Would you like to know more about your family history? With DNA Connect, included in all tellmeGen tests, you can find relatives around the world with whom you share DNA and, if you both wish, connect with them.
A network of relatives united by genetics
How do we find your genetic family?
DNA Connect works in three steps:
Identify
We compare hundreds of thousands of genetic markers among all participating users and detect the identical DNA segments that each pair shares.
Calculate
We measure the length of each shared fragment. The closer the kinship, the longer the fragments; the more distant, the shorter.
Translate
From all those fragments, we estimate the most probable kinship between the two.
What family relationships does DNA Connect detect?
These are the relationships we analyzed and the probability of detecting them when both relatives participate in DNA Connect:
Father or mother and son
100% probability
Siblings
100% probability
Grandfather and grandson
100% probability
Uncle and nephew
100% probability
Great-grandfather and great-grandson
100% probability
First cousins
100% probability
Second uncle - second nephew (1)
100% probability
Second cousin
99% probability
Third uncle - third nephew (2)
96% probability
Third cousin
85% probability
Fourth uncle - fourth nephew (3)
67% probability
Fourth cousin
45% probabilityWhy choose DNA Connect
Easy
Consult your ever-growing list of genetic relatives and choose who to connect with through our messaging service.
Reliable
To avoid false matches, we only show you relationships that we can reliably estimate, up to fourth cousins, with strict shared DNA length thresholds.
Included in your test
DNA Connect has no additional cost. With your genetic analysis you also access your ancestry and your reports: 128 with Starter, more than 400 with Advanced and more than 625 with Ultra.
Private and under your control
Participation is voluntary: you only appear on DNA Connect if you give your consent, and you can withdraw it at any time. We protect your data with encryption and technical and organizational security measures, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation.
