You’ve heard the stories of regular people finding long-lost relatives through Ancestry, and now you can be one of them! The genealogy site is offering 50% off memberships until October 22, 2025. That ...

Talk with family members and gather names, dates and places, advised Long Island genealogist April Lynne Earle.

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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 ...

The Allen County Public Library is inviting the public to discover their story this Family History Month.  Family History ...

Earwax might seem like an unlikely source of ancestral information, but this small substance holds genuine clues to your genetic heritage. Scientists have discovered that the type, texture and even ...

One of those is 53-year-old Leo Hickman, from east Hampshire, who used DNA testing to solve the mystery of his paternal grandfather's identity. Genetic results and detective work revealed his ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Since moving to a new area, I’ve found that people ask where my family is from and react oddly when I confess that I don’t know. We are white, and we have lived in the rural South ...

I took a DNA test during the very first COVID-19 lockdown. Perhaps it was boredom that made me take that chance and order the spit tube for the bargain price of £80 — I had nothing else to spend my ...