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Ancestry DNA is a digital facility to help you reveal your family history. It is an excellent service if someone wants to go back to their family background. The company has made the DNA investigation easier by providing a testing kit. The person who wants to take the test can buy the kit from the website at ancestrydna.com/activate. And then, they can send a test sample to Ancestry DNA after activating the kit from ancestry.com/activate. Kindly refer to the following sections of this article to acquire more knowledge about using and activating the DNA test kit.


How to share Ancestry DNA results?

Ancestry allows you to make accessible your test results on more than one account. Note that the DNA results can't be moved to another account, but with the owner's permission, they can be visible for multiple accounts at once. For this, the result holder will need to send invites for people who want to see them. Here is how.


  • 1. Go to Ancestry and access a web page. Hit the DNA tab and choose the option called Your DNA Results Summary.
  • 2. On the following page, hit Settings from the upper right corner.
  • 3. Go down for the Privacy section and select Sharing Preferences; after that, tap Change near DNA Ethnicity and Matches.
  • 4. Hit Add a person.
  • 5. Here, provide the email address or username of that person who wants to see your test results. The website will send an invitation through an email address.
  • 6. Decide what you want to choose from Viewer, Collaborator, or Manager. A viewer is the one who can only see the result. A collaborator is the one who can see results along with adding notes, changing participant details, and linking tests to a tree. A manager has more rights compared to a viewer and collaborator.
  • 7. Finally, press the Send Invitation option.


How to activate your Ancestry DNA Kit?

There is no quick way to activate a DNA kit. You need to go through a complete process recommended by the official website. Here we will cover the same. Let's look at the following guidelines and activate your DNA kit.


Before you grab the activation steps, kindly look at some crucial points.

  • 1. Go to ancestry.com/dna and activate your account.
  • 2. After activating your account, kindly store the activation code safely and wait to receive the test results.
  • 3. A separate user account is required to perform activation for each DNA test kit.
  • 4. Only one test kit activation can be done at a time.
  • 5. Test kit activation for children isn't included under this rule.


Start the activation process through the below instructions


  • • First, you have to visit www.ancestry.com/dna in any internet browser.
  • • Click Yes, if you are already logged in to your Ancestry account.
  • • Click No, if you aren't signed in yet.
  • • On the next page, you will be asked to sign in with my Ancestry sign-in option to activate your DNA kit.
  • • Click Next.
  • • Fill in your activation code and hit Next. The unique code is mentioned on the instructions and tube packet.
  • • Hit on your name if you wish to perform activation for yourself and click Next.
  • • For doing activation for a minor child, use the onscreen instructions.
  • • Fill in your birth year and gender and tap Next.
  • • Look at the consent asked by Ancestry and provide required permissions.
  • • Select Review and Consent.
  • • Don't deny the necessary consent; otherwise, the activation process will stop. Click Next.
  • • Hit on I give consent if you have to store your sample with Ancestry.
  • • If you don't want to, click I do not give consent. Click Next.
  • • You will have a page of Informed Consent.
  • • Select I have read the Informed Consent.
  • • Click either on I give consent, or I do not give consent. Then hit Next.
  • • To find your DNA matches, click Yes.
  • • If you don't have to find your matches, click No.
  • • Hit Next.
  • • To stop your biological family from seeing your results, click No.
  • • Hit Yes, in case you want to be noticed by your biological family.
  • • These preferences can be edited at any time at www.ancestrydna.com/activate.
  • • Click your Name if you want your relatives to see your name.
  • • Hit the username if you want to show it. Then hit Next.
  • • You won't see these options at Ancestry DNA if you have denied the DNA match.
  • • Allow if you want others to view your cultural, geographical, and origins.
  • • Select the option called Show my complete ethnicity estimate and communities if you have to allow others to access information for your ethnicity estimates.
  • • Stop viewing your ethnicity estimates using Show only what we have in common option.
  • • Visit the Kit Notification tab and press Yes to get updates about your test kit. Click No to avoid it.
  • • Fill in your mobile number by tapping Yes.
  • • Hit Next.
  • • Allow getting email updates.
  • • Click No to stop emails.
  • • Hit Next.
  • • Observe your information from the Review tab.
  • • Hit Submit and activate.
  • • Select Your DNA Results Summary and know your DNA kit status.