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General => Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing => Topic started by: Mart 'n' Al on Monday 16 July 18 12:07 BST (UK)
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Does anybody have a vague idea? I'm sure the different testing companies keep their database size to themselves, but I was just interested in knowing what percentage of the 8 billion people on the planet are likely to have been tested. Please give your source.
What about just in the UK?
Martin
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No idea but I can safely say that the majority are Americans. ;D
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Here are at least two companies that haven't kept their database size to themselves.
Ancestry from August 2017 - https://www.ancestry.com/corporate/newsroom/press-releases/ancestry-surpasses-5-million-people-dna-database-giving-customers-even-more
MyHeritage from from January 2018 - https://blog.myheritage.com/2018/01/major-updates-and-improvements-to-myheritage-dna-matching/
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Here are at least two companies that haven't kept their database size to themselves.
Ancestry from August 2017 - https://www.ancestry.com/corporate/newsroom/press-releases/ancestry-surpasses-5-million-people-dna-database-giving-customers-even-more
MyHeritage from from January 2018 - https://blog.myheritage.com/2018/01/major-updates-and-improvements-to-myheritage-dna-matching/
I liked Ancestry's quote: "The AncestryDNA database grew from 4 to 5 million in the last three months. That’s about as fast as babies are born in the United States. If everyone in the database stood arm to arm, the length of the line would be long enough to span the distance between San Francisco and Tokyo." That's very American - don't they know we measure things in 'double-decker-bus lengths'?
Thank you, Martin
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American-based companies typically describe things in American terms. I don't know why anyone would expect them to do otherwise.
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Source as of 5 May 2018 *
https://isogg.org/wiki/Autosomal_DNA_testing_comparison_chart
Number in database Company
5,000,000 23andme
850,000 ftDNA
9,000,000 Ancestry
230,000 National Geographic Geno project
1,200,000 MyHeritage
• You need to read the link for the smallprint i.e. qualifications of the numbers etc
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David, thank you 15 or 16 million out of the whole planet isn't a lot, but I suppose of each of those has a few hundred names in an associated tree it's starting to spread.
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David, thank you 15 or 16 million out of the whole planet isn't a lot, but I suppose of each of those has a few hundred names in an associated tree it's starting to spread.
The trouble is, Martin, not many of them even have a few names in their tree, let alone a few hundred. :)
Regards Margaret
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But my dna is on 3 sites
Ancestry
FTDA
My Heritage
So the totals will be less - unless they are counting the the number of purchased tests, even then three family members have paid for ancestry and ftda
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But my dna is on 3 sites
Ancestry
FTDA
My Heritage
So the totals will be less - unless they are counting the the number of purchased tests, even then three family members have paid for ancestry and ftda
Mine too. However, bearing in mind that ancestry and 23andMe don't accept uploads from other companies still at least 14 million.
Regards Margaret
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But my dna is on 3 sites
Ancestry
FTDA
My Heritage
So the totals will be less - unless they are counting the the number of purchased tests, even then three family members have paid for ancestry and ftda
Yes, there would be many double ups - people who have transferred results to FTDNA or My heritage, plus people who have purchased more than one test. e.g. I have purchased 2 tests (FTDNA & Ancestry) and transferred results to My Heritage, so I would show 3 times I think, maybe 2. The total number of people who have tested may be something like 75% of the totals given, maybe.