In-depth health insights from your DNA test results
Upload your raw 23andMe, AncestryDNA, MyHeritage, FamilyTreeDNA or Living DNA file for analysis across health traits, drug response, rare-disease carrier status, and 5,002 annotated variants, all mapped across your 23 chromosome pairs and grounded in peer-reviewed science.
Free to start $29.00 once Private
Your raw data file is a free export inside the account of the service that ran your test.
AncestryDNA
Sign in to Ancestry.
Open the DNA tab, then "DNA Settings", and pick the test you want to download.
Under "Download or Delete", choose "Download DNA data".
Tick the confirmation box and continue, then confirm with your password or an emailed code.
Wait for the email from Ancestry and press "Download DNA Data" in it, then once more on the page that opens.
What you get: dna-data-(date).zip. The email can take up to 24 hours. The link in it works once and expires after a week.
23andMe
Sign in to 23andMe.
Open your profile name (top right) and choose "Settings".
Scroll to "23andMe Data", press "View" and confirm your date of birth.
Under "Raw Data", tick the box at the bottom and press "Submit request".
When the email "Your 23andMe raw data download is ready!" arrives, follow it, confirm your date of birth again and download the file.
What you get: genome_(name)_(date).zip. 23andMe says preparing the file usually takes about a week and can take up to 30 days. It emails you when the file is ready. On a phone, use the 23andMe website in your browser, not the app.
MyHeritage
Sign in to MyHeritage on a computer or an Android phone.
Hover over the DNA tab and choose "Manage DNA kits".
Press the three-dot menu beside your kit and choose "Download".
Press "Continue", accept the terms and privacy policy, and press "Continue" again.
Open the email MyHeritage sends, follow its link, enter your password and press "Download".
What you get: MyHeritage_raw_dna_data.zip. Works on a computer or an Android phone, not on an iPhone or iPad. The link in the email works for 24 hours. Only the kit's manager can download it, and a kit uploaded from another company cannot be downloaded again.
Other services
FamilyTreeDNA: turn on two-step sign‑in first (it is required), then open Results & Tools, Autosomal DNA, Download Raw Data, and choose "Build 37 Concatenated Raw data". Upload the .gz file as it is.
FamilyTreeDNA still offers the download for tests run on its 2026 sequencing panel. Upgrading an older Family Finder replaces the old file, so download it first if you want to keep it.
Living DNA: sign in, open Profiles from the menu under your name, choose the profile, press Download, tick the consent box and choose the autosomal file.
Sequencing services (DNA Complete, formerly Nebula; Dante Labs; Sequencing.com): download the VCF from your results area; a .gz file is fine as it is.
Anything else: look in your account or DNA settings for "Download raw data" or "Export".
What you get: a .txt, .csv or .zip, or a .vcf from a sequencing service. The wording differs, but every service that sells a test lets you export the raw genotype file.
Upload the file exactly as it came. There is no need to unzip it, and nothing else from your account is needed.
If you have no such file, ReadYourDNA is not for you yet. We do not sell or process saliva kits and we do not recommend where to get one.
Health/Lifestyle Traits
187 traits in our catalog
Pharmacogenomics
717 drugs in our catalog
Variant Explorer
5,000+ variants decoded
Carrier Status
LIFESTYLE & WELLNESS
Height
Very High Predicted Height
BRAIN & NEUROLOGY
Risk-Taking
Very High Tendency
AGING & APPEARANCE
Male-Pattern Baldness
High Hair Loss Likelihood
Health Traits
Polygenic scores across 102 traits, each read against a reference population.
