On 22 February 1498, a well-weathered mid-40s Christopher Columbus ordained in writing that his estate in the Italian port city of Genoa would be maintained for his family "because from it I came and ...

In the last decade, the drive to understand who we are and where we've come from has been accelerated by DNA testing.

What started as a fun peek into ancestry quickly turned into life-altering information for many of these people. The stories ...

Experts caution those using these services to be careful, as you may not always get what you want from biological relatives.

Your next favorite true crime podcast might have some new forensics jargon to make sense of. Researchers in Australia have developed a new way to identify humans – similar to how we do with DNA and ...

At-home DNA kits reveal unknown heirs, sparking inheritance disputes. Estate planners must adapt strategies to protect ...