TYPES OF DNA TESTS
Autosomal DNA
What it tests
22 non-sex chromosome pairs (called autosomes)
What it can do
• Locate genetic matches
• Help determine biological relationships
• Estimate your ethnicity
• Assist with DNA triangulation
Testing companies
• 23andMe
• AncestryDNA
• Family Tree DNA
• LivingDNA
• MyHeritage DNA
Key points
• within about the past five or six generations, male and female. This makes autosomal DNA useful for adoptees.
