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National Geographic Geno 2.0 is a DNA ancestry kit provided by the National Geographic Society. Founded in 1888 and based in Washington D.C., the National Geographic Society has been promoting geography, social sciences, and anthropology worldwide for over 100 years. It is one of the most recognizable organizations on Earth.
- Tests for 650,000 genetic markers
- Ancestry results go back 10 generations
- Partnership with over 200 laboratories
- Young, growing company
- Invested in mapping out the world’s genetic roots
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I paid for this service years ago & NEVER received notice that my information was being deleted with the programs end.
I am still trying to find out how to retrieve my information. Absolutely disgusting the way participants have been treated.
I am considering having genetic testing done via National Geographic. Should I expect to receive differing results if I also have testing done by another company? Will my siblings receive genetic results which are very different from mine?
The public participation in their project is ending soon. I don't recommend buying the kit even if they weren't, even if it is cheap. Helix is the company that does the sequencing, in the hope you buy one of their affiliated analysis products, some of which are expensive for what info they provide. Finally realizing that this and other DTC company purchases will be mildly entertaining at best for most people, I don't recommend paying money for the risk of having your sequenced or genotyped DNA analyzed and stored in some data bank. Sorry, but privacy is not a given, and not eternal, no matter what they say in the small print. Nat Geo was the worst in giving me info about my ancestry,... Read More