Different DNA Testing Companies offer different login services; sometimes at different times. This just tries to catalog the variances so we keep it straight in our head.
Microarray Testing Sites: 23andMe, AncestryDNA, FamilyTreeDNA, LivingDNA, MyHeritage
WGS Testing Sites: Dante Labs, Nebula Genomics, (ySeq, FullGenomesCorp, Veritas)
Basically, if Yes in the first column (unique login) and No in the second (single account management), then this site is more difficult to manage. Requiring logging in and out of multiple accounts to gain access to multiple test kits.
With Microarray companies and match databases, we look for other features:
Microarray Testing Sites: 23andMe, AncestryDNA, FamilyTreeDNA, LivingDNA, MyHeritage
WGS Testing Sites: Dante Labs, Nebula Genomics, (ySeq, FullGenomesCorp, Veritas)
- Only actual testing sites given; not resellers of another labs product
| Company | Unique Login Req'd | Single Acct Management |
| 23andMe | No | Yes (even if unique login) |
| AncestryDNA | Now (since 2018) | Yes (even if unique login) |
| FamilyTreeDNA | Yes | Yes |
| LivingDNA | ? | Yes (if in same account) |
| MyHeritage | No | ? |
| Dante Labs | No | Yes (if in same account) |
| Nebula | Yes | No |
Basically, if Yes in the first column (unique login) and No in the second (single account management), then this site is more difficult to manage. Requiring logging in and out of multiple accounts to gain access to multiple test kits.
With Microarray companies and match databases, we look for other features:
| Company | Features | |
| 23andMe | Total/Longest/#Segs | |
| AncestryDNA | Total/Longest/#Segs | |
| FamilyTreeDNA | Total/Longest/#Segs | |
| GEDMatch | ||
| GeneaNet | ||
| LivingDNA | ||
| MyHeritage | ||