Ancestry Terms and Conditions

This document sets the rules for using Ancestry's services, including its DNA testing product. By submitting content or a DNA sample, you grant Ancestry a broad license to use that content and authorize potential transfer of your physical DNA to laboratory partners. All disputes with Ancestry must be resolved through individual arbitration — you cannot join a class action — and Ancestry provides its services with no warranties of any kind.

The Ancestry Terms and Conditions establish the conditions under which users access Ancestry's services, including its DNA Services. Users who submit content grant Ancestry a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, copy, publish, distribute, and create derivative works from that content. Physical DNA samples may be transferred to third-party laboratory partners, and their storage or destruction is determined by a one-time election made at registration. Ancestry disclaims all warranties to the maximum extent permitted by law, caps its total liability per user at the aggregate amount paid in the 12 months preceding any claim-triggering event, and requires all disputes to be resolved through final and binding individual arbitration, with an explicit class-action waiver.

For an individual user, this document means that content you submit can be hosted, redistributed, and turned into derivative works by Ancestry without additional payment. Your physical DNA sample may be sent to third-party laboratory partners, and whether it is stored in Ancestry's U.S. biobank or destroyed is determined by the choice you made when registering your AncestryDNA test. Ancestry's services come with no guarantees of quality or functionality, and its financial liability to you is capped at whatever you paid in the prior 12 months. If you have a dispute with Ancestry, you must pursue it individually through binding arbitration and cannot participate in a class action.