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An ancestry DNA test can give you a common idea of what country your ancestors belonged to as a few traits are common in several global locations. DNA testing may also be used to help you understand where and when they began migrating and other migration patterns. To know more about activating an ancestry DNA Kit, visit www.ancestry.com/dna.

Check the Instructions Before Activating the AncestryDNA Kit

Follow these on-screen steps mentioned below before activating the AncestryDNA kit:

1. Once you activate the DNS kit, it means you linked the kit to the Ancestry account.
2. In case you are already an Ancestry member, then input the details and log in to the account. But if you are fresher and don't have an account, you have to create an Ancestry account.
3. After that, you have to keep the activation key until you get the test results. Otherwise, you can't start processing a sample of DNA until the DNA kit has been activated.
4. If you would like to activate the minor child's DNA kit, you can visit the official website ‘www.ancestry.com/dna.'
5. Make sure that each person who wants to test must activate their account of Ancestry.
6. In the general case, you can activate only one DNA kit on a single account. However, the exception to this rule is the tests conducted for minor children.
7. If you want to invite another person to activate their DNA kit, you can visit the official support website ancestry.com/dna. To make an Ancestry account, you will require an email ID.
8. In case your email ID is already linked with the account, or if you don't have an email ID, you will require to make a fresh email ID.

Steps to Activate the Ancestry Account

To activate the Ancestry account, follow these on-screen steps mentioned below:

1. To activate the Ancestry account, go to the official ‘www.ancestry.co.uk/dna‘ website.
2. In case you are login to the Ancestry account, hit the ‘Yes’ button. If you are not logged in, hit the ‘No’ button and login to activate the DNA kit, then click on the ‘Next’ button.
3. You should input the activation key and hit the ‘Next’ button.
4. If you are unable to find out the activation key, it is mentioned on the tube and instruction packet.
5. If you would like to activate the DNA kit for yourself, click on the ‘Next’ button.
6. If you want to activate a DNA kit for the minor child, go to the ‘My child' section and hit the ‘Next’ button.
7. In case you are a legal guardian or parent, hit the ‘Yes’ button.
8. Then click on the ‘Next’ button.
9. Make sure that their legal guardian or parent must activate children's DNA kits.
10. You should input the name of the child, date of birth, and gender. Click on the ‘Next’ button.
11. After that, check the DNA Processing Consent and click on the ‘Review and Consent‘ button.
12. Then hit the ‘Next’ button. In case you decline, you can't activate the DNA kit of the child.
13. In case you would like to save the sample of a child with Ancestry, hit the ‘I give consent‘ option.
14. In case you don't wish to save, click on the ‘I do not give consent‘ option and hit the ‘Next’ button.
15. You should select the ‘No’ or ‘Yes’ button to view or unable to view the child's DNA matches and hit the ‘Next’ button. In case you allow matches, you will be capable of checking other Ancestry members who share DNA with the child, and now they will be capable of checking that the child’s DNA matches with them. You can modify this preference according to your choice.
16. To view the complete ethnicity and communities, select the ‘Show complete ethnicity and communities‘ option.
17. Go to the ‘Kit Notifications‘ field and hit the ‘Yes’ button to get the text alert about your status of the kit or click on ‘No’ whether you don't want to.
18. In case you hit the ‘Yes’ button, insert the contact number in the section that shows, click on the ‘Next’ button.
19. To get the weekly emails about the new details and relatives based on the child's DNA result, hit the ‘Yes’ button.
20. To miss out on the update emails, hit the ‘No’ button and click on the ‘Next’ button.
21. Later, check the details and hit the ‘Submit and activate‘ button.
22. Now, look at DNA kit status by selecting the DNA button at the upper side of any Ancestry page.