Genetic research could speed the restoration of the American chestnut tree. Plus, "rewilding" small spaces with fast-growing ...

A genetic test meant to introduce you to a lost cousin could also introduce info on your entire lineage to a stranger seeking profit.

For Black History Month, a Hampton Roads man is reflecting on a decades-long journey to uncover his family’s past. More than ...

A freshman seminar encourages students to behave differently in the world and feel more passionately about biodiversity.

If you’ve dreamed of being a prince or princess (and you know you have!), this might be the next best thing. Here’s how to tell if your name has royal roots.

The panel ensures compatibility with our previous autosomal Family Finder tests plus all the autosomal transfers we ...

Rashmika Mandanna and Vijay Deverakonda are set to marry on February 26. Beyond the romance and upcoming wedding itself, their surnames - Mandanna and Deverakonda - carry deep-rooted South Indian ...

Eileen Gu’s gravity-defying success on the snow is often mirrored by the powerful matriarchy that anchors her life off it.

In 2008, genetic research suggested that Ötzi’s maternal lineage was extinct. His mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) carried a rare signature never observed in any living person, leading researchers to ...

Only a few years ago, Tuesday’s announcement that a glove believed to be connected to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in Tucson, Arizona, had no match to a DNA database would have been a dead end.

BlueFly units and personnel were deployed to Arizona on February 3 to aid in the search for Guthrie after the Pima County Sheriff’s Department asked the company for support, the statement from Parsons ...

We wanted to see if Ancestry can actually reveal a person’s family history and what records were available in its database, ...