Learn all about your lineage and traits with this best-selling 23andMe DNA Kit

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Learning more about our past makes living in the present all the more worthwhile — it’s cliché, but true. Whether it be your ancestral lineage and makeup or deeper reasonings explaining why you’re not a fan of a particular food, this can all be broken down for you with 23andMe’s Ancestry + Traits Service DNA Kit.

Shop: 23andMe Ancestry + Traits Service DNA Kit, $99 (Orig. $199)

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Retailing for $99 (50 percent off its original retail price), 23andMe‘s Ancestry + Traits Service is described as “the best DNA kit with the most comprehensive ancestry breakdown and 30+ trait reports.”

The service includes over 80 personalized reports, including ancestry, family tree, DNA reality finder and trait reports.

Dubbed the “most comprehensive portrait of you yet,” this kit includes a feature called Ancestry Composition which allows you to discover where in the world your DNA is from across over 1,500 regions.

You will also be able to find other people who share your DNA — from close family members to distant ones. An extension of this is the ability to trace your ancestral path back to thousands of years to get a clear picture of your family’s history, where your ancestors lived and when they lived there. Making this feature even more impressive, the service notifies you if you have any famous distant relatives.

This service is not only limited to ancestral finds and data. You can also learn more about what makes you unique by learning more about your personal traits and habits. With over 20 personalized reports, you can receive answers to everything from if your hair is more likely to lighten with sun exposure to your odds of disliking cilantro.

The service remains popular among those seeking to learn more about their families and why they do the things they do. Currently, it stands as a No. 1 best seller on Amazon, with over 12,000 customers raving about it.

One 5-star reviewer shared that this kit “solved an 83+-year-old mystery of my grandfather’s identity.”

“If you are looking to solve a mystery, 23andme is great,” the shopper wrote in a heavily detailed review. “If you are looking to just fill in a family tree and you have a paid Ancestry membership or you are willing to pay for it, I would also suggest AncestryDNA.”

The overwhelming majority of the thousands of Amazon shoppers who bought this kit were pleased. However, there were less than a handful who shared that “too much info” is asked during the process. However, as one of these shoppers stressed, “The cons are what you make them.”

Don’t hesitate! Learn more about yourself beyond the surface with the Ancestry + Traits Service DNA Kit from 23andMe!

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