Any problems ordering an AncestryDNA kit to AU and posting in the UK?

[lanercost]

To get a test before a holiday, then testing a relative abroad and mailing it off from there.

Thanks

[Mowsehowse]

Can't see why there would be a problem.
Or just get it sent direct to your relative?

[lanercost]

Can't see why there would be a problem.
Or just get it sent direct to your relative?

Thanks, I figured they would be the same kits so it shouldn't matter but wanted a second opinion

[Mowsehowse]

Well, it is only my opinion......
But logic suggests.

[Cell]

To get a test before a holiday, then testing a relative abroad and mailing it off from there.

Thanks

Hi,
I assume you mean Australia? ( AU)

If you order an ancestry kit  and get it sent to your address in the UK ( or whatever country outside Australia ) ,
and  you then send it  here to Australia  - the pre paid bag  ( to return the sample) , I would think will be for within the UK  use and not Aus handled international post.

If purchasing,   if it were me, I'd get the kit sent directly from Ancestry to the person out here in Aus  , otherwise I would think the pre paid bag in the kit  mailed  to your address outside  Aus is hopeless  out here, as  the  pre paid bag wouldn't be  paid for  with Aus post to send  international  to *Ireland (* where our kits are posted to from here  in Aus) .

Kind regards

Ps they are pretty quick at posting the kits out,  if  what  you're  worried about  is the posting times of receiving a kit here in Aus
from Ancestry.
The  kits  come from within Australia and not from overseas ( by an Ancestry's suppliers within Aus) . It should take no more than two weeks for the person to receive the kit in Aus.
 *I Think mine took a week if that  ( *obviously this depends where the person  is in Aus  of course )

[Biggles50]

Do be aware DNA kits are processed in the USA even if the label shows elsewhere.

Their Thanksgiving is in November so best to get the test undertaken and posted before their holiday when many kits will no doubt be given as presents to family within the USA

[Mowsehowse]

Do be aware DNA kits are processed in the USA even if the label shows elsewhere.

Their Thanksgiving is in November so best to get the test undertaken and posted before their holiday when many kits will no doubt be given as presents to family within the USA

Good thinking. But why post the tests from England to an address in Ireland if they are processed in the USA?

[phil57]

Good thinking. But why post the tests from England to an address in Ireland if they are processed in the USA?

Because Ancestry have regional reception hubs for samples at various worldwide locations. Presumably that cuts the cost of return postage for individual kits, amongst other reasons. They then send received kits in batches to the laboratory in the US. Batching multiple kits into a single parcel for submission to the laboratory also saves on costs, and possibly has other conveniences for Ancestry.

[Mowsehowse]

Good thinking. But why post the tests from England to an address in Ireland if they are processed in the USA?

Because Ancestry have regional reception hubs for samples at various worldwide locations. Presumably that cuts the cost of return postage for individual kits, amongst other reasons. They then send received kits in batches to the laboratory in the US. Batching multiple kits into a single parcel for submission to the laboratory also saves on costs, and possibly has other conveniences for Ancestry.

Yes. Thanks Phil.
Bit like post to Australia, which evidently only goes when the bag is full.
Sometimes takes 6 days, sometimes 6 weeks!