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How Are Our Databases Doing?

April 23, 2025 thednageek 19d Comments

There are now more than 53 million tested DNA kits, and growth has been steady for the past 5 years.

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: 23andMe, AncestryDNA, database growth, database size, FamilyTreeDNA, GEDmatch, MyHeritage
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Spring Growth Is for Databases, Too!

March 29, 2022 thednageek 6d Comments

Spring has sprung, folks, and It’s that time again! We’ve had recent intel from the four biggest DNA testing companies,…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: database growth, database size
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DNA Q&A: Ask Us Anything!

December 10, 2021 thednageek 53d Comments

The DNA Q&A is a relationship advice column for genetic genealogy instead of bad lovers.
(Level: Beginner)

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Posted in: Making Sense of DNA Filed under: autosomal DNA, database size, DNA testing, mitochondrial DNA, mtDNA, relationship prediction, Y chromosome, y DNA, yDNA
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Fool Me Once …

December 3, 2021 thednageek 17d Comments

We’ve been overestimating the size of 23andMe’s database for a while now. No more!
(Level: All)

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: 23andMe, AncestryDNA, database growth, database size, Family Tree DNA, FamilyTreeDNA, GEDmatch, MyHeritage DNA
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The Icing on the Cake

November 22, 2021 thednageek 2d Comments

MyHeritage is running a Black Friday sale on DNA kits–and it’s a fabulous price, only $39!–but that’s almost just the…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: database growth, database size, MyHeritage

AncestryDNA Surpasses 20 Million

May 27, 2021 thednageek 36d Comments

According to Ancestry.com‘s corporate page, they now have more than 20 million tested people in their DNA database. This is…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: 23andMe, AncestryDNA, database growth, database size, FamilyTreeDNA, MyHeritage DNA

Optimism for 2021

January 3, 2021 thednageek 12d Comments

While 2020 was an awful year in many respects—covid, social unrest, political chaos, and economic strife—it was good for one…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: 2020, covid, database size, year in review

AncestryDNA Breaks 18 Million Customers!

July 14, 2020 thednageek 20d Comments

AncestryDNA has now tested more than 18 million people, making them, by far, the largest genealogical DNA database in the…

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Posted in: DNA Testing, Uncategorized Filed under: AncestryDNA, database growth, database size

Autosomal DNA Database Growth

January 17, 2020 thednageek 25d Comments

New intel on database sizes has rolled in over the past 6 weeks, so it’s time to update the autosomal…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: 23andMe, AncestryDNA, database growth, database size, Family Tree DNA, GEDmatch, MyHeritage

Genealogical Database Growth Slows

June 22, 2019 thednageek 63d Comments

The past year has seen a chilling in the genetic genealogy industry:  DNA kit sales are down drastically since April…

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Posted in: DNA Testing, Forensic Genetic Genealogy Filed under: 23andMe, AncestryDNA, database growth, database size, Family Tree DNA, GEDmatch, investigative genetic genealogy (IGG), law enforcement, MyHeritage

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