Currently, the only FDA-approved direct-to-consumer DNA test is 23andMe.U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (2017). FDA allows marketing of first direct-to-consumer tests that provide genetic risk information for certain conditions. FDA. However, FDA approval for genetic testing takes a long time, as the tests for each gene need to be evaluated. So, a lack of FDA approval doesn’t mean another DNA test is any less accurate than 23andMe.