AncestryDNA are to use a new chip for their autosomal DNA test

AncestryDNA have announced that with effect from this week they will be using a new chip for their autosomal DNA test. The announcement was made in a blog post by the Ancestry team Customer testing begins on new AncestryDNA chip published on 12th May.

Some genetic genealogists in the US were invited to attend a conference call with the AncestryDNA team where they were given the chance to ask questions about the changes. For further details read the following two articles:

• Upcoming changes to the AncestryDNA test – a post by Tim Janzen on the Rootsweb autosomal DNA mailing list
• Ancestry modifies their autosomal DNA chip – an article by Roberta Estes on her DNAxPlained blog.

I will update this list if any further articles are published.