Pro Tools 30% discount until 14th October

[Cas (stallc)]

For any that have a subscription and a DNA profile that are interested.

Don't forget to unsub, if needed, before the month is up, as full price charge at £7.99 per month thereafter

From Ancestry
Offer ends 14 Oct 2025 at 11:59 PM BST. Pro Tools requires an active Ancestry family history membership. 30% offer valid for one month (£5.59). Your Pro Tools subscription will automatically renew at list price every month until you cancel or until your Ancestry family history membership ends. If you don't want to renew, cancel at least two days before your renewal date by visiting your Account Settings or by contacting us.

No link just go to your Ancestry page.

[Zaphod99]

This special offer makes me wonder if Pro tools as an additional service and additional cost is in its death throes. These services should be free, as part of your DNA test.

Zaph

[Glen in Tinsel Kni]

This special offer makes me wonder if Pro tools as an additional service and additional cost is in its death throes. These services should be free, as part of your DNA test.

Zaph

Unlikely, there are regular limited period offers on kits as well as protools packages such as the £35.99 / 6-months deal which was available a few months ago.

[rosie17]

This special offer makes me wonder if Pro tools as an additional service and additional cost is in its death throes. These services should be free, as part of your DNA test.

Zaph

Just another way of Ancestry making money 

Rosie

[Biggles50]

Pro Tools is not that useful for non DNA tasks.

This June 2025 video goes though the current version but the DNA section is small.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cPW7dGdkCs

There are two DNA tools that are useful.

Here Dana Leeds (yes the Dana Leeds) explains clusters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg2RTuaU5mw

The single most useful Pro Tools feature is the Enhanced Shared Tools, here Dana Leeds explains about them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP6X1Fg7GcE

If one is considering subscribing if you are willing to take my advice then do watch these Tutorial Videos and get yourself a Game Plan on how you are going to use Pro Tools.

As many of you are aware I am a strong advocate of using DNA and my Family Tree is now about 10,000 strong and I have well over 20,000 DNA Matches.

With all my 20cM and higher DNA shared matches assigned to coloured Groups 1 to 6, one for each Great Grandparent (where possible that is).  The Enhanced DNA Matches were very helpful in assigning a Match to appropriate Groups.

The Clusters were also very useful.

Now a very important Tip, take plenty of Screenshots and catalogue them.  That way you will still see the data when you have ended the Subscription.

I found that Subscribing for two months was more than enough time to run though my own matches plus the DNA matches of four other family members where three of the four have a Half relationship with me.

With a Game Plan a single month’s subscription should be worthwhile but the caveat being, if you have not taken an Ancestry DNA test the usefulness of Pro Tools is IMO minimal.

[ReadyDale]

How easy is it to opt-in for ProTools for a couple of months, then opt out?
If working on a DNA test of someone else (that they have given me rights to), is it the person whose test it is or the person helping (i.e. me) who should add ProTools?
Thanks in advance

[Glen in Tinsel Kni]

How easy is it to opt-in for ProTools for a couple of months, then opt out?
If working on a DNA test of someone else (that they have given me rights to), is it the person whose test it is or the person helping (i.e. me) who should add ProTools?
Thanks in advance

Just a mouse click to subscribe or unsubscribe as needed. It's much easier if the helper does it to avoid constant messages back and forth.

[ReadyDale]

Thanks.
I might give that a go. If only for the Enhanced Matches