The Warrior Gene
G / G rs4680 · COMT
The "Warrior" variant
Fast dopamine clearance - calm under pressure
Caffeine Metabolism
A / C rs762551 · CYP1A2
Slow caffeine metabolizer
Caffeine lingers longer - sensitive to late coffee
Alcohol Flush
G / A rs671 · ALDH2
The alcohol-flush variant
Acetaldehyde builds up - facial flushing and nausea from alcohol
Muscle Power
C / T rs1815739 · ACTN3
The sprinter gene
Fast-twitch power fibers - the variant elite sprinters carry
Earwax & Body Odor
C / T rs17822931 · ABCC11
Wet vs dry earwax
One switch sets your earwax type and underarm body odor
Lactose Tolerance
C / T rs4988235 · MCM6
Lactase persistence
Keep digesting milk sugar into adulthood
Variants
Every annotated variant you carry, with the research behind it.
Omeprazole
DIGESTIVE & METABOLISM
↑ Rapid Metabolizer
▲ broken down faster than typical
Warfarin
BLOOD & CLOTTING
↑ Fast Metabolizer
▲ cleared from the body faster than typical
Clopidogrel
↓ Poor Metabolizer
▼ activated more slowly than typical
Simvastatin
↑ High Sensitivity
▲ builds up in the body more easily
Codeine
↑ Ultra-rapid Metabolizer
▲ converted to its active form quickly
How your DNA shapes the way you process 717 medications.
Cystic Fibrosis
LUNGS & BREATHING
Not detected
22 positions tested - not detected
Sickle Cell
4 positions tested - not detected
Tay-Sachs
3 positions tested - not detected
Phenylketonuria
One Match detected
1 pathogenic variant · rs5030858
ClinVar pathogenic variants across 3,321 inherited conditions.
✓ 23andMe, Ancestry & 3 more
✓ Never sold or shared
✓ Never used for research
✓ Your DNA: deleted means deleted
✓ Free to start · one payment for all
WHAT YOU GET
Four ways to explore your genome
From health traits and carrier status to the medications you take - dive into every layer of your DNA, one report at a time.
Compare your genetic scores across brain, heart & metabolism
We aggregate up to hundreds of thousands of variants per trait into one polygenic score - the full genetic picture, not a single gene.
102 polygenic traits across 13 categories
Plus everyday lifestyle traits like eye color, earwax and lactose tolerance
See if your genetic score is high, average, or low
Backed by large, peer-reviewed studies
HbA1c
Glycated hemoglobin, reflecting average blood sugar levels over the past 2-3 months.
Very High Long-Term Blood Sugar
High
98th Very High
Read about this trait
Vitamin D Levels
Circulating vitamin D levels, shaped by how efficiently the body synthesizes and absorbs it.
Very Low Levels
1st Very Low
HEART & BLOOD
RBC Count
The number of red cells per unit of blood, a measure of oxygen-carrying capacity.
Average Count
ORGANS & SENSES
Hearing Loss
Gradual loss of hearing with age, typically affecting higher-pitched sounds first.
Low Predisposition
Lactose Tolerance
Whether you can still digest milk as an adult.
YOUR RESULT Can digest dairy
BONES & SKIN
Muscle Composition
Fast-twitch power or endurance - which way your muscles lean.
YOUR RESULT Built for power
ALL HEALTH TRAITS
102 polygenic traits
These are four of them. See every trait we score, grouped by body system, with the studies behind each one.
Open Health Traits
ALL LIFESTYLE TRAITS
85 everyday traits
These are two of them. Eye color, earwax, lactose tolerance and more, each read from one or a handful of well-studied positions.
Open Lifestyle Traits
See how your body handles your medications
Your DNA can influence whether a drug works well, does little, or builds up too much.
717 common drugs, from painkillers to blood thinners
See if you're a slow, normal, or fast metabolizer
Flag medications with a higher side-effect risk for you
Spot drugs that could build up to harmful levels
Clopidogrel
An antiplatelet that keeps blood from clotting.
May not work as well
Less of the active form gets made.
WHY? ↑
This drug arrives inactive. CYP2C19 has to convert it into the form that works. Yours runs slower than average, so less of the active form is produced from the same amount.
PUBLISHED GUIDELINE CPIC guideline · CYP2C19 DPWG guideline · CYP2C19
BRAIN & MIND
Amitriptyline
A tricyclic antidepressant, also widely used for nerve pain and to prevent migraine.
May affect you more strongly
It stays in your system longer.
Elavil works as it arrives, and your body also turns some of it into a second form that works too. CYP2C19 clears them both away. Yours runs slower than average, so the two together sit higher for longer than they would for most people.
PUBLISHED GUIDELINE CPIC guideline · CYP2C19, CYP2D6 DPWG guideline · CYP2D6
Abacavir
An antiviral used as part of combination treatment for HIV.
No high-risk result for you
The safety gene for this one came back normal at the positions your chip reads.
This gene is one where a variant can make the drug unsafe rather than simply stronger or weaker. Nothing at the positions read points to that risk. A chip reads a fixed set of positions, not the whole gene, so this is not a clinical test of it and cannot rule the risk out.
PUBLISHED GUIDELINE CPIC guideline · HLA-B DPWG guideline · HLA-B
Acenocoumarol
A blood thinner used to prevent and treat blood clots.
Nothing to change
Your genes do not change anything here.
The genes with a guideline for this drug were read successfully, and none of your results call for a different approach.
PUBLISHED GUIDELINE DPWG guideline · VKORC1
Allopurinol
Lowers uric acid in the blood to prevent gout attacks and some kidney stones.
We could not read this one
This one depends on a part of HLA-B we did not test.
HLA-B is not a single test. Different versions of it react to different medicines, and this kind of data can only read one of them, the version that matters for abacavir. The version that matters for Allopurinol is *58:01, and it was never looked at. So there is no result here either way, which is not the same as a clear one.
PUBLISHED GUIDELINE CPIC guideline · HLA-B DPWG guideline · ABCG2 DPWG guideline · HLA-B
Atazanavir
Based on part of UGT1A1 (3 of 4 positions read)
This gene is one where a variant can make the drug unsafe rather than simply stronger or weaker. Nothing at the positions read points to that risk. A chip reads a fixed set of positions, not the whole gene, so this is not a clinical test of it and cannot rule the risk out. One thing to know: a gene is read at a set list of positions, and this data covered 3 of the 4 that define UGT1A1. Anything sitting in the part that was not read would not have been seen, so this is a weaker all-clear than a fully read gene gives.
PUBLISHED GUIDELINE CPIC guideline · UGT1A1 DPWG guideline · UGT1A1
717 drugs in our catalog
These are six of them. Browse every medication with pharmacogenomic guidance, from painkillers to blood thinners.
Which inherited conditions are you a carrier for?
Being a carrier means you have one copy of a variant linked to a recessive condition - usually with no effect on your own health. We flag which of these show up in your uploaded data. It's educational, not a diagnosis or a clinical carrier test.
Checked against a catalog of 3,321 inherited conditions
See which variants ClinVar flags as pathogenic in your data
Every match graded by how well-supported the evidence is
Primary Hyperoxaluria
Not clinically confirmed.
The body overproduces oxalate, causing recurring kidney stones and progressive kidney damage.
36 variants · 3 Genes
Tay-Sachs Disease
Not detected 27 of 201 tested
Nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord are progressively destroyed, leading to loss of motor skills, seizures, and vision loss in infancy.
27 variants · 1 Gene
Hereditary Hemochromatosis
The body absorbs too much iron from food, and over time the excess iron damages the liver, heart, and pancreas.
7 variants · 4 Genes
Hemophilia A
Not detected 22 of 302 tested
The blood is missing a key clotting protein, causing prolonged bleeding after injury or surgery and bleeding into joints and muscles.
22 variants · 2 Genes
Albinism
Not detected 10 of 17 tested
Little or no pigment in the skin, hair, and eyes, causing very pale coloring, vision problems, and sun sensitivity.
10 variants · 2 Genes
Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Not detected 19 of 222 tested
Motor nerve cells in the spinal cord progressively deteriorate, causing muscle weakness and wasting that affects movement, breathing, and swallowing.
19 variants · 8 Genes
3,321 conditions in the catalog
These are six of them. See the full ClinVar-based catalog we annotate your DNA against.
Open Carrier Status
Explore 5,000+ variants, from ACTN3 to MTHFR
All 5,000+ variants explained in plain language - what each one does, how rare it is, and the research behind it. No raw data to decipher.
5,000+ variants from trusted research databases
A deep dive on every variant - gene, genotype, frequency & effect
Every detail for one variant, all in one place
Folate Processing
NUTRITION & METABOLISM
Slightly Reduced Folate Processing Efficiency
Carrying one copy of the variant reduces MTHFR enzyme efficiency to about 65 percent. This can lead to slightly lower folate levels and a mild increase in homocysteine.
Less ▴
✗ Risk Open the variant page
Alcohol Sensitivity
Faster Alcohol Breakdown
One copy of the fast-metabolizing allele converts alcohol to acetaldehyde more quickly, so acetaldehyde builds up sooner after a drink and flushing and discomfort tend to set in earlier.
✓ Protective Open the variant page
Slow Caffeine Metabolism
Caffeine is cleared slowly from the body, so its effects linger much longer after a cup of coffee or tea.
Muscle Type and Endurance
Natural Power and Sprint Advantage
Two copies of the functional gene ensure normal levels of the alpha-actinin-3 protein. This supports explosive muscle power and typical sleep patterns.
Brain Plasticity
CARDIOVASCULAR & METABOLIC
Lower Activity-Dependent BDNF Release
Reduced activity-dependent BDNF secretion occurs with this genotype, which may slightly affect memory consolidation and motor learning.
5,000+ annotated variants
These are five of them. Search and filter the whole catalog, each variant written in plain language with its sources.
Open Variant Explorer
POSITIONS IN YOUR FILE
CONDITIONS IN CATALOG
Backed by real science
Every result is computed from peer-reviewed research and the same open databases the field itself relies on.
Peer-reviewed at the core
Every score traces back to published, peer-reviewed studies - never opaque guesswork.
The databases scientists use
Built on dbSNP, ClinVar, the GWAS Catalog, gnomAD and PharmGKB - the field's trusted references.
Ancestry-aware
We account for your genetic ancestry where the reference data allows. As with all polygenic scoring today, accuracy is highest for European-ancestry data, which we state openly.
Open, no black boxes
Our full methodology is documented and inspectable - see exactly how every number is derived.
POWERED BY THE OPEN DATABASES RESEARCHERS RELY ON
dbSNP ClinVar GWAS Catalog gnomAD PharmGKB CPIC PGS Catalog
Your DNA stays yours
Your genome is the most personal data you own - so you stay in control of it, from the moment you upload to the moment you delete.
Delete your DNA data, permanently, anytime
Never sold or shared
Your genetic data is never sold, and never shared with anyone for their own purposes. The providers that run ReadYourDNA, and Google's Gemini API only if you turn on the chat, process it strictly on our behalf and never to train their models. We name every one of them in our Privacy Policy.
Delete it anytime
Your DNA file is deleted as soon as its analysis finishes. Every result derived from it is erased for good the moment you delete it. Neither is ever in any backup, so no restore can bring them back.
Your account record (email address, username, login credentials, settings, consent choices, any order; never genetic data): removed from our live systems at the same moment. It leaves our server’s encrypted archive within 30 days, and the archive’s copy in Helsinki and our encrypted offline copy within 37 days. A receipt for a purchase is kept for seven years under Austrian tax law. Details in our Privacy Policy.
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Your file is encrypted in transit and at rest and processed on an access-controlled server in the EU. Our pages load nothing from any other company: no trackers, no ads, no cookies.
No trackers
We use no analytics service and no third-party tracker of any kind, and we set no cookie for any of this. That includes the pages that show your results. There is no cookie banner because there is nothing to consent to.
You stay in control
It's your genome. You decide what gets analyzed, what gets kept, and what gets wiped.
HOW IT WORKS
Three steps, about 15 minutes
Export your raw file
From 23andMe, AncestryDNA, MyHeritage, FamilyTreeDNA or Living DNA. A whole‑genome VCF works too.
Upload it
Create a free account and upload. Then start free with 15 traits of your choice, or open the full report.
Read your reports in about 15 minutes
Traits, medications, carrier status and variants unlock one after another, with the studies behind each result.
TWO WAYS TO START
Start free, or get everything
Upload your file, then choose. The analysis runs once either way.
Start free
5 health traits of your choice
10 lifestyle traits of your choice
Medications, carriers and variants
Free
Full report
All 102 health and 85 lifestyle traits
717-drug medication catalog
3,321-condition carrier panel
How unusual your genome is
Genome assistant, 50 questions a day
$29.00 paid once
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to buy a kit first?
You need a raw data file you already own. ReadYourDNA does not sell or process saliva kits. Exports from 23andMe, AncestryDNA, MyHeritage, FamilyTreeDNA and Living DNA all work, as do whole-genome VCF files. Our guides take a 23andMe file and an AncestryDNA file apart line by line.
What DNA files do you support?
ReadYourDNA works with raw data from 23andMe, AncestryDNA, MyHeritage, FamilyTreeDNA and Living DNA, and with whole-genome VCF and gVCF files. A raw data file can be .txt, .csv or .gz, or the .zip the service sends; a sequencing file .vcf or .vcf.gz. Files up to 10 GB can be uploaded, and a large uncompressed export is compressed in your browser before it is sent. For whole-genome sequencing, both the VCF of variant calls and the full gVCF work, on GRCh37 (hg19) and on GRCh38 (hg38). Our guides take a 23andMe file and an AncestryDNA file apart line by line.
Is my genetic data safe?
ReadYourDNA deletes your DNA file once its analysis finishes and never sells your results; the site loads no trackers or cookies, and deleting your results is permanent, because genetic data is in no backup. While it is here it is encrypted at rest (AES-256-GCM) and in transit (TLS), kept in a folder that does not name you, and the server logs that hold IP addresses are deleted after 14 days. How to check this yourself; full details in our Privacy Policy.
What does it cost, and is it a subscription?
A ReadYourDNA analysis costs $29.00, paid once: there is no subscription, and the reports stay in your account at no further charge. You can also start free: after the upload you choose 5 health and 10 lifestyle traits to see at no charge. Creating an account and uploading your file are free, and your file is opened and checked before you are charged.
What if the analysis fails?
If you paid, you have not received what you paid for, and we refund it. A free analysis that fails can simply be run again. Genome files vary more than you would expect, and some do not carry enough of the right markers.
Who runs ReadYourDNA?
ReadYourDNA is built and run by Martin Pechhacker, a molecular biologist and bioinformatician in Vienna, Austria. He runs it as a sole proprietor, trade register GISA 40064420, VAT ATU83577568. The full address and the supervisory authority are on the Legal and Contact page, and the trade register number can be looked up on the public Austrian business register. Support mail reaches him directly and he answers, normally within 48 hours.
Can I ask questions about my results?
Yes. Paying accounts can use the genome assistant, an AI chat that answers questions from your finished reports, up to 50 questions a day. It never sees your raw file: it looks up the parts of your results a question needs. It stays off until you turn it on. Once it is on, your questions and those parts of your results go to Google's Gemini API, which processes them on our behalf and does not use them to train its models, and you can turn it off again in your account settings. Its answers are educational, like the reports: never start, stop, or change any medication or treatment based on them.
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