I had a friend ask “Do
you know how to allow someone to be an Administrator of your DNA results? I
searched the Help and found an article from March 29, 2017 that only shows Guest
and Editor. Surely, they didn’t take Administrator away?”
My answer, Yes and No and don’t call me Shirley!
Joking aside, Ancestry has tightened it rules when it comes
to activating a new DNA Test. They are just making sure that each person who
test has agreed to it or is legally authorized to give permission for the
tester.
I found the following blog post on The DNA Geek as follows: http://thednageek.com/upcoming-changes-to-kit-registration-at-ancestrydna-keep-calm-and-carry-on/.
It explains why AncestryDNA is doing this and what it means for you. The DNA
Geek even explains that it might be an inconvenience to have to log into each
account separately, but it is not the end of the world.
I agree that it is not the end of the world, I currently
have to login into separate accounts for the test that I administer through
FTDNA. However, I am glad that I can easily change between the tests that I administer
via AncestryDNA by using the “View Another Test” drop down located in the upper
right hand of the screen when go to view “Your DNA Results Summary” from the
top Menu bar in Ancestry, under the DNA option. 23andMe has a similar option
for viewing multiple tests that you administer.
After my friend asks me this question, I decided to take a
look around and see if there was a way to change the administrator.
Lo and behold, I found on Ancestry Support “Transferring DNA
Results between Accounts”. YES! You can view the help article that was created
on Mar 29, 2017 here https://support.ancestry.com/s/article/ka215000000U0DYAA0/Transferring-DNA-Results-Between-Accounts?t=1486223673341.
The article states you can move DNA results from one account
to another by transferring the administrator rights of the DNA test. Basically the soon to be old administrator
grants the future administrator editor rights to their test. Once the future
administrator accepts the invitation, the soon to be old administrator goes
into their DNA settings and scrolls down to Sharing DNA results section and
clicks the transfer your administrator
rights. A few more clicks and the test administrator ownership is
transferred. Ancestry Support has easy
to follow instructions with screen shots.
My friend was able to do this and now she administers her
newly found half-brother’s test results. He isn’t that much into genealogy and
his DNA results were matching many more of their shared Father’s relatives.
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