• Who Should Take the Premium Combo Test
• Are You Eligible for the Premium Combo Test?
• How the Test Works
• See a Sample Report

Do You Need the Premium Combo Test?

If you are looking for the most comprehensive information about your outer lines (male-male and female-female), examined in relation to one another and analyzed by our experts against the world’s leading DNA databases, this is the right product for you.

The Premium Combo tests the Y chromosome type received from your father, and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) passed to you by your mother.  This product is a combination of our Premium Male and Premium Female Tests.  The Premium Combo offers a discount from the two individual tests purchased separately, saving you time and money.

For the female half of the test, your mtDNA is screened for differences on two control regions known as HVRI and HVRII. The resulting "mutations" define your maternal lineage (the DNA of your mother, her mother and so forth, all the way back).

Your mtDNA mutations are researched in the Cambridge Mitochondrial DNA Concordance, Mitosearch, and other authoritative databases. A history of your particular female lineage is presented as part of the report, with comparative frequencies in world populations. 

For the male half of the test, your Y chromosome is examined at 43 locations for distinctive markers called Y-STRs. The scores for the 43 Y-STRs determine your father's male line or pedigree, which follows the surname through history (i.e., that of your father's father's father's etc., all the way back).  Your father's haplotype is searched in the Y-STR Haplotype Reference Database and Ysearch, a database that can provide the names and contact information of males descended from the same male ancestor as you within the past 500 years or so.

Your report includes a world map of cities and countries where genetic male cousins are found today.

Who Can Take the Premium Combo?
Males possess both the Y chromosome and mitochondrial DNA from their mother, and so a male sample can provide both lines of information. Females do not carry their Y chromosome and therefore will need to collect that sample from a male relative.
Or, you can take just the Premium Male or Premium Female test.

How the Test Works
We will send you a Premium Combo sample collection kit containing two cheek swabs and instructions for collection. You will then send the samples back to our laboratory via the prepaid shipping pack. The laboratory provides the genetic testing, and we will analyze and interpret the results. Testing takes approximately six to eight (6-8) weeks from the time the lab receives your samples. Your electronic report is delivered to you by email within about another week. It includes:

• Y chromosome and mtDNA laboratory results
• Database search results
• Map of male matches worldwide
• Surname origin and meaning (researched against over 70 expert surname sources)
• History and descriptions of both your father's male line and mother's female lineage
• References and resources for further information
• FAQs and complete access to our onsite resources
• Hyperlinked terms for easy lookup online
• One-click access to websites mentioned in your report
• Certificate of Testing
• Unlimited help online and by email or phone so that you can understand and use your ancestry report
• Instructions how to enter your DNA results into relevant databases, if you so choose
• Our free DNA-in-the-news newsletter, if you wish to subscribe to it