MyHeritage's DNA Quest Goes Global

At RootsTech 2018, MyHeritage announced a program to supply free DNA testing kits to adoptees seeking their birth parents. I wrote about this program in a post entitled, "Free DNA Testing for Adoptees from MyHeritage.com." Now, that fabulous offer has been expanded. Here is the announcement of the expansion from the MyHeritage.com blog post entitled, "DNA Quest Goes Global."

Last month we launched DNA Quest, a new pro bono initiative to help adoptees and their birth families reunite through genetic testing. 

The initiative, initially launched in the USA only, received an amazing response. More than 10,000 applications were submitted so far to receive free DNA kits, from the quota of 15,000 free DNA kits pledged by MyHeritage, worth more than one million dollars. 

Being that the deadline for submissions is the end of April 2018 and there are still about 3 more weeks to go, and in light of the many requests we received from the community to expand DNA Quest worldwide, we decided to increase the scope of the project, as of today, from USA-only to global. This means that people are now eligible to participate in DNA Quest regardless of their place of residence and regardless of where the adoption took place. 

DNA Quest is brought to you by MyHeritage, in collaboration with a top-notch advisory board, which includes top experts in the fields of genetic genealogy and adoption. 

Information about the DNA Quest initiative including a detailed FAQ and an application form are available on the project website, https://www.dnaquest.org/.

You can also view this video by Aaron Godfrey from MyHeritage on YouTube.com.

 MyHeritage Announces DNA Quest at RootsTech 2018