r/23andme

134K archived posts · Mar 2011 – Sep 2026

r/23andMe

r/23andme

Talk about your genes and their possible implications! Discord: https://discord.gg/3Jjc3GdmtB

Created Mar 1, 2011

140KMembers (last snapshot)

134KArchived posts

##Rules

#####General

Be Civil. Racist, sexist, and/or hateful comments/posts are absolutely not tolerated here. Treat fellow Redditors with respect. No targeted harassment of any kind. Any violation of this rule will end with a warning or ban, depending on the severity of the violation. Punishment is ultimately down to moderator discretion.
No "Guess My Ethnicity/Nationality" posts outside the pinned, weekly Megathread
No Sample Status/Timeline Posts outside the pinned, monthly Megathread
No Fake Results. It is absolutely unacceptable to forge any results for the intent of misleading others. Works of concept art or any other fundamentally altered visual representation regarding design or feedback of results are allowed, but MUST BE PROPERLY MARKED AND INDICATED AS SUCH IN BOTH THE POST TITLE AND IMAGE. Failure to abide by this rule will result in a permanent ban.

#####Advertising

Advertising products or services in posts or comments on this subreddit is not allowed. If you want to run an advertisement for a product or service, you need to use reddit ads to do so. This rule does not prohibit user discussion, questions, comments, mentions, etc.
No affiliate link spam is allowed. Affiliate links are not outright banned, but their use is discouraged. If you use an affiliate link in a post or comment on this subreddit, please be sure to clearly mark it as an affiliate link.

#####Other

Please refer to https://www.reddit.com/r/23andme/about/rules/

##Affiliated communities

#####23andMe Discord server

https://discord.gg/3Jjc3GdmtB

##Info

#####Reports

The health reports you will receive (or have received) from 23andMe differ depending on what chip version you were tested on, when you were tested, and what country you were tested in.

For individuals newly purchasing the 23andMe "Health + Ancestry" test in any country, you will now receive the new (FDA approved, abbreviated/new-form) health results. It is no longer possible to obtain the old (long-form) health reports with a new kit regardless of what country you live in.
For individuals who have purchased the US-specific/international "Ancestry" test on or after September 21, 2016, you must pay a $125 upgrade fee to have access to the new (FDA approved) health reports.
In all other cases, please see https://www.reddit.com/r/23andme/wiki/reports for more information.

NOTE: The raw data and chip version is always the same for every country. The cheaper ancestry-only test returns the exact same raw data as the health+ancestry test - the only difference is that 23andMe's reports on health aren't included.

#####Chip versions

Chip	Since	Illumina BeadChip	SNPs
v1	Nov 2007	^^^HumanHap550+	^^^576,000
v2	Sept 2008	^^^HumanHap550+	^^^597,000
v3	Nov 2010	^^^HumanOmniExpress+	^^^992,000
v4	Nov 2013	^^^HTS ^^^iSelect ^^^HD	^^^611,000
v5	Aug 2017	^Global ^Screening ^Array ^(GSA)	^~650,000

Note that the number of SNPs listed above is a relatively crude estimate based on a limited number of data file samples for each different chip version. Please read this post for more detailed information/analysis on 23andMe's v3/v4 chips, as well as competitors FTDNA and AncestryDNA. AncestryDNA and 23andMe have both updated their chips since that post was written, AncestryDNA's new v2 chip has massively improved coverage of health-related SNPs (better than 23andMe v4 for the most part, although they of course do not provide health reports), and 23andMe's new v5 chip covers an entirely different set of SNPs than any of the previous versions do.

#####Data analysis

If you're interested in getting more health-related info out of your data, Promethease is a tool that may be of interest. Promethease is by far the best third-party data analysis tool, but there are many others out there to choose from.
codegen.eu is a decent free alternative to Promethease that gives you much of the same information.
There are many other options out there for data analysis, both paid and free.

#####Related subreddits

#####Useful links

SNPedia home page

GENERAL NOTE: The members of this subreddit do not act as medical professionals. We only provide general information, which may be misleading for your individual circumstances. This information is not intended nor recommended as a substitute for medical advice. Always seek the advice of your qualified health care provider regarding any medical questions.

This subreddit is not affiliated with 23andMe.

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