Save 50 percent on the 23andMe DNA kit at Amazon

(Pocket-lint) - DNA-testing kits similar 23andMe and AncestryDNA are hugely popular, and for a constricted time, you tin spot what each the fuss is astir for fractional the price!

23andMe says much than 10 cardinal radical person submitted their DNA for investigation and received elaborate reporting successful return. Its wellness and ancestry kit, specifically, is 50 per cent disconnected this Black Friday, bringing the terms down to $99 successful the US. There are besides deals connected various 23andMe kits here. 

You tin get the aforesaid discount successful the UK too, making it conscionable £74 connected British shores. It volition assistance you larn much astir your genotype, wellness risks, and household heritage. 

As for AncestryDNA, it claims to person provided investigating to 15 cardinal people. Its familial ethnicity trial is $59 successful the US. This trial doesn’t conscionable archer you which countries you're from but besides tin pinpoint circumstantial regions. All you person to bash is supply a saliva illustration utilizing the at-home kit and nonstop it back.

Your results volition beryllium acceptable wrong 8 weeks.

23andMe's kit has already told 1 of our reporters that they person a familial predisposition for Alzheimer's, Celiac, and depression. Armed with that information, they were capable to travel up with a specialised doc successful bid to larn much and beryllium proactive. In summation to providing penetration into their health, they learned astir their ancestral constitution (French and Russian) and familial traits (light-colored eyes, among different things).

But some kits are a comparatively inexpensive mode to larn much astir your background, and for a abbreviated time, they're cheaper than ever.

Writing by Maggie Tillman. Editing by Adrian Willings. Originally published connected 24 November 2017.