UPDATES: Delight encounter the list of updates to this post, which are at the bottom. For footstep-past-step instructions on how to transfer data from AncestryDNA into the other databases, click here.

Because of recent changes at some of the testing companies that bear on the ability to transfer raw Dna data between databases, I take updated my earlier mail service summarizing which test results tin exist uploaded to which other sites.  In the tabular array below, discover the visitor who performed your autosomal DNA test in the acme row, then follow that cavalcade down to see which sites will have transfers of your DNA data. The superscript numbers refer to notes beneath the tabular array. As always, be sure to read the Terms of Service for each company/database before you transfer.

If you tested at: Beginnings
v1, v2 		23andMe
v1, v2 		23andMe
v3, v4, v5 		My Heritage Family unit Tree Dna Living Deoxyribonucleic acid We
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to 		AncestryDNAone — NO NO NO NO NO NO
23andMetwo NO — — NO NO NO NO
MyHeritage3 YES YES YES — Yes Yes NO
Family unit Tree Deoxyribonucleic acid 4 Aye but… Yep Yes but… YES — NO NO
Living DNA5 Yeah YES YES Aye YES — NO
WeGenehalf-dozen Aye Yeah YES NO NO NO —
GEDmatch7 n/a due north/a n/a n/a n/a n/a northward/a
DNA.Land8 Yep YES YES YES Yes NO NO

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(i) AncestryDNA does not accept transfers of Dna data, only their results tin be transferred to almost other sites. Click here for instructions.  They are like Type O blood for genetic genealogy—the (almost) universal donors. As of this writing, AncestryDNA's databases contains more than than ten million people.

(ii) 23andMe introduced version v (v5) of their test in August 2017. V3 and v4 are almost universally accepted equally transfers, while v5 is unlike enough from previous versions to cause potential problems with matching. Their database currently contains more than than 5 meg people.

(3) MyHeritage transfers receive a list of Deoxyribonucleic acid matches for complimentary.  Additional features are available for subscribers or for a one-time fee of $29.They began accepting 23andMe v5 and Living DNA transfers in September 2018. The size of their database is more ii.5 million people.

(4) I no longer recommend Family Tree Dna because of repeated privacy lapses at the company.  Transfers to Family unit Tree DNA tin see and contact their DNA matches for free. For a $19 fee, they can access boosted tools, like ethnicity estimates and a chromosome browser. (Transfers for those who took the MyHeritage examination are exempt from the fee.) Testers who used the newer versions of AncestryDNA (v2) and 23andMe (v4,5) will non receive afar, speculative matches at FTDNA. Their database is well-nigh one million people.

(5) Living Dna currently advertises the most detailed ethnicity estimates available. They began accepting DNA transfers as part of their 1 Family unit One Earth research project on 26 October 2017. Transfers will get access to relative matching when information technology goes live in summer 2018 and will be able to contact their matches, simply they will non receive an ethnicity breakup. The upload folio is here. The size of their database is not known.

(6) WeGene serves primarily an Asian market place. They do not currently have relative matching only plan to add it in the time to come. WeGene accepts 23andMe v5 transfers, but they warn that some of their features may not work properly; they are working to resolve the issue. The size of their database is not known.

(vii) If AncestryDNA and 23andMe are the universal donors of autosomal DNA testing, GEDmatch is the universal acceptor. Transfers and nigh tools are free, including relative matching, ethnicity (admixture) estimates, phasing, and primitive matches. Additional "Tier ane" tools available for a donation of $10 per calendar month. Their database contains more than 1 one thousand thousand uploads.

(8) DNA.State accepted transfers simply did not offer Deoxyribonucleic acid tests themselves.  They announced on 15 Sep 2019 that they were ceasing operation as a not-profit enquiry site run by academics and relaunching as an independent commercial enterprise.  In compliance with the original enquiry consent agreements, the DNA kits in the academic database will exist deleted on 30 Sep 2019.  User who want to participate in the commercial venture tin can upload once again starting 1 Oct 2019.  The academic site offered relative matching, ethnicity estimates, and reports on wellness and physical traits, and the commercial site is likely to offer like features.

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Update history for this post:

  • 29 June 2019 — Updated transfer options for FTDNA.
  • 23 February 2019 — Updated database sizes and fees at MyHeritage
  • 11,12 September 2018 — MyHeritage is now processing 23andMe v5 and Living DNA uploads; besides updated known database sizes
  • 11 June 2018 — updated database sizes and added link to instructions on how to transfer from AncestryDNA to elsewhere
  • 19 February 2018 — noted that WeGene is fully uniform with 23andMe v5.
  • nine February 2018 — added link to MAPMY23 and to include most contempo database sizes
  • 19 Sep 2017 — noted that FTDNA had begun taking transfers from MyHeritage
  • 29 Sep 2017 — noted that most transfers from AncestryDNA to FTDNA were at present working
  • 26 Oct 2016 — indicated that Living DNA had begun accepting transfers from 23andMe, AncestryDNA, Family unit Tree DNA, and MyHeritageDNA