Frequently Asked Questions

People can continue to sign up to participate in research studies on DNAsimple but now they can do it as a family with even more perks than before. If a group of family members matches a research study through DNAsimple, they would get the Family Genetics kit done for free. Alternatively, they can pay for the kit without participating in a study. Although this model provides most useful information when done as family members, any group of people or friends or even individual can also purchase the kit and use our Comparator Tool to compare their genetics in a fun and simple way.

After ordering the DNAsimple Family Genetics Kit, you will receive your kit in the mail in 4 to 6 days. After you’ve returned the samples back to us, you will get your family report within 4 to 6 weeks and start exploring your genetics.

Yes, if you or a member of your family has already had ancestry and genetic testing from another company and would like to be included in the DNAsimple Family Genetics report, they can simply upload their results and we will incorporate them within the final family report.

Yes! You can decide to purchase Family Genetics kit without participating in a research study. However, if you and your family matches and participates in a research study, we will reimburse each person that participates in the study!

The DNAsimple Family Genetics Kit does not diagnose you with any diseases. We are in no shape or form here to replace your doctor. Our Family kit is meant to provide you with interesting and valuable information about your genetics, which you can feel free to download and share with your doctor. However, we are not physicians and our report is not intended to diagnose you or your family.

It’s free!! You can upload your genetic data obtained from somewhere else and compare your genetics to others.

Sure! We make it easy for you to download the entire genetic testing report yourself and share it with your doctor and whomever you would like to share it with.

Absolutely! We continue to take privacy and data storage very seriously. Your personal identifiers are always masked and de-identified and no one will ever have access to them, not even the researchers themselves if you decide to participate in a research study. For example, researchers would know that a sample has come from a family with diabetes but never that samples came from the Smith family from Hershey, Pennsylvania.

For a family or any group of 3 people or more, the kit costs $140 per person, which includes everything from the kits, family genetic report and ancestry report. The kit costs $160 if a pair of people sign up, and if you would like to do it individually, the kit costs $180.

People can continue to sign up to participate in research studies on DNAsimple but now they can do it as a family with even more perks than before. If a group of family members matches a research study through DNAsimple, they would get the Family Genetics kit done for free. Alternatively, they can pay for the kit without participating in a study. Although this model provides most useful information when done as family members, any group of people or friends or even individual can also purchase the kit and use our Comparator Tool to compare their genetics in a fun and simple way.

After ordering the DNAsimple Family Genetics Kit, you will receive your kit in the mail in 4 to 6 days. After you’ve returned the samples back to us, you will get your family report within 4 to 6 weeks and start exploring your genetics.

Yes, if you or a member of your family has already had ancestry and genetic testing from another company and would like to be included in the DNAsimple Family Genetics report, they can simply upload their results and we will incorporate them within the final family report.

Yes! You can decide to purchase Family Genetics kit without participating in a research study. However, if you and your family matches and participates in a research study, we will reimburse each person that participates in the study!

The DNAsimple Family Genetics Kit does not diagnose you with any diseases. We are in no shape or form here to replace your doctor. Our Family kit is meant to provide you with interesting and valuable information about your genetics, which you can feel free to download and share with your doctor. However, we are not physicians and our report is not intended to diagnose you or your family.

It’s free!! You can upload your genetic data obtained from somewhere else and compare your genetics to others.

Sure! We make it easy for you to download the entire genetic testing report yourself and share it with your doctor and whomever you would like to share it with.

Absolutely! We continue to take privacy and data storage very seriously. Your personal identifiers are always masked and de-identified and no one will ever have access to them, not even the researchers themselves if you decide to participate in a research study. For example, researchers would know that a sample has come from a family with diabetes but never that samples came from the Smith family from Hershey, Pennsylvania.

For a family or any group of 3 people or more, the kit costs $140 per person, which includes everything from the kits, family genetic report and ancestry report. The kit costs $160 if a pair of people sign up, and if you would like to do it individually, the kit costs $180.