Short answer: Ancestrify is a real, registered, one-person business that sells three ancient-DNA analyses of the raw DNA file you already have, at one-time prices from 29.99 EUR, and publishes every statistic behind every result so that you can check it. It sells no kits, has no subscription, and never names anyone as your ancestor. I run it, so this page is written in the first person and every claim on it points at something you can verify without trusting me.
Who runs Ancestrify#
Ancestrify is built and operated by me, Andi Thomaj, a sole trader registered in Tirane, Albania, under register number M61725001N. The entry is public in the Albanian commercial register (QKB), which lists the subject as a natural person, not a company. There is no team, no laboratory and no staff scientist, and the site never claims one. The legal notice carries the registered address and the same number, the about page explains the methodology, and my LinkedIn profile is linked from both.
That is also the honest limit of the operation: one person builds and checks every qpAdm model, which is why the deeper qpAdm tiers take days rather than minutes.
What Ancestrify sells, and what each costs#
Three analyses, each a one-time payment, each on the raw DNA export you already have from 23andMe, AncestryDNA, MyHeritage, FamilyTreeDNA, Living DNA or a whole-genome sequencing VCF:
| Analysis | What it answers | Price |
|---|---|---|
| qpAdm analysis | Which ancient populations your genome is a mixture of, tested with a p-value that can reject the model | 29.99, 39.99, 49.99 or 59.99 EUR, one-time; the tiers change how long the search runs, never the quality bar |
| Global25 analysis | Where your official Global25 coordinate row sits among ancient and modern populations: distances, admixture and PCA across six eras | 29.99 EUR one-time |
| Ancient Matches | Which individual published ancient people you share stretches of DNA with, painted onto your chromosomes | 29.99 EUR one-time |
Optional add-ons are one-time too: Model Lab 10 EUR, refined qpAdm analysis 15 EUR, Personalized Calculator 10 EUR, Calculator Explorer 10 EUR, Coordinate Concierge 15 EUR, whole-genome upload 10 EUR, paternal or maternal haplogroup 10 EUR each. The full ledger is on the pricing page. There are no credits, no renewals and no upsell inside a delivered report.
How you can check a result yourself#
This is the part that separates a legitimate analysis from a claim. Every qpAdm report publishes the complete model record: the p-value, chi-square and degrees of freedom, every source population's weight, standard error, z-score and confidence interval, the full ordered right set with sample counts, the nested-model table, the rank test, the tool's own warnings, the run id and the panel version. The record downloads as plain text, free, at every tier, and anyone with ADMIXTOOLS 2 and the public Allen Ancient DNA Resource can re-run the same model. The model record explainer walks through each number.
A Global25 report lists every source population the calculator was offered, split into the ones it used and the ones it rejected, with the fit distance and the panel size stated on every era. Ancient Matches shows the evidence on every row: total centimorgans, segment count, longest segment and marker density, and never a population total without the number of individuals behind it.
Before paying anything, the live demo shows every report with example data, and the free Lab runs the same distance, admixture and PCA arithmetic in your browser with nothing uploaded.
What Ancestrify does not do#
- It never computes or simulates Global25 coordinates. Official coordinates come only from Davidski's independent Eurogenes G25 Requests service. You paste the row you already have, or the Coordinate Concierge obtains that official row for you, with your explicit consent, for a 15 EUR pass-through of the portal's per-kit fee.
- It never names a population or an individual as your ancestor. A qpAdm source is a reference group the model tests against; a Global25 distance is a position in a reference space; an Ancient Matches stretch is evidence about a shared ancestral population, which is why the product says identity by state, not identity by descent.
- It never matches customers against each other. There is no cross-customer database, no relative finder and no living-person matching of any kind.
- It sells no DNA kits and runs no laboratory. You bring a file; nothing is sequenced.
- It publishes no model automatically. An automated search may propose candidates, but a person confirms and approves every qpAdm model before it ships, because rotating models until one passes has a measured false-discovery rate.
- There is no PDF, no mobile app and no subscription.
Where your data lives#
The servers run at Hetzner Online GmbH in Germany and Finland, inside the EU, behind Cloudflare, and GDPR applies. Card payments are processed by POK Payments (RPay Ltd); Ancestrify never sees your card number. Raw files are processed only for your own analysis, a whole-genome VCF is converted to the panel's markers at upload and the original is not stored, files are never hashed or fingerprinted against anyone else's, and account deletion and a full data export are self-service. The privacy notice names every processor.
Payment and refunds#
An analysis is refundable in full before it runs. Once the report has been delivered the service has been performed and it is not refundable, except where the law requires otherwise; the refund policy states the cases plainly, and refund requests are answered within two business days.
Where a competitor is the better choice#
A legitimate seller tells you when to buy elsewhere. If you enjoy building and sweeping your own qpAdm models continuously, a do-it-yourself environment such as Illustrative DNA's AdmixLab, or the free AdmixTools 2 online on the public panel, suits you better than a hand-built report. If you want the widest calculator library rather than a modelled answer, Genoplot and DNAGENICS advertise far more calculators than Ancestrify curates. If you only want your Global25 row and nothing else, order it directly from g25requests.app. The comparison pages say all of this cell by cell, with every competitor fact read on the competitor's own site on a stated date.
Frequently asked questions#
Is Ancestrify a real company?#
It is a real, registered business, though not a company: a sole trader, Andi Thomaj, registered in Tirane, Albania, under M61725001N, with a public entry in the Albanian commercial register and a legal notice on the site carrying the registered address.
Who checks the models?#
I do. Every published qpAdm model is a full genotype run confirmed and approved by a person before it ships, and every report carries a written explanation of why you received that model. There is no staff scientist and no claim of one.
Can I get my money back?#
Yes, in full, at any time before the analysis runs. After the report has been delivered the service has been performed and is not refundable except where the law requires it. Requests are answered within two business days.
Does Ancestrify compute G25 coordinates?#
No, never. Official Global25 coordinates come only from Davidski's independent Eurogenes G25 Requests service. Ancestrify analyses the official row you paste, or obtains that row for you through the 15 EUR Coordinate Concierge with your explicit consent.
Is my DNA shared with anyone?#
No. Your file is processed only for your own analysis on EU servers, is never compared with other customers' files, and can be deleted by you at any time, together with the whole account and its data export.
Terms used here are defined in the glossary.
