I Took 5 DNA Tests and Compared Them | Which One Is Best?

Update: I uploaded my DNA to 5 more companies:

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Charts & Narration: Matt Baker

Animation: Syawish Rehman

Audio Editing: Jack Rackam

Intro music: "Lord of the Land" by Kevin MacLeod and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license 4.0.

[SunriseLAW]

My mother is from Iceland and my father is from Cuba. I am an ICE-CUBE... way too cool for a DNA test.

[Iced]

My grandparents have an entire wall of the house with our family tree going back to 1603. Reminds me of Harry Potter.

[caroleigh]

my dad was obsessed with these tests for a while, but never got much out of it. one day a random woman from australia (we live in the us) messaged him asking how they were related. no one related to us knew anything about her, but his mom later admitted that she had her at 15 and gave her up for adoption before moving to the us. my dad was an only child his whole life, and she never knew she was adopted (my dad was in his late 40s and she was in her late 50s)

[HansMilling]

A shame that these companies do not combine their databases for even better results.

[chtownluv]

I use ancestry and I found my father.. After 33 years I’m now 36 yrs old an gonna spend my first Father’s Day this year with him. A dream come true.

[E-Gray]

As a deaf viewer its so refreshing to see legit subtitles! Thankyou so much!!!

[michellebaker]

As far as "secrets, " I got a MASSIVE shock in the best possible way! In high school I had a bestie whose sister was the bestie of my sister. They were in middle school, we were in high school, and each of us came from a two-sister household, no other siblings involved. So a set of sisters was besties with a set of sisters. That was early 2000s (I graduated in 2004). Fast forward to 2019, come to find out on Ancestry that we have the same great-grandparents - we are second cousins! My sister & I have zero first cousins so for us that's as close as it gets! 

The odds of us ever meeting, let alone becoming friends, let alone both of us becoming friends with both of them, are astronomical. The family we're related through is from New England we were all living in the DC Metro area. My sister & I because our father moved away when he grew up and they were here because they actually were stationed around the world growing up with their parents who worked in diplomacy. We were just another station for them, being in DC. Furthermore, we were in a private Christian school, NOT public school, so even after we ended up in the same area despite our common family being so far away, we had to end up at the same TINY private school. My sister & I only got there at the same time they did after we'd been in public school all our lives! They got there at the same time when their parents were assigned to Washington. The public schools in our area have high schools with student numbers in the thousands. Our school was K3-12 but the high school part of it was at or just below 100 students. Tiny. So for all of us to end up there is insane.

Turns out our grandfather was the brother of their grandmother! Our grandfather is the only grandparent we never knew as he died in a plane crash many years prior to our births. Since we never knew him and our father didn't either, we didn't care to look into his family - the man who married our grandmother became our fourth grandparent and we saw his family as ours. So not only did we find out our very close friends of a decade & a half were the closest cousins we have, our grandparents being siblings, but my sister & I also gained an entire extended family! They are the very best we could ask for and we love them dearly!


Also, I found out a cousin on my mom's side was an egg donor and none of us knew. So we have some family through that too. That surprise pales in comparison though!

[PureWinter-cc]

As an adopted person (now adult) a big "to know" about meeting biological parents in person is that they put you up for adoption for a reason. It could have been age, economy, their own failing health and worry of your future, a fallout with the other parent leading to losing attachment, and more. If it was straight up "I did not want a child" that sentiment doesn't exactly change that much in my experience. It was polite but they were NOT a parent because they had no other children so they did not act like a parent. It was a super pleasant, very nice meal with bio dad, whom is difficult to stay in touch and busy with a high paying job. (Tends to happen when you have no kids, lol.)

Bio Mom had other children so meeting her was a rollercoaster because she just felt eternal guilt and regret which is awkward because I sincerely loved my real parents (you know, the ones who really raised me- those will always be MY mom and MY dad.) So I basically told her she absolutely made the right choice, my life was wonderful, I loved my parents and they loved me truly, and it was okay. You could see the weight leave her shoulders. But some time later her psychological issues of lashing out and what not started to leak into our convos so I had to cut her out of my life- after all, I lived a few decades without her, and I will NOT stand for being treated poorly in the name of 'family.' Family is love, not blood alone.

[siralleycat]

I took the Ancestry test. Being adopted, I never knew what my heritage was. Not only did I find out where my family came from, but I also located a cousin, who linked me to my entire family tree, including my birth father. It was quite the emotional experience for me. Thank you for the very informative video.

[DadRanch]

I created a lot of drama in my family by discovering that my mother had a different father than the rest of her family. Turns out I have an aunt and three uncles that I never knew about.

[NithinJune]

I wish you talked about the Privacy Policy and Practices of these services

[flappycelery]

My family did 23&Me & found a cousin! My aunt had a baby out of wedlock in 1957 & went away for several months to have the baby & give to the Catholic adoption agency in the L.A. area. We finally found him & we're a big happy family now!

[OMGshinyobject]

Ok everybody listen up. You don’t have to pay $600 for a fancy kit to find all your health risks. Take a normal DNA test like 23&me or ancestry or whatever, then pay the $10 to access the promethease database. Up load your raw DNA data, Search by citation, and boom all the same snp disease attributions for a 60th of the price!

[irisssmits]

I would love to see someone ordering like 10 the same tests and see how consistent they are

[KpxUrz]

Found out I am Scotch-Irish. Half of me wants to get drunk, and the other half doesn't want to pay for it.

[tylerpetersen]

A family friend knew his whole life he was adopted but out of respect for his adoptive parents he never looked into it. After his parents passed away a few years ago he started digging into his past through ancestry and was able to identify a cousin. He worked with her to identify his biological father. Turns out the man never knew about his existence and the only candidate for a mother that fits the timeline would have been a woman he had a one night stand with in college. They have formed a pretty good relationship as I understand it.

[chipmunklukeskywalker]

Me: *Drinks right before DNA test*
Circle DNA: "You're 2% milk"

[juliedurden]

I was adopted as a baby and used AncestryDNA and found my long lost father! (Okay, I actually had an idea who he was, but the test really confirmed it). He didn’t even know about me, but he and his family embraced me and now we have a wonderful and loving relationship! Now my grandchildren have a great grandpa too! I am so very grateful for these easily available tests!

[joyrioux]

This was such a great video!. Very informative. I just received my Ancestry kit in the mail today. Thank you again. 👍☺️

[sergeantbilko]

Lately I have been thinking of getting a DNA test and this was a very informative and helpful video. I appreciate the time you took to investigate these options.
I also enjoy that you're a proud cat person too!