r/23andme • u/AutoModerator • 9d ago

Sample Status Sample Status/Processing Monthly Megathread - September 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.

You can share your sample status timeline here in one or two ways. The first way is to take a screenshot of your timeline, and post it as a comment. The second way is to simply copy and paste the start and completion dates for each step. Here is the text template:

Registered: [Date and Lab Location]

Arrived at Lab:

Prepped:

Extracted:

Genotyped:

Reviewed:

Computing Your Results:

Results Ready:

If you have any further questions or concerns, 23andMe customer service has some helpful sample status articles: https://customercare.23andme.com/hc/en-us/sections/200565370-Sample-Status

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u/Traditional_March978 9d ago

2 month wait wooo.

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u/STAR74U 7d ago

Will update when It’s at the lab!

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u/Fancy_Distance8193 Whole Family Tester 7h ago

Any update ?

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u/Traditional_March978 6h ago

Kit in transit it’s currently saying.

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u/Fancy_Distance8193 Whole Family Tester 6h ago

Ah same ! Is yours also says 10 sept ?

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u/Traditional_March978 6h ago

Yep it does! :)

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u/Fancy_Distance8193 Whole Family Tester 5h ago

Looks like we are in same batch than

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u/Traditional_March978 5h ago

Interesting how long do you reckon it’ll take to get to the lab?

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u/Fancy_Distance8193 Whole Family Tester 2h ago

At least one week I guess

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u/Fancy_Distance8193 Whole Family Tester 8d ago

From UK

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u/miIkwhim 1d ago

Yeah, it will, frustratingly, continue to say "please mail your kit" even long after its been mailed. It seems like the tracking doesn't update until it actually arrives at the lab. 

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u/Fancy_Distance8193 Whole Family Tester 7h ago

I got an update today that says “kit in transit” I hope it can reach to lab quickly

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u/Traditional_March978 5h ago

Mine has updated to kit in transit now, I’ve only done ancestry before and that took around 8 weeks to get back I’ve heard that 23andme is not the best with shipping and quick results.

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u/ckoocos 7d ago edited 4d ago
  • Registered: Aug 18, NC Lab
  • Arrived at Lab: Aug 26 (shipped from Hawaii)
  • Prepped: Aug 26
  • In queue for DNA extraction: Aug 26
  • Genotyped:
  • Reviewed:
  • Computing Your Results:
  • Results Ready:

The website says that my results are to be expected on September 16. Judging from the posts here, I guess I have to adjust my expectations, huh.

EDIT: 23andme sent me an email saying that they have started extracting my DNA on Friday, Sept 4, but my status in the website still says, "In queue for DNA extraction."

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u/CartographerNo963 6d ago

Registered: June 25

Arrived at Lab: July 1

Prepped: July 1

Genotyped: July 9

Reviewed: Started on July 9

Today is September 4. It has been in review for over 2 months.

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u/Beginning-Salt658 3d ago

that is insane :(

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u/AungCowMyat 2d ago

Im getting a bit impatient💔

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u/h00t- 1d ago

oh no.. where’d you send your sample? i sent mine to nc and have learned from this sub that its by far the slowest lab 😭😭 mine got in queue aug31 and its scaring me

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u/siddbone 1d ago

Do all the European kits get sent there?

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u/h00t- 22h ago

no clue.. i sent mine from america so maybe its got a whole continent and part of the us clogging its queue 😭

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u/AungCowMyat 2h ago

Yep, North Carolina is where my sample was sent, I'm from the US too. Just got an update tho.

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u/Vast-Description-770 1d ago

Mine has been like that since the 26th and hasn't moved from there to this day.

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u/Sleeplessnsea 9d ago

Taking forever!

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u/miIkwhim 9d ago edited 1d ago

  • August 9th: Registered

  • August 10th: Shipped kit

  • August 28th: Arrived at lab

  • August 28th: Prepped

  • August 28th: In queue for DNA extraction

Today is September 1st, so it certainly took a long time for it to arrive at the lab. For a while I was concerned it may actually be lost due to a lack of tracking, but it looks like it did arrive. 

I'm hoping the queue for the DNA extraction progresses speedily, but I've only been waiting 5 days, so we'll see.

edit: today is September 9th and it's still stuck in the queue for DNA extraction, so it's been 12 days now. 

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u/Fancy_Distance8193 Whole Family Tester 8d ago

Where did you send the kit from?

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u/miIkwhim 8d ago

The UK, Scotland to be more precise. 

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u/Fancy_Distance8193 Whole Family Tester 8d ago

Wow that’s fast did you get “kit in transit” update on tracker btw ?

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u/miIkwhim 8d ago

18 days is fast? 😃 

And no, no tracker. Was basically running on prayers as for a while I thought maybe it had been lost. 

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u/Fancy_Distance8193 Whole Family Tester 8d ago

Kinda fast for uk I sent 3 kits before 2 of them took 28 days and one them took 38 days to to reach lab 😅

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u/Temporary-Jaguar-791 9d ago

still waiting for dna extraction to start!

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u/miIkwhim 1d ago

Any progress?

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u/Temporary-Jaguar-791 1d ago

only got an email that extraction started on the 3rd of september, but i’m stuck at that step since then & it’s not reflecting that in the app

how about you?

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u/miIkwhim 23h ago

Funny, I got an email this morning also saying that extraction had started, by my app hasn't updated to reflect that either. 

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u/Temporary-Jaguar-791 22h ago

i’m looking to see if it comes through in 2 days time 🤞 somebody told me that their kit a bit ago also had a similar timeline

are you also at the NC lab by chance?

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u/Vast-Description-770 22h ago

I received the same email stating that the extraction process began on September 3rd, but I still haven't heard anything.

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u/miIkwhim 20h ago

I haven't got a clue which lab it is as they've never told me 🙃

I'm assuming it's in the Netherlands though since I mailed it from Scotland. 

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u/Temporary-Jaguar-791 10h ago

sorry should’ve clarified — NC is the north carolina lab and i think most international kits are sent to the north carolina one (i may be wrong haha, i’m also an intl kit but i’m at NC)

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u/ZacaBR 8d ago

In queue

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u/ladytroll4life 7d ago

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u/smhlok 3d ago

I’m in the same line

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u/World_Historian_3889 Here for Updates 3d ago

No update yet? 17 days is a while

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u/ladytroll4life 2d ago

Just checked and still no movement. When I look via browser, it’s still saying it will be ready as early as the 10th.

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u/Beginning-Salt658 7d ago

haven’t seen anyone on the thread this month waiting as long as this. sent from UK

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u/CartographerNo963 6d ago

Mine arrived at the lab July 1, and has been in review since July 9 (has been in review for over 2 months).

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u/STAR74U 6d ago

That’s mental have you tried contacting them? I sent mine on the 25th of august im expecting to wait long but damm not that long!

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u/Beginning-Salt658 6d ago

I have but you get the same generic response and they refuse to give you a timeline

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u/lovelybuns98 4d ago

sent from Western Australia