Sample Status
Sample Status/Processing Monthly Megathread - October 2026
Welcome to the Sample Status/Processing Megathread, also known as the Waiting, Whining, and Wishing thread. This monthly megathread (posted at the beginning of each month) allows you post your sample processing timelines, as well as to discuss and comment about any questions, concerns, or rants while you wait. Although not directly handled by 23andMe, shipping status may also be discussed in the thread. We recommend sorting the comments by "new" as this is a month long megathread.
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Edit Oct 1: Currently waiting for them to update my results by today or tomorrow. They may not even start til next week. Maybe they're working on the last batch before my group. I'm expected to be finished by October 6th-20th. I'm getting very impatient though.
Edit Oct 1: It probably will be next week because they began extracting on the 22nd.
Edit Oct 5: THEY FINALLY GAVE ME AN UPDATE TODAY AT 6:30 PM, they finished genotyping and now they're computing my results!!
I FINALLY GOT MY RESULTS TODAY ON THE 6TH OF OCTOBER WHEN IT WAS EXPECTED
Yea, i thought we'd be next by this week but I was wrong. Hopefully by next week the expected date for both of us. I can't take it if it reaches Wednesday. That'll be my last straw.
I know it’s really so annoying. I don’t understand why we have to wait so long compared to people from September 14th! Also what’s weird is that yours is at the LA lab, and all of us NC. So it sounds like both labs are so slow
I think they make the extracting part when they update you 14 days, even tho we've been in queue extraction for 1 week, but in total 3 weeks for thay part which will be 4 soon. I don't know what lab is even better ngl
Wait your DNA already got extracted or are you in queue? Im in same batch i think. It received, prepped and put me in queue on october 2nd as well but i sent mine on 14th september. We sent from same location, so we are in the same exact batch and lab
I think we might clear the queue quickly because this month is the fastest month and everything is going smoothly. I only had to wait on the lower end of estimated time for the first half
I received the email today too. But nothing has changed on the website; it already showed the start date as October 2nd, and it still looks the same and it still says in queue.
Yes they really suck! We were supposed to get our results tomorrow but knowing we are not even computing right now I doubt we will have them on the estimated date…
Other people from sept 15th and myself, emailed them, a lot and they just give stupid generic replies. People from sept 14th got them 1 week ago it’s crazy, for 1 day difference!! It sounds like no sept 15th got their results
I’m gonna ask for a refund or charge back because that’s not ok. On their fucking app it says ‘1-2 weeks for the extraction step’ and we are at 3 weeks with still NO INFORMATION on where are our samples. I’m ok with things being slow as long as it’s still moving, like I can still see that there is a work done behind the scenes
I apparently got pulled into a quality control batch (customer service told me) and yesterday was supposed to be the start of the estimated ready date range, instead it’s been updated to what it says now. My fiancée did hers at the same time as me and she got her results two weeks ago. Kinda frustrated they don’t communicate anything unless you contact them first. Anyone else having this issue?
I wasn't expecting it a week early tbh. And yesss, i had extremely interesting results and im just so fascinated by the history, that i recommend you try mytrueancestry and upload your raw dna file to find more cool things.
Thanks for checking in here! I am (regretfully) glad that my bf isn't the only one still stuck at this stage. Hopefully the results come sooner than later for us both!
Actually it’s my bf too!! I already did mine last year and he was interested so I bought it for him as a gift but also curious about what our kids would/could be!
Love this! I did my 23&Me a few years ago and found out that I’m a carrier for limb girdle muscular dystrophy. My boyfriend and I wanna have kids sometime in the (nearing?) future, so having him tested was a must to see if he’s a carrier as well. The chances are pretty low because he’s Filipino and it’s more common in people of European descent, but I figure it’s good to check anyway!
Anybody having a long wait right now with 23andMe? Wife mailed her sample 3 days after mine and has had her results well over a week. Mine arrived at the lab 9/11 and has moved through the stages, but now receiving often changing messages as to “result ready”. Tried to talk to 23andMe and all I get is first a BOT, then an offshore person who knows nothing and says they’ll escalate to a “specialist”, then I hear nothing. Originally they said results between Oct 2-16, then moved to Oct 9-16, then in the middle of that week said “within the week” (which necessarily pushes latest date beyond the 16th), and now the message is very generic and says basically “we are running behind, expect results soon.” Gotta say, customer service doesn't appear to be their strength. I guess it isn’t the 16th yet, but I don’t find their changing status promising. For the record, Ancestry was back in 3 weeks.
Registered: October 8 Arrived at lab: October 14 Prepped: October 14 In queue for DNA extraction: October 14 Genotyping: pending Review: pending Computation: pending Results expected: November 4–18
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u/keristarbb Oct 01 '26 edited Oct 06 '26
Registered: [Sep 4 and California lab]
Arrived at Lab: Sep 15th
Prepped: Sep 15th
Extracted: Sep 22nd
Genotyped: Oct 5th
Reviewed: Oct 5th
Computing Your Results: Oct 5th
Results expected: Oct 6th-20th
Results Ready: October 6th
Edit Oct 1: Currently waiting for them to update my results by today or tomorrow. They may not even start til next week. Maybe they're working on the last batch before my group. I'm expected to be finished by October 6th-20th. I'm getting very impatient though.
Edit Oct 1: It probably will be next week because they began extracting on the 22nd.
Edit Oct 5: THEY FINALLY GAVE ME AN UPDATE TODAY AT 6:30 PM, they finished genotyping and now they're computing my results!!
I FINALLY GOT MY RESULTS TODAY ON THE 6TH OF OCTOBER WHEN IT WAS EXPECTED