Have you noticed an uptick in tracing family genealogy? Technology Review reports that more than 26 million people have used at-home testing kits to trace their ancestry. One professor of sociology ...

Fun fact: Only four U.S. presidents do not have Patriotic ancestors. They are Woodrow Wilson, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Digitized records are helping to clear a path to ancestral discoveries for millions of African Americans. Today, there is a growing interest among descendants of enslaved people to ...

If you're looking to uncover family history or learn more about your health, here's how to decide which DNA testing kit is ...

Is there anything more uniquely American than going off to discover your homeland? “It’s absolutely on an upswing,” says Andrea Grisdale, an Italy specialist who says the southern part of the country ...

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ELON, N.C. -- Your long-lost relatives could be waiting for you in a small brick room in Elon. The Elon Genealogy & Family History Center, at 712 South Williamson Ave., gives patrons access to sites ...

When Victoria Walker bought a DNA testing kit in December 2017, it was to join her family in finding out more about their ancestry. Growing up with a great-aunt who had been the family historian for ...

When we first wrote this article, it compared 23andMe and Ancestry. Since then, 23andMe has experienced a data breach, a subsequent lawsuit, board members' resignations and layoffs amidst financial ...

I hope in my last two columns I’ve driven home the point that recording your sources is an important and necessary step in researching your family history. No doubt we’ll revisit it again in the ...

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