You get a plain brown box. And inside that box is…a smaller box!
And inside that box is: instructions, the test tube for your saliva, and a prepaid envelope to send it back to 23and Me.
The instructions say “You must register this kit before using it.” I already had an account, so this step took only a couple of minutes. By the way, even if you don’t think you’ll use 23andMe’s service, go ahead and sign up for a demo account. You’ll see exactly what their customers see. It’s fascinating!
The actual spitting part was easier than I thought, and only took a couple of minutes. I’ve read that the reason they ask for so much saliva is to make it hard for people to send in other other people’s DNA without their knowledge (it’s easy to get a hair, but hard to get tablespoons of spit).
Then I packaged it up and sent it off. All very easy. Can’t wait to get access to my results!
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