Frank McGrath spent the first 76 years of his life believing he was an only child. Last year, his world was forever changed ...

Congratulations: Thanks to all — the institutions and the people — who enrich our holiday period with exhibits and living history presentations that take us back to the days of our ancestors. We might ...

From bakers and brewers to movie-inspired bonus points, this festive quiz explores what your surname might hint about your ...

A woman from Arizona has stepped forward with a deeply personal story that challenges the public narrative around Miley Cyrus ...

The oldest sediment DNA discovered so far comes from Greenland and is 2 million years old.

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

Dr Carika Weldon made history as the first Bermudian to present at the IWF Cornerstone Conference, highlighting CariGenetics’ ...

A pair of fossils once thought to be the youngest woolly mammoth remains ever found in Alaska have turned out to be something entirely different: whale bones. What seemed like a groundbreaking ...

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

The Sverris Saga, written in the 12th century, describes King Sverre’s rise to power and his conflict with the Baglers. The ...

For 47 years, Heather Lally never knew her dad. Then a DNA test connected her to the birth father she didn't know she had, a ...

Donald Trump's administration is turning immigration screening into the backbone of a DNA surveillance system that reaches ...