Britain has a national debt problem. Britain's