23andme's 1,000,000 test chip

[rogers]

23andMe is offering a 1,000,000 SNP test chip for only $199.00, plus a $60 Personal Genome Service fee. I am not sure if this topic has been posted here already (apologies in advance if it has). Just wanted to know if anyone has taken up the offer and if it had made a difference to their ancestry results?

Merry Christmas.

[Wickedgirl]

Wow! That's good to know. I've wanted to try it recently.

I just asked my older brother and he said he's also interested in taking the test. That would be great, since I don't have Y-Dna, if I find his out it would be sweet. Just a question, is there a "family plan" special or something that they offer? I think otherwise it would be kind of a waste since we both pretty much share the same genes.

Merry Christmas!

[Ashina]

Wow! That's good to know. I've wanted to try it recently.

I just asked my older brother and he said he's also interested in taking the test. That would be great, since I don't have Y-Dna, if I find his out it would be sweet. Just a question, is there a "family plan" special or something that they offer? I think otherwise it would be kind of a waste since we both pretty much share the same genes.

Merry Christmas!

They just ended the 100$ deal. Why didn't you order then? Now you have to pay the double. :confused:

[Wickedgirl]

I really couldn't do it Ashina :( I quit my job last month and parents would never pay for something like this, they'd consider it trivial. My brother said he would pay both of ours as long as we got a decent enough deal. He just got married so he's not in a position to be throwing away any money either in this economy haha. Yeah, I wish I had ordered it then but not exactly gonna kick myself over this, it's not that important after all.

If it's gonna cost $400 for both of us there's no way we can, $150-200 sounds more reasonable. I could use that money for schoolbooks.

[rogers]

They just ended the 100$ deal. Why didn't you order then? Now you have to pay the double. :confused:

Hmm..well...I payed $499.00 for 500,000 SNPs with my initial testing over a year ago now..so the $199.00 is still a good deal IMO..

[Wickedgirl]

Not such a good deal for college students though. If not now, maybe later...I still kinda want to do it, would be interesting. Just the price that is holding me back, and not having a job.

[Ashina]

I really couldn't do it Ashina :( I quit my job last month and parents would never pay for something like this, they'd consider it trivial. My brother said he would pay both of ours as long as we got a decent enough deal. He just got married so he's not in a position to be throwing away any money either in this economy haha. Yeah, I wish I had ordered it then but not exactly gonna kick myself over this, it's not that important after all.

If it's gonna cost $400 for both of us there's no way we can, $150-200 sounds more reasonable. I could use that money for schoolbooks.

Hmmkey. I understand. But 200$ is still a good deal considering the old price.

And congrats on your brother's marriage. ;)

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Hmm..well...I payed $499.00 for 500,000 SNPs with my initial testing over a year ago now..so the $199.00 is still a good deal IMO..

Yes, it's a good deal considering the old price. But it's not that good if you consider the great deal which just ended a few days ago. :)

[Kyte]

How much difference will 1,000,000 SNPs make?

[ChechenRebelZ]

Can't 23andme just test their existing customers with these new snps?

[cadwallon]

Can't 23andme just test their existing customers with these new snps?

FTDNA at times does something similar, and they offer discounts on testing if there's new SNP's to be tested for. I've yet to see a specific pre-existing customer discount for this 1 mil. SNP upgrade.

[Polako]

500,000 or 1000,000 makes no difference to the ancestry analysis at 23andMe.

And, in fact, the new customers might be the ones who are disadvantaged as far as Dr. McD's, my own and Dienekes' tests are concerned.

[EliasAlucard]

You guys think other personal genomics companies will follow 23andMe's lead or will they wait until they find themselves out of business?

By the way, how long is the Personal Genome Service this time? Five bucks a month for a year or is it until you cancel it?

[Kyte]

You guys think other personal genomics companies will follow 23andMe's lead or will they wait until they find themselves out of business?

By the way, how long is the Personal Genome Service this time? Five bucks a month for a year or is it until you cancel it?

Says a year, on the $99 offer it did anyway, but then I saw somewhere that it says you can cancel whenever you want, though I doubt that applies to people who take advantage of the offer. What's the subscription do anyway?

[Geto-Thracian]

The only test for me now is going to be a FGS whenever that comes out for around 1000$ or less. I've already done all the rest so I see no point of anything less than the whole enchilada.

[beyoku]

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And, in fact, the new customers might be the ones who are disadvantaged as far as Dr. McD's, my own and Dienekes' tests are concerned.

Can you explain why or point me to a place whee it has already been explained?
TY

[Polako]

Can you explain why or point me to a place whee it has already been explained?
TY

Because no one really knows yet how many of the 550K illumina SNPs will be on the V3 chip. All my major reference sets are typed on that chip, and same with Dr McD and Dienekes.

If 23andMe manage to retain 500,000 or so markers, that'll be enough for all the apps. But if the number drops too much below that, it'll make detailed chromosome mosaic-type tests much less accurate, and maybe useless. And that's really where everything is heading, including my own project.

Of course, it is possible to design accurate tests of any type for the V3, just based on the HapMap 3 and 1000 Genomes cohorts, but I won't be doing that. Can't be bothered. Maybe someone else will?