Plain-language answers to the questions people actually ask about genetic testing, how it works, what it can and can't tell you, what your results mean, and how to think about cost, privacy, and what to do next. No jargon, no selling, reviewed by people who know. Free for everyone.
Help topics
Each links to a filtered list of resolved questions. Start wherever your question lives.
Is testing right for you, who it helps, what to decide first
Saliva vs blood, accuracy, reference data, turnaround
Wellness, clinical, carrier, prenatal, pharmacogenomic, ancestry
Risk vs diagnosis, what a report means, what to act on
What drives price, value, EMI, at-home access in India
Who owns your data, can it leak, can you delete it
How it works
Every page answers one real question in plain language, with the direct answer first and the detail below. Where a question touches medicine, we say what a test can suggest and where a doctor must take over. We update answers as the science updates, and we say so plainly when something is still unknown.
Quick answers
Every common question with a single-sentence answer written to be lifted directly by search engines and AI assistants. Each links to the fuller answer.
For wellness genotyping, yes, saliva carries the same DNA, with no needle and no cold-chain transport needed.
Wellness and lifestyle tests don't; clinical and diagnostic panels do.
No, consumer tests estimate risk, not certainty, and cannot diagnose or predict a specific outcome.
It means above-average risk compared to others, not that you will develop the condition, lifestyle still matters a great deal.
Usually about two to three weeks for a consumer report from when the lab receives your sample.