Jen

Genomelink has pretty accurate ancestry results, but it especially excels at accurately revealing and identifying trace ancestry, which is something that really puts them ahead of the bigger DNA companies, especially regarding minority and non-European ethnicities.

Multiple family members, including myself, have taken multiple Genomelink tests: Global, Native American, Asian, Ancient Bloodlines and Deep Ancestry.

These were vitally crucial, along with corroborative evidence from other DNA companies, in helping us figure out our ancestry through our grandma, who was not raised by her biological parents (and in a foreign country that wiped out their indigenous names, records and identity).

They also have fantastic customer service and were very generous to me. I was managing an account for my mom, who lives on the other side of the world. Genomelink offered a 24 hour 50% off Global test, but because of the time difference in talking to my mom, I couldn’t really take advantage of it before it expired. I asked if they would still honor it after the 24 hours, and they said yes and made special arrangements for me to get the 50% off test.

I also had some questions about various family members’ results. A very kind, patient and knowledgeable staff member went back and forth with me several times to answer very long and technical questions. A few different staff did this with me at other times too. The other major companies just gave me generic auto replies that did not answer my specific questions , so Genomelink really excels at the customer service.

I also want to make a comment to those people saying Genomelink is a scam and inaccurate.

I’ve read a lot of reviews accusing them of giving inaccurate ancestry results. Pretty much all of these comments come from ignorance of genetics and people groups rather than inaccuracy in test results.

I’ve studied 300 hrs of genetics. You have to be aware of migrations and mixing of populations when understanding your DNA results.

For example:

People with Iberian ancestry will likely show African too because they generally have a small amount of African from historical conquests.

British and Scandinavians may show Arctic from Sami admixture. Native Americans also came to Europe and admixed with some Europeans, although be aware that Germanic people sometimes show a small amount of Native American from an ancient connection and it is not a recent native ancestor.

Japan will also often show Korean, SE Asian and even Austronesian due to migrations and shared genes.

East European or Slavic may show Dravidian, Indian or Asian if you have Roma heritage.

And there are many more examples like that.

So don’t just automatically believe the reviews saying Genomelink is inaccurate in ancestry. The vast majority that I have read are simply ignorance of genetics, people groups and migrations. Once you understand these things, you will gain a great appreciation of how powerful their algorithms are and how great they are at pulling out even the very tiniest amounts of trace ancestry. Their approach was a vital key in cracking our own mystery that no other DNA company could solve for us.

I also know that the labs that develop Genomelink’s tests specifically focus on minority ethnicities. They also have a much greater diversity in their database than the mainstream companies. Furthermore, they don’t solely derive their reference samples from their users, like most of the other DNA companies. They use scientific databases.

Especially if you’re looking to identify trace amounts of minority and non European ancestry, Genomelink is far above its competitors.