activating dna tests

[Cazza47]

My mother & Aunt want to do DNA tests, I am registered with ancestry so I ordered 2 test kits but I cannot activate them on my account, they want them to open their own accounts to activate tests, is there anyway round this?

[phil57]

Open a guest aēcount for each of them. They don't have to take a paid subscription. After registering the tests, as long as they are happy for you to manage them on their behalfs, you can be given permission to manage the tests in each of their DNA settings.

I have done this with two tests that I manage for my brother and a cousin. Apart from the initial set up, I don't think either of them have since logged in to their guest accounts. They are happy for me to manage them and tell them about any developments.

There isn't really another way around this since Ancestry,, quite properly in my opinion, requires the owners of the tests to decide and review their own preferences as to what happens to their own DNA specimen and test results, and acknowledge that accordingly.

[Cazza47]

Thank you I will do that.