It was 23 and Me and my wife was desperately disappointed and let down by the non-specific information she received.

Adopted as a child and from a Mediterranean country she hoped to gain some insight into her origin, at least the general area. But there was nothing and for weeks following the follow-on links increased the level of her frustration.

She hates the whole business now and is extremely unlikely ever to try again to research where she came from, everything seeming to her to be a money-making con.