DNA test

tIEWbTizk3xdUPYo — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 17:48:25 +0300

tIEWbTizk3xdUPYo ��:

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>> Reply to message from user olga_clarke from February 17, 2025 0:05

Followed the instructions at Genotek to download the Ancestry DNA data, but I receive an error message that data is corrupted or erroneous when try to upload the txt, zip, or csv dataset to their website. The problem may be with Genotek, as the same DNA files worked fine with other websites such as MyHeritage DNA upload.
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Additions:
- No reply yet from Genotek as to why uploads of DNA datasets fail, nor why their website is not allowing new accounts to be created (the confirmation code via e-mail is not being sent out)
- Be cautious with MyHeritage. After creating new free account and uploading data, attempting to log in again gives repeated error message that "Access has been temporarily disabled. Your access has been temporarily disabled due to irregular activity. Please try again in 24 hours."
- FamilyTreeDNA appears to work fine. Can upload data and get relative matches within a few hours.

tIEWbTizk3xdUPYo — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 19:05:59 +0300

>> �� [note=olga_clarke] �� 17 �� 2025 0:05

Followed the instructions at Genotek to download the Ancestry DNA data, but I receive an error message that data is corrupted or erroneous when try to upload the txt, zip, or csv dataset to their website. The problem may be with Genotek, as the same DNA files worked fine with other websites such as MyHeritage DNA upload.

FuranNietchaieff — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 13:25:50 +0300

I have already done a DNA test before, it was with myheritage but not for my branch coming from eastern europe.
I do not know G25.
I will do that for genotek thank you

galinamelnikova — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 22:01:41 +0300

FuranNietchaieff ��:

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Quite interesting ! You make me think again about my choice. My origine come from Polish, Belarus and West Russia.
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I can give you more information about DNA testing. Have you ever done before? Have you heard of 3rd party tools such as G25 coordinates?
If you live outside of Russia, you can upload your raw DNA to genotek.eu (not the .ru version because it won't allow you to open it).

FuranNietchaieff — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 21:38:37 +0300

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Hello FuranNietchaieff

There is a Russian laboratory called Genotek.

If you are of Polish descent, I strongly suggest you consider getting tested on AncestryDNA or 23andMe. They both have a large number of Polish testers in their databases.

I would not recommend MyHeritage for a serious pursuit of unknown origins in your family tree. Their algorithms are bit unclear even in the newest version (v2.5), released just recently.
AncestryDNA has over 700,000 SNPs (approximately equivalent to FTDNA), 23andMe has 500,000 SNPs in their genotypes, and it is clear that the more SNPs, the more accurate the results.

AncestryDNA and MyHeritage don't provide Y-DNA and mtDNA haplogroups, which is different from 23andMe and Genotek as they do.

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Quite interesting ! You make me think again about my choice. My origine come from Polish, Belarus and West Russia.

galinamelnikova — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 18:15:21 +0300

FuranNietchaieff ��:

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Good evening,
I would like to make a DNA test for my grand mother. The idea is to use the best laboratory witch have the most important Polish/slave poeple in their data base so I can find cousin and good geography result. I did some research and I have the impression that there is no laboratory in Russian? Most, I think, use FTDNA, is this still relevant? I know MyHeritage and Ancestry have a pretty good data base. Is this kind of test something that is common in Eastern Europe?
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Hello FuranNietchaieff

There is a Russian laboratory called Genotek.

If you are of Polish descent, I strongly suggest you consider getting tested on AncestryDNA or 23andMe. They both have a large number of Polish testers in their databases.

I would not recommend MyHeritage for a serious pursuit of unknown origins in your family tree. Their algorithms are bit unclear even in the newest version (v2.5), released just recently.
AncestryDNA has over 700,000 SNPs (approximately equivalent to FTDNA), 23andMe has 500,000 SNPs in their genotypes, and it is clear that the more SNPs, the more accurate the results.

AncestryDNA and MyHeritage don't provide Y-DNA and mtDNA haplogroups, which is different from 23andMe and Genotek as they do.

FuranNietchaieff — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 00:55:39 +0300

>> �� [note=olga_clarke] �� 17 �� 2025 0:05

ah I understand why I saw genotek sometimes. I've dealt with Myheritage before, I don't mind doing it again.

olga_clarke — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 00:05:50 +0300

FuranNietchaieff ��:

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Good evening,
I would like to make a DNA test for my grand mother. The idea is to use the best laboratory witch have the most important Polish/slave poeple in their data base so I can find cousin and good geography result. I did some research and I have the impression that there is no laboratory in Russian? Most, I think, use FTDNA, is this still relevant? I know MyHeritage and Ancestry have a pretty good data base. Is this kind of test something that is common in Eastern Europe?
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The easiest way in my opinion is to buy MyHeritage test, you will have quite a few Eastern European cousins there, once your results are ready, you can download your raw DNA file and upload it to genotek.eu which is a European site for a Russian DNA test company Genotek, there will be your Russian cousins.

FuranNietchaieff — Sun, 16 Feb 2025 22:26:58 +0300

Good evening,
I would like to make a DNA test for my grand mother. The idea is to use the best laboratory witch have the most important Polish/slave poeple in their data base so I can find cousin and good geography result. I did some research and I have the impression that there is no laboratory in Russian? Most, I think, use FTDNA, is this still relevant? I know MyHeritage and Ancestry have a pretty good data base. Is this kind of test something that is common in Eastern Europe?