How do i download my dna file from 23nme

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Here is a step-by-step tutorial on how to download your genetic data. Step 2: Click the arrow next to your name On the top navigation bar, click the down arrow next to your name in the upper right corner. Then click on the download link on the Raw Data page. Step 4: Download button at the bottom of the page Scroll down to the bottom of the download page yes, read it as you scroll Click on the the little down arrow next to your name in the upper right corner of the screen.

Now that you are on your settings page, scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page to locate the link to access your 23andMe data. There is a lot on this page, but you have to scroll past everything to get what we are looking for. Can I just take a moment to say that I really love 23andMe? The test results are so informative, and this means that there are a few types of data that we could download. Which do we want? While you could download all of this data and store it in a file folder on your computer recommended , this article focuses on the last option on the data download list: Raw DNA data.

This is almost the final step. I was just surprised when the Ancestry employee was concerned about shelf life and expiration of a kit. In the future I plan on writing the date that I received the kit on the box, so that I know for sure when it came into my possession. Thanks again Bill. Roberta, thanks for the comment and yes that was my concern as well.

I am planning a big trip to Indiana, Ohio and West Virginia and hope to have several distant cousins do their DNA so that we can further prove our relatedness.

I was certainly not trying to say anything negative about Ancestry. In fact the new compare function at Ancestry is what broke open the door to a decades long mystery as to the parents and family of one of our double great grandmothers.

I telephoned to ask why. I was told that they have not resolved some issues since January , since when they have been unable to upload from FTDNA. They said they would not make an announcement of when this problem had been solved, to enable people like me who subscribe, to know it was time to try again.

Your comments please. My goal is to send your instructions to other so they understand how to download and upload their DNA. Do you have your articles here in a PDF format which can be sent as an attachment to someone else? Any suggestions? Download Step 1 Sign on to your account at 23andMe. Download Step 5 A few minutes later, an e-mail will arrive that says this: Click on the green button in the e-mail which will take you back to 23andMe to sign in.

V2 test takers were offered an upgrade to V3. V3 — V3 files beginning December through December V4 — V4 files beginning December through August V5 — V5 files beginning August through present, August The changes in the files due to chip differences sometimes cause issues with uploads to other vendors who utilize other testing chips. Please note that this article was updated in August Thank you so much. Like this: Like Loading Thanks again, Bill Loading Thanks again Bill Loading