HelisomaAncestryDNA raw data

Download your AncestryDNA raw data and see what it says

Your ethnicity estimate used a slice of the file. The raw data also holds your caffeine metabolism, lactose tolerance, muscle fiber type and hundreds more studied findings. Download it in a few clicks, drop it here, and your browser reads it in about a minute.

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Free AncestryDNA raw data analysis, no account. $49 once for the full report, no subscription.

AncestryDNA.txt

#AncestryDNA raw data download

#human reference build 37.1

rsidchrpositionallele1allele2

rs54804917016986900

rs46802219951271AGCOMT, dopamine clearing

rs31319721752721AG

rs7625511575041917ACCYP1A2, caffeine clearance

rs121843251754105CC

rs49882352136608646AGLCT, lactose tolerance

rs112407771798959AG

rs18157391166328095CTACTN3, muscle fiber type

… hundreds of thousands more lines

01Get the file

How to download raw DNA from Ancestry

Ancestry prepares your AncestryDNA raw data download in minutes, at most a day, and emails you a link. The link works once and expires after a week, so download the file as soon as the email arrives.

Ready inUp to 24 hours.zip

01
Sign in at ancestry.com and open DNA Settings for your test.
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In the "Download or Delete" section choose "Download DNA data", tick the box and click "Continue".
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Confirm with your password or with a code sent by email.
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Wait for the email (it can take up to 24 hours) and click "Download DNA Data". The link works once and expires after a week.
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Drop the dna-data-(date).zip into the free analysis below. No need to unzip it. AncestryDNA.txt works too.

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02Your AI

Ask ChatGPT or Claude about your AncestryDNA data

Connect your Helisoma report once and your own AI answers from your genotypes and the studies behind them: what to eat, when to train, how late to have coffee.

ChatGPT and Claude connect live and read your Helisoma report themselves
Gemini and Whoop Coach read it as a PDF you attach
Your raw file never leaves your device; the AI only sees your Helisoma report

Questions people start with

Plan my day around my chronotype: deep work, training, last coffee
Build my yearly blood panel: what to test, when and why
Which sports fit my muscle fiber type, aerobic ceiling and injury risk?

How to connect your AI →

Your AI

helisoma · example

Claude · ChatGPT · Gemini · Whoop

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What's my ideal morning routine for maximum productivity?

Three findings in your report shape the answer:

chronotype · 15 markers your variants lean evening, consistently across all 15. A forced 6am routine works against that.
CYP1A2 caffeine clears slowly for you, and your ADORA2A version is the sensitive one. Moving the last coffee earlier is the cheapest thing to test.
FADS1 lower plant omega-3 conversion. Breakfast is the best window for salmon, sardines, or algae oil.

Try: wake by 9am, sunlight and water first, omega-rich breakfast, coffee at 10:30, deep work 11 to 2, second block 3 to 5pm.

Want a few omega-rich breakfast recipes?

Ask anything about your profile…

03The file

What is inside your AncestryDNA raw data file

A .zip named like dna-data-2026-10-24.zip with one text file inside, AncestryDNA.txt. Each line has five columns, with your two letters split into allele1 and allele2, plus a few quirks worth knowing.

rs4680

The marker id

The variant’s public name, the one studies use. Look it up anywhere.

22

The chromosome

1 to 22, and the rest as numbers too: 23 is X, 24 is Y, 25 the region X and Y share, 26 is MT.

19951271

The position

Where on that chromosome, in build 37 coordinates.

A G

Your two letters

Allele1 and allele2 sit in separate columns. Together they are your genotype.

0 0

Not measured

A zero means the chip could not make a confident call here. It never means “negative”.

.zip

Leave it zipped

Drop dna-data-(date).zip as it came. The AncestryDNA.txt inside works too.

More: what to do with your raw DNA file.

04Beyond your ethnicity estimate

What your AncestryDNA raw data can tell you

The same Ancestry DNA raw data behind your ethnicity estimate holds studied markers across five areas of your life, each finding in plain words with the study behind it.

Nutrition →

How fast you clear caffeine CYP1A2
Whether milk still sits well as an adult LCT
How well you turn plant omega-3 into EPA and DHA FADS1
Why alcohol makes some people flush ALDH2
Where your vitamin D, B12 and iron tend to sit
and more

Body & fitness →

Power or endurance: your muscle fiber type ACTN3
How your aerobic capacity responds to training
Strength and lean mass
Tendon and ligament strain under load COL5A1
Where your blood pressure tends to sit
and more

Health & longevity

Variants studied in people who live past 90
Telomere length, a marker of cell aging
Protective heart variants
Lp(a), the cholesterol particle diet barely moves
Background inflammation (CRP)
and more

Sleep & energy →

Morning lark or night owl
How late a coffee can be before it costs you sleep CYP1A2
Why caffeine makes some people jittery ADORA2A
How deep your sleep runs ADA
How much coffee you are drawn to drink
and more

Brain & mind

Warrior or worrier: how fast you clear dopamine COMT
The memory gene, and what the big studies found BDNF
Mood and emotional steadiness
Adventurous or cautious FOXP2
How fast you clear nicotine CYP2A6
and more

Open the sample report → or download the sample PDF

05Next steps

What to do with your AncestryDNA raw data

What can you do with AncestryDNA raw data beyond ancestry? Three things, starting today.

01

See the health side, free

Your ethnicity estimate never reads these markers. Drop dna-data-(date).zip in the upload box on this page and see findings on food, training, sleep and mind in about a minute.

02

Turn it into answers from your AI

Your Helisoma report connects to ChatGPT or Claude, or goes into Gemini and Whoop Coach as a PDF. Then ask about coffee, training or sleep, and the answer comes from your genotypes.

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Save it before the link expires

The download link works once and dies after a week. Keep the .zip somewhere private: it is your genome in plain text, so only hand it to tools that do not store it.

06Questions

AncestryDNA raw data questions

Can I upload my AncestryDNA raw data to other sites?

Yes. The file is yours, and most raw DNA tools and sites accept the AncestryDNA format. The difference is what they keep: most upload and store the whole file. Here your browser reads it on your device and it is never uploaded. See our comparison of DNA upload sites.

My AncestryDNA download link expired. What now?

Request the file again in DNA Settings, under Download or Delete. A new email usually arrives within minutes. Each link works once and expires after a week.

How do I read Ancestry DNA raw data?

Each line has five columns: the marker id, the chromosome, the position and your two letters in separate columns. The letters only mean something next to the study that measured them. Helisoma matches every marker against 1,190 curated evidence entries and writes the result in plain words.

Is it safe to upload my AncestryDNA data here?

Safer than an upload, because there is none. You pick AncestryDNA.txt or the .zip, your browser reads it on your device, and only the few hundred markers the report needs reach our server. One click deletes them.

Is the AncestryDNA raw data analysis free?

Yes. Drop the file with no account and no card and see real findings in about a minute. Unlocking the full report, the PDF and your own AI is a one-time $49, no subscription.

07From the blog

More on your AncestryDNA file

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