How can I connect 23andMe if they went out of business last year?
23andMe did go through bankruptcy, but it still exists. We don’t actually have any connection to them. It is simply a file format that can be loaded, by anyone who used the service in the last 10 to 20 years.
So if you ever took a test, that old file is worth finding. The power of these genetic analyses has improved a lot in recent years. Ten years ago it was just fun trivia, like you have wet earwax. Now there are quite a lot of customizations and variations, which the system can use to tailor your experience:
- Caffeine. How fast you clear it, with a half-life of 4, 5.5 or 7.5 hours. That shapes the caffeine curve in your sleep report.
- Sleep timing. Whether your genes lean toward mornings.
- Vitamins. How well you convert carotenoids into vitamin A.
Most of these DNA services give you a text file that represents your genetic markers. You can drag this into the Vault (on the Gyroscope website) to import it to your account.
Not just 23andMe now: we have added support for AncestryDNA, MyHeritage, FamilyTreeDNA and Living DNA.
What happened to 23andMe?
23andMe filed for bankruptcy in March 2025. That July it was bought by TTAM Research Institute, a nonprofit led by its cofounder Anne Wojcicki, and it still runs today. If you still have an account, you can download your raw data from it. If you deleted your account, look for a file you saved before.
Which files work?
Upload your raw data file in the Vault on the Gyroscope website. The file is large, so the upload happens on a computer.
23andMe: the zip you download, or the .txt file inside it.
AncestryDNA: the zip from the link Ancestry emails you, or the AncestryDNA.txt file inside it.
MyHeritage: the raw data .csv file, or the zip it came in.
FamilyTreeDNA: the Family Finder raw data file (Build 37).
Living DNA: the autosomal raw data .txt file.
Older files in the same layouts, like Genes for Good, work too. It needs the raw data file. A PDF report or a screenshot of your results will not work, and whole genome files (VCF) are not supported yet.
What can it tell me now?
2006 Researchers found that one letter in the ABCC11 gene decides whether your earwax is wet or dry. It was one of the first visible human traits traced to a single DNA letter. What it means: Early genetic results were mostly traits like this, fun to know and easy to check. |
Study In 2018 the main public catalog of genetic studies listed 71,673 links between a DNA variant and a trait, from 3,567 studies. By mid-2024 it listed more than 625,000, from close to 7,000 studies. What it means: A test you took ten years ago now answers far more questions than it did then. |
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