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Explore the stories of your ancestors with the most personalised gift for all the family.
A detailed view of your ancestry
The Living DNA plus Neanderthal test offers not only advanced ancestry DNA reports, delivering an enriching view of your ancestry from 80,000 years ago until recent times but also information on archaic Neanderthal and Denisovan human species.
Specialist Ancestry
Living DNA provides unrivalled worldwide ancestry results that can pinpoint your DNA, spanning over 150 regions across the globe. Within particular regions, we can go look even further at your ancestry and display sub-regional breakdowns that show you that extra level of detail about you.
Recent ancestry
Using our unique chromosome painting method, you’ll gain an insight into your ancestry at a level previously unseen. Explore 500 years of your family ancestry from all over the world.
Sub-regional breakdown
Delve deeper into your ancestry with our unique sub-regional breakdown, giving you that extra level of detail.
DNA matching
Discover your extended family through our DNA matching tool with genetic matches all over the world. Opt in to Family Networks and connect with global users to see how much DNA you share.
You will also receive unrestricted access to the NEW Chromosome Browser.
Find out more about our DNA matching service here.
Extended ancestry
Look back tens of thousands of years ago and discover your ancestor's migrations from Africa.
Your full ancestry experience
The full ancestry experience is the most advanced in the industry, offering a complete view of your ancestry and delivered through an intuitive interactive online platform.
Neanderthal and Denisovan reports
Ever wondered how ancient your physical characteristics are? Did they benefit your ancestors to hunt, find food or a partner. We can show you which of your genetically influenced physical characteristics are derived from Archaic Human DNA.
- Neanderthal & Denisovan scores. Your scores represents the number of alleles (DNA letters) that you share with Neanderthals and Denisovans.
- Closest sample. Find out which Archaic Human DNA remnant is most similar to yours.
- Percentiles. Compare your level of Neanderthal DNA with the rest of our userbase, as a whole and by region.
Archaic Traits
Explore your physical characteristics that originated in Archaic Humans.
These include:
- Sleeping Patterns
- Altitude Adaptation
- Hair Colour and Type
- Immune System Benefits
- Skin Pigmentation and Sun Exposure Reaction
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Our simple ancestry DNA test process
Purchase your Living DNA ancestry kit online
We ship by standard or express, anywhere
Take our simple DNA Mouth Swab
Pop it in the post
Results ready in six - eight weeks
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Impressive British Isles breakdown
I was really impressed with the breakdown they provided, especially because a lot of my ancestry is UK based. The results matched up really well with my paper trails and helped confirm a few things too. I am looking forward to more updates on other regional breakdowns and finding matches.
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Full ancestry DNA kit FAQ's
Living DNA’s ancestry experience is the most advanced in the industry, working to determine not only the countries where your ancestry is from, but where possible, sub-regions within those countries. The result is a DNA kit with the greatest number of DNA-based regions and sub-regions compared to any other in the industry.
We’ve built Living DNA to provide ancestry breakdowns for over 150 worldwide regions, including 21 sub-regions within the British Isles and 72 genetic regions within Africa.
Taking your sample is fast and painless. No eating or drinking an hour before swabbing, except water. Simply swab the inner cheek of your mouth for 45-60 seconds and pop your swab back in the tube, pushing the lid down until it clicks.
At Living DNA we take the job of being custodians of your data very seriously. We’re committed to your privacy and security at all times.