Best DNA Day deals

April 25th is DNA Day — a day celebrating the anniversary of the Human Genome Project being completed as well as the discovery of the double helix.

There’ll be events hosted all over the country to celebrate. For a full list of them, check out the Humane Genome Research Institute website here.

If there’s no event near you, don’t worry: You can still celebrate by cashing in on some dope deals from some of the biggest DNA testing platforms.

Check out a list of them below.

Best DNA Day deals

NOTE: None of the below are affiliate links. I just want you guys to get the best deals possible.

Family Tree DNA (until April 28th):

• $49 for Family Finder (Autosomal)
• $139 for Y-DNA
• $149 for mtDNA

MyHeritage (until April 25th):

• $69 for MyHeritage DNA kit (Autosomal)

Ancestry (until April 29th):

• $59 for AncestryDNA kit (Autosomal)

23andMe (until April 25th):

• $69 for Ancestry service (Autosomal)
• $139 for Ancestry + Health service (Autosomal and comprehensive health breakdown)

What is the Human Genome Project?

The Human Genome Project (HGP) was a monumental effort by the scientists the world over to sequence the entire human genome.

Spearheaded by the National Institutes of Health as well as the United States Department of Energy, the HGP provides researchers with a “blueprint” to what makes up a human.

From the National Library of Sciences:

The main goals of the Human Genome Project were to provide a complete and accurate sequence of the 3 billion DNA base pairs that make up the human genome and to find all of the estimated 20,000 to 25,000 human genes. The Project also aimed to sequence the genomes of several other organisms that are important to medical research, such as the mouse and the fruit fly.

Be sure to check out the National Human Genome Research Institutes fact sheet on DNA sequencing to learn more.

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