The company's name is derived from the 23 pairs of chromosomes in a diploid human cell. 23andMe Holding Co. Former headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. Type. Public.

23andMe® brings the world of genetics to you. 23andMe analyzes variations at specific positions in your genome. These variations, called SNPs (Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms), have the potential to tell you about your traits - such as eye or hair color - and certain health conditions.

23andMe is not a service designed to help people find their biological parents, but one feature can help you find and connect with genetic relatives.

Our precision values for the vast majority of populations are greater than 90%, indicating high accuracy, meaning when we are confident in our ability to predict a piece of DNA as coming from one of our reference populations.

Currently, there are over 2000+ Country Matches and Genetic Groups in the Ancestry Composition Report. The global populations available in Ancestry Composition are: European. Central & South Asian.

DNA Comes From Both of Our Parents Instead of having one really long piece of DNA, your DNA is broken into 23 pairs of shorter pieces called chromosomes. You get one chromosome in each pair from mom, and one from dad. This means you share 23 pieces of DNA with mom, and 23 pieces of DNA with dad.

Why should I choose 23andMe? There are many benefits of DNA testing, including finding relatives, learning whether you have genetic variants you could pass onto your children, and receiving personalized insights into your health and ancestry. 23andMe Health + Ancestry Service offers 150+ DNA reports that do just that.

Rest assured knowing that… We will not share your genetic data with employers, insurance companies, public databases or 3rd party marketers without your explicit consent. We give you full control to decide how your information is used and with whom it is shared.

A scientific review of paternity tests worldwide found that globally, between 0.8% and 30% of all paternity tests results were fraudulent - not incorrect due to contamination or poor-quality testing, but faked. Under normal circumstances, DNA paternity tests are considered 99.9% accurate.

For those who want to explore their Asian ancestry through DNA testing, AncestryDNA* is the clear winner right now. They are the global leader with the most diverse and well-populated reference panel with 68,717 people with long family histories from 84 regions around the world.

23andMe states their analytical validity is greater than 99% accurate for health data, notes Klee. “This means that when they are doing the genetic testing, there is a greater than 99% chance that they accurately tell which DNA base pair is present at the genetic marker they are testing,” she explains.

How does 23andMe genotype my DNA? Once our lab receives your sample, DNA is extracted from cells contained in your saliva. The lab then copies the DNA many times - a process called amplification - duplicating the tiny amount extracted from your saliva until there is enough to be genotyped.