My DNAweekly Interview by Ditsa Keren - Mon, 9 Nov 2020

Two weeks ago, I was interviewed on Zoom by Ditsa Keren for an article that was published on DNAweekly today.

DNAweekly publishes an interesting blog with a wide range of articles about consumer-based DNA tests that extend into their use by genealogists. They reach out and look for third-party software that might be of interest to DNA testers and found me and asked me if I was willing to be interviewed.

On their Blog page, they give an example of some of the recent DNAweekly blog posts:

The website’s primary focus is comparing, reviewing and rating DNA tests and include some FamilyTree based sites in their reviews. I currently count 58 different services in their review list.

They classify companies into these categories:  Ancestry, Family Tree, Health & Wellness, Diet and Nutrition, STD, Pets.  They give each company a rating from 1 to 10, provide for each a User Score of 1 to 5 stars, and then link each to a complete review of that product.

The product reviews are quite detailed and seem to be done very objectively. The company is obviously making money from affiliate links by you clicking and then purchasing the product, but that does not seem to be biasing their reviews in my opinion. They have some coupons available for some products towards the end of their review. Finally, at the bottom of their review, they allow you the user to write your own review on the product and give your star rating. The author of each review is shown with a brief biography.

All in all, a very nice review site for DNA, family tree and health testing services.