow uploads from any test source (except their own). Ancestry and 23andMe have been the leaders with around 20 million kits; Ancestry overtaking 23andMe after their extensive advertising campaign starting in 2017. The others are well below 10 million and often closer to one.
Only 23andMe ever reports on the haplogroup of yDNA and mtDNA data and provides some insight to it with other matches. FTDNA provides this but only if their a-la-carte test has been ordered and is in their database. They throw out any such values in imported microarray format files.
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It should be noted that virtually all of the microarray testing sites provide a match database feature. The only one that never did was NGG (which is now offline and no longer operating) and, to a certain extent, LivingDNA which seems to still be struggling with providing this service for imported kits as well as their own. Ancestry and 23andMe are closed to their own test kits only (and in fact do not allow constructed test kits and those from other services, of particular to note the legal and criminal investigation communities, to upload. FTDNA, MyHeritage and the non-testing sites listed here generally allow uploads from any test source (except their own). Ancestry and 23andMe have been the leaders with around 20 million kits; Ancestry overtaking 23andMe after their extensive advertising campaign starting in 2017. The others are well below 10 million and often closer to one.
Only 23andMe ever reports on the haplogroup of yDNA and mtDNA data and provides some insight to it with other matches. FTDNA provides this but only if their a-la-carte test has been ordered and is in their database. They throw out any such values in imported microarray format files.