23andMe DNA Relatives feature estimates the relationship between two individuals who share DNA. We do this by comparing your autosomal DNA (chromosomes 1-22) and X chromosome(s) with other 23andMe members who are participating in the DNA Relatives feature.
A Gift of Knowledge
Ann, a genetics professor, used 23andMe to find her mother's sister. But 23andMe also offered a gift of knowledge with insight into her ancestry and health.
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23andMe Connection Offers Clues to a 75-year-old Mystery
23andMe opened up a 75-year-old mystery for three sisters, connecting them to their biological uncle and revealing that their father may have been kidnapped as a very young boy and raised by strangers, never knowing the truth of his origins.
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After the Click: How a mother and her son fostered a new family relationship
After connecting through 23andMe, Doug and his birth mother Patricia worked hard to build a new family relationship. They spent time together and got to know each other and each other's their loved ones.
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Thomas Finds Family, and then His Valentine
Thomas used 23andMe and found family, and then his family helped him find Maria, the love of his life and his Valentine.
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Adopted Separately in China, Cousins Wind Up Almost Next Door
Adopted from the same small town in China, two cousins find each other using 23andMe and discover they're living only a few miles apart in Pennsylvania.
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Seoul Sisters and Brothers
When they met for the first time, Tamara Miller and Leslie Wheeler were struck by their similarities. They both are Korean adoptees, and both share a cheerful disposition and closets...
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Families Come Together For Their First Mother’s Day
Last week, a few 23andMe customers came together for a special brunch and a chance to celebrate their first Mother’s Day with the birth moms they discovered, with the help...
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23andMe collaborates with Legacy Tree Genealogists to offer customers more tools in discovering their family history
Insights gleaned from your DNA can be transformational, but 23andMe results are most powerful when combined with other kinds of information, such as family histories, or observable traits, or sometimes...
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Mindy and Cindy’s 23andMe Story
Using 23andMe Mindy and Cindy discovered that they are sisters and uncovered a twist to their story that only deepens their connections.
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Guillaume’s Search
Orphaned during the Vietnam war and raised in France, Guillaume uses 23andMe to help him find family he thought had disappeared in the fog of war.
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