AncestryDNA is the Goliath of genetic genealogy. They broke 7 million testers in their database at the end of 2017, and will likely only continue to grow as we enter the 2018 holiday season. To give you an idea of how many people that is, it's roughly the population of the entire state of Arizona.
So what does this mean?
It means that more people than ever are taking AncestryDNA tests to learn something about themselves... and more people than ever are going to look at their ethnicity results and think, "That's it? That's what I paid all that money to find out?"
But it doesn't have to be that way!
The AncestryDNA test, like all genetic genealogy tests, does more than cheap scientific parlor tricks in estimating your ethnicity. It can tell you volumes about your genealogy, your personal history, and your connections to all the best highlights of history.
The trick is, it takes work. And time. And research.
All those commercials that told you finding out about yourself was as simple as spitting in a tube? Gimmick. Pure and simple.
But don't let that stop you! AncestryDNA has some amazing features, which I talk about in my newest video. There has never been a tool like it to document and discover the story of your family. And because DNA tells the stories that have been lost from memory and written records, it's likely the only way to find the secrets your ancestors took to their graves... or never knew about.
So if you're looking for a guide to AncestryDNA for beginners, look no further. Get ready to dig into all the best tips and tricks right here. And if you want to get even more bang for your buck, subscribe to my YouTube channel for even more tutorials on all things genetic genealogy.