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tellmeGen: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

tellmeGen provides consumer DNA tests. The range runs from a starter test with more than 130 reports on ancestry, personal traits and wellness, through a broader test adding health vulnerabilities, hereditary conditions and pharmacogenetics, to whole-genome sequencing. You order a saliva kit, register it online and send in the sample. Results appear in a private online area and can be downloaded as PDF, and raw data can be downloaded as well.

The company has offices in many countries, including Valencia in Spain. According to tellmeGen, samples are processed in laboratories in the European Economic Area, and genetic data is encrypted, stored separately from identifying information and handled under the GDPR. Results are interpreted by professionals from GENELINK. The site does not state where data is physically stored. The service is not open source. A European organisation offering these tests should have the storage location and the processors confirmed in advance.

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Sovereignty score
71 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    EU-only hosting
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-360
    Key management with a European vendor
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-655
    Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked September 8, 2026
Headquarters
ES (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Hosting signal
GOOGLE-CLOUD-PLATFORM - Google LLC, US (US)Technically measured
Category
Personal Health & DNA
Type
Product
Website
tellmegen.com ↗

The hosting signal shows the network that serves the vendor's website, often a CDN, and not necessarily where the service or your data is hosted. How we verify · Something wrong? Suggest a correction

Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to tellmeGen

The European alternatives to tellmeGen come from our knowledge base of over 6,800 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with tellmeGen

tellmeGen is headquartered in ES and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so tellmeGen scores best on data residency.

tellmeGen is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs tellmeGen together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to tellmeGen?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to tellmeGen include 24Genetics, 7Mind and Aware. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to tellmeGen?

Our list of EU alternatives to tellmeGen is mostly commercial options. Browse the category on the map for open-source choices.

Is tellmeGen GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

tellmeGen is headquartered in ES (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes tellmeGen an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

Verified by handHeadquarters, owner, hosting locations and licence have been checked by us against public sources. Free of charge and for every vendor, not a paid label. Nothing in this knowledge base is taken over automatically. Last checked on September 8, 2026.

Sources

This record was checked via the vendor's website and legal notice when it was added on September 8, 2026. Source links have been recorded per record since 20 September 2026.

Compliance evidence

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Personal Health & DNA: Blood testing, preventive health checks, telehealth and consumer DNA tests. In this category the choice of vendor determines who has legal access to your data, where that data lives and how easily you can switch later.

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