Shopping for health and wellness gifts is tricky for an obvious reason: wellness means something different to everyone on your list. For one person, it’s finally sleeping through the night. For ...

It’s Halloween night. A porch light flickers, a bowl of candy waits by the door and somewhere down the block a kid in a spider costume is about to make someone scream. Halloween is the one night a ...

Early findings presented at ASHG 2026 indicate nearly all people choose to learn their genetic health risks when given the option PALO ALTO, Calif. – October 26, 2026 – New research from 23andMe ...

Yes, in part. Your genes play a real but modest role in personality. This study looked to find genetic variants linked to the Big Five. What Are the Big Five Personality Traits? The Big Five ...

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Each Carrier Status report covers a single condition. It names the gene and the select variants tested, since this is genotyping-based testing rather than full gene sequencing, and reports whether any ...

In a previous module, we explored how genetics influences health—from monogenic conditions, where a variant in a single gene can have a large effect, to complex conditions influenced by many genetic ...

Are you distantly related to the legendary, like the great musical genius Ludwig Van Beethoven? Perhaps you are genetically related to a high-status Viking woman from the 9th century who was buried in ...

This update is currently available to all eligible customers on the latest, V5, genotyping chip. The 23andMe Ancestry Team has been working hard on a major update to the Ancestry Composition report, ...

Through the Historical Matches® feature, 23andMe Premium members can now discover whether their DNA connects them to 44 newly added Sarmatian and Hun-period individuals from the Carpathian Basin. The ...

23andMe has added 58 new genetic groups in South America, North Africa, and the Middle East, providing finer detail for customers with roots in these regions. The new update improves 23andMe’s ...

The genetic ancestry testing industry† is younger than Facebook. Since the mid-aughts, around 35 million people have “done their DNA,” and as we chew on our own results, the industry struggles to keep ...