About Living DNA
Living DNA offers ancestry testing and a separate nutrition-and-fitness Wellbeing report. A home cheek swab supplies the DNA, with raw-data downloads available. Choose the combined package if you want both ancestry and wellness interpretation.
Register your kitReturn cheek swabsExplore ancestry or Wellbeing reports
Offerings
Living DNA Ancestry
Est. $99.95
one-time
Ancestry-only kit; no health reports.
What’s included in Living DNA Ancestry
Included
8 reports, including Recent ancestry; Sub-regional ancestry; Your DNA today; Extended ancestry; Motherline; …
Not included
Results
Report
The web report shows a regional ancestry breakdown beside the map.
Official guide- Results
- Ancestry reports, Wellbeing guidance or both, depending on the purchase.
- Access
- Web
- Download
- Free autosomal, mitochondrial and Y-DNA raw downloads.
- Timing
- Approximately 6–8 weeks; shipping adds time
Help
Live consultation
Not includedThe purchase provides reports without a follow-up consultation.
Collection
Register the home cheek-swab kit and return your sample. Your account receives the ancestry, Wellbeing or combined reports purchased.
Reviews
What people praise
Quick, personal support
Reviewers regularly praise staff for prompt answers and patient help with kit activation, delivery problems or account questions, including customers who needed a replacement kit.
Stories
Hannah Nicholson
Turning wellbeing results into everyday choices
Living DNA co-founder Hannah Nicholson shared how she used her own wellbeing reports to reconsider food choices and supplements. The nutrition results prompted her to pay closer attention to B12-rich foods, add more vegetables and rethink how she approached dietary fats.
livingdna.comDave Moore
Putting family-history research alongside a DNA report
Dave tried Living DNA to compare its ancestry results with his aunt’s family research. Some maternal findings matched closely, while parts of his paternal ancestry were unexpected. He enjoyed exploring the maps and learning more about his family’s background.
the-gadgeteer.comThings to know
- Physical kits have a short cancellation window.
Cancel before dispatch or within 14 days of the dispatch update; premium delivery charges are not refunded.
- Ancestry and Wellbeing can be bought together.
The selected kits have no mandatory renewal; additional analyses can be purchased separately.
- Research participation is optional.
Research participation is governed by consent; anonymous aggregate sharing follows the privacy policy.
- Use the kit for the person registered.
Use the kit for the person registered and activate it before returning the sample.
Alternatives
African Ancestry · MatriClan
Traces one maternal African lineage rather than estimating ancestry across many family lines.
Est. $309
AncestryDNA · AncestryDNA Kit
Centers on origins, DNA relatives and family-history tools rather than Living DNA’s ancestry-and-Wellbeing package choices.
$108.95
CRI Genetics · Health + Ancestry
Adds genetic wellness reports to ancestry in the selected Health + Ancestry package.
$109.87
FamilyTreeDNA · Family Finder
Ancestry-only kit; no health reports.
$48.95FAQs
Which kit includes both ancestry and wellness?
The Wellbeing + Ancestry purchase combines both report areas. The separate ancestry and Wellbeing purchases have narrower scope.