Researchers analyzed ancient and modern genetic samples of the Greenlandic Qimmit breed to shed light on the long ...

Barbara Rae-Venter never anticipated that her genealogy hobby would lead to the capture of one of California's most notorious criminals, the Golden State Killer. Her pioneering use of genetic ...

Two genealogy sites are adding troves of historical materials about enslaved people in the U.S. to databases, which could give many of their descendants a fuller picture of their families ...

When Ancestry.com embarked on a massive project to collect nearly 40,000 newspaper articles tracing the lives of 183,000 enslaved people in the United States, the date Aug. 22, 1862, could have ...

Preston Damsky, who has spouted antisemitic rhetoric on social media, said his family lineage doesn't have an impact on his ...

Wrexham AFC are pleased to announce Ancestry as our new official family history partner, with the company’s brand to feature ...

The Idaho Falls FamilySearch Center is hosting a series of classes and activities this month to help members of the community ...

For the first time, the extreme variability in dengue fever has been linked to a biological mechanism, potentially opening ...

Digitized archives and DNA testing prove what these Latinos suspected: Family histories that focused on white, Spanish ancestry include African roots and the legacy of slavery.

A towering and controversial figure in Malaysian politics, Mahathir served as the country’s fourth and seventh prime minister ...

Americans are factoring in their ancestry while booking their vacations, with many digging into their family trees. The travel trend known as "roots travel" is picking up momentum and increasing ...