Irish genealogy - Special offers, discounts and deals

Ancestry DNA UK savings this Christmas

Researchers in the UK can take advantage of Ancestry UK's 25% discount this Christmas. The saving reduces the price of the kit to £59 plus shipping.

The cost includes the kit itself, its processing, analysis of your origins and ethnicity and access to Ancestry's huge customer network.

The latter, the world's largest such network, allows you to match and connect with relatives.

It's a great gift for you or your loved one during the festive season! Don't miss out.

The offer expires at 11:59pm GMT on Friday 27 December.

Ancestry DNA: Christmas savings for researchers in Ireland

Researchers in Ireland can take advantage of Ancestry's 25% discount on DNA test kits this Christmas.

It reduces the price from €95 to €69, plus shipping, and includes not only the kit itself but also its processing, ongoing analysis of your origins and ethnicity, and access to Ancestry's huge customer network.

The latter, the world's largest such network, allows you to match and connect with relatives.

A great gift for you or your loved one at an equally terrific price! Don't miss out. The offer expires at 11:59pm GMT/Dublin Time on Friday 28 December 2024.

Big savings for USA-based researchers in DNA kit sale

Gift packs of Irish Roots magazines

Irish Roots, Ireland's only independent genealogy magazine, has a great gift idea for the genealogist in your life (or treat yourself...  go on, you deserve it).

The quarterly magazine is published in County Wicklow and brings you advice on traditional family history research as well as genetic genealogy; guidance on finding resources for specific areas of Ireland, and on themed collections in North America and Australia; details of newly released or enhanced record-sets; news and comment from Irish genealogy and local history groups; plus Q&As and news of developments relating to Irish genealogy.

The quarterly magazine is published in County Wicklow and brings you advice on traditional family history research as well as genetic genealogy; guidance on finding resources for specific areas of Ireland, and on themed collections in North America and Australia; details of newly released or enhanced record-sets; news and comment from Irish genealogy and local history groups; plus Q&As and news of developments relating to Irish genealogy.

In other words, it's a useful and informative read for Irish genealogists of all levels of experience.

Gift Pack of 4 recent editions, including postage:  €35 (IE); £35 (UK); US$45 (USA); $50 CAD (Canada); $55 AUD (Australia).

One-year subscription, including postage: €35 (IE); £35 (UK); US$49 (USA); $54 CAD (Canada); $54 AUD (Australia).

One-year Digital subscription: €15.99 (IE); £19.99 (UK); US$ 18.91 (USA); $ 23.96 (Canada); $25.64 AUD (Australia)

On the order page, select your preference under Product Categories. You can click 'switch currency' to find your preferred local currency price.

MyHeritage DNA usually has a sale running

At almost any time of the year, you should be able to find a discount offer on MyHeritage DNA test kits. The amount of saving varies, with the lowest prices for Black Friday, Christmas and other major events in the calendar, but I think it's fair to say that if you can't find an offer, just wait a few days and another one will come around.

As MyHeritage prefer not to advertise the closing dates of their sales, and I have only a limited amount of time to keep updating this page, I rarely include any specific sale details. The images below are from Black Friday 2023, and were the lowest price of the year.

Whenever you buy, you should be able to take advantage of free shipping for two or more kits. There has in recent times been a Best Value option, too, where you can buy a kit and receive a 30-day trial to MyHeritage's growing record collection database. This is a great option, and one I would take up if I were buying another kit from the company.

Prices above are in Sterling (£) but if you click the Order now buttons you should be offered the current price in the currency of your MyHeritage 'geographical territory'.