The Secret River, writer Kate Grenville retraces the footsteps of her settler ancestors, and asks what it means to be on land taken from other people. Guest: Kate Grenville, author of Unsettled, publi ...

In genetics, scientists must analyze the genomes of millions, if not billions, of people, each carrying millions of variants. It’s an unfathomable amount of data. Which leads us to another central ...

RootsTech organizers have announced a new theme and introduced 10 global emcees for the upcoming three-day international ...

The truth is that Christian Louboutin does have African ancestry. The iconic designer was born to a White mom and an Egyptian ...

DNA analysis is showing some hope in the identification of an unknown woman who died after an accident in southwest Missouri ...

Imagine coming to your next family gathering with new and interesting details about your collective past. AI is now fueling reputable programs that make it considerably easier to research your ...

This Minecraft tutorial shows step-by-step how to build a medieval-style house. The design features timber framing, stone foundations, and a detailed roof that capture the look of traditional medieval ...

NEW YORK, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Blackstone (BX.N), opens new tab is weighing strategic options, including an initial public offering or a sale, for Ancestry.com, the hugely popular platform that helps ...

Ancestry has acquired the home-movies-and-photos digitizer service iMemories, a bet by the genealogy company that subscribers who spend their money on DNA kits and pour their time into building family ...

In early America, local governments, the courts and the clergy collected vital data like births, marriages and deaths. But these records weren’t the only tools people used to track their family ...

In a long-sought first, researchers have sequenced the entire genome of an ancient Egyptian person, revealing unprecedented insight about the ancestry of a man who lived during the time when the first ...

Noblemen, enslaved people, freedom fighters, slaveholders: what the complex family tree of the first American pontiff reveals. Noblemen, enslaved people, freedom fighters, slaveholders: what the ...