Here is a comprehensive round-up of the DNA sales on offer over the next few days:
The price of the AncestryDNA test in the UK has been reduced by £30 from £79 to £49 for Black Friday
(please note that this does not include shipping which is £9.99 for a first kit and £4.99 for each additional kit in the same order - maximum ten kits per order)
*sale ends 26th November
AncestryDNA are also running Black Friday sales in Ireland, the USA, Australia, New Zealand and Canada:
Ireland: Price reduced by €40 from €95 to €55
Shipping €9.99 per kit and €4.99 per additional kit in same order
*sale ends 26th November
USA: Price reduced by $50 from $99 to $49
Shipping $9.95 for a first kit and $4.95 for each addtional kit
*sale ends 26th November
Australia & New Zealand: Price reduced by A$41 from A$129 to A$88
Shipping A$29.99 for first kit and A$10 for each additional kit
*sale ends 26th November
Canada: Price reduced by C$60 from C$129 to C$69 (looks like lowest price ever for Canada!)
Shipping C$19.95 for first kit and C$10 for each additional kit
*sale ends 26th November 11:59pm E.T.
Amazon UK also have Ancestry kits as a "Deal of the Day" on Black Friday so they are selling for the same price as the Ancestry website (£49):
UPDATE: Amazon UK is selling MyHeritage kits HERE for £48 with free shipping as a Deal of the Day on Saturday 24th November (ends midnight).
UPDATE 2: MyHeritage have reinstated their £49 per kit and free shipping if you buy two or more for Cyber Monday
It's possible to transfer into the MyHeritage database for free from any of the other major companies - HERE is a link to upload your results to their site. I would encourage anyone who has not yet taken advantage of uploading to do so prior to 1st December as MyHeritage are going to institute a small fee for extra features in the same way FTDNA does with their autosomal transfers but anyone who transfers in before the deadline will have the extra features grandfathered into their account for free. It is well worth having access to MyHeritage's excellent tools especially their chromosome browser. For more information on the changes read THIS MyHeritage announcement.
Don't forget that FTDNA also have an autosomal transfer option so if you have tested at Ancestry, 23andMe (V3 and V4 only) or MyHeritage you can transfer into FTDNA and get all of your highest confidence matches for free. If you would like access to all tools and FTDNA's ethnicity estimate you can get those by paying a small $19 fee.
Y-DNA tests are also on sale until 26th November as follows:
UK: Price reduced from £99 to £69 plus shipping (£9.95 standard)
EU: Price reduced from €109 to €79 plus shipping (€12.95 standard)
US: Price reduced from $99 to $69 plus shipping ($9.95 standard)
Canada: Price reduced from C$149 to C$99 plus shipping (C$14.95 standard)
Australia: Price reduced from A$169 to A$119 plus shipping (A$14.95 standard)
New Zealand: Price reduced from NZ$169 to NZ$119 plus shipping (NZ$14.95 standard)
The Living DNA test gives a detailed regional breakdown of UK Ancestry and also includes Y-DNA and MtDNA haplogroup information. LivingDNA's new Family Networks matching system is now in beta testing and all customers should have access to the matching database in the near future. It is also possible to upload results from other major testing companies to LivingDNA and you will be able to take advantage of their new Family Networks matching database if you do that but you will not receive the detailed regional breakdown or Y-DNA and MtDNA haplogroup designations. You can upload your raw data HERE.
LivingDNA also recently partnered with FindMyPast to be the provider of their new DNA test kit - the FindMyPast version of the test is also on sale for Black Friday as follows:
This is the same test as the LivingDNA test and you will go into the LivingDNA database but be aware that the FindMyPast version does not include the Y-DNA and MtDNA information that the LivingDNA test does. You can add this on for £19.90 in the UK or €24.95 but if you want the 3-in-1 test then it's cheaper to go with LivingDNA's direct deal at £69 (UK) or €79 (Ireland). If however you don't want or need the Y and Mt information then the FindMyPast deal is better and, once again, you can upload to the LivingDNA database via FindMyPast HERE for free.
UPDATE: 23andMe Ancestry only kits are also being sold on Amazon HERE with free shipping - they are not a deal of the day so it's possible the price will remain until the end of the sale. The price for the Ancestry+Health kit is £103.99.
In the US they are offering a Black Friday deal which ends on 25th November at 9pm PST: $30 off the Ancestry only service bringing it down to $69 and $70 off the Ancestry + Health service bringing to down to $129. Shipping costs $9.95 per kit (Standard). If you are in the US and want to get the Health + Ancestry test, however, there's an even better deal for Black Friday on Amazon - they're selling it for $99! This is just a 24 hour flash sale for Black Friday; you can see the deal HERE.
The Black Friday sale in Canada also runs until 25th November at 9pm PST; C$40 off per kit for the Ancestry only service bringing it down from C$129 to C$89 and C$90 off the Health + Ancestry service bringing it down from C$249 to C$159. Shipping costs C$19.95 (Standard).
There is currently no deal available for Ireland, other EU countries or on their International site.
MAJOR UPDATE: The 23andMe Black Friday sale ended on the 25th but for Cyber Monday they are having an even better flash sale! Until Tuesday 27th Nov at 8pm GMT Ancestry Only kits are being sold with £35 off bringing them down to £44 plus shipping (£9.99 whether you buy one kit or more). Ancestry + health kits are being sold with £75 off if you buy two or more kits bringing to total down to £74 per kit. Ancestry + Health kits are also a "Deal of the Day" on Amazon though were you can pick one up HERE for £72.79 with free shipping until midnight GMT on Monday and there's no need to but 2 or more kits at Amazon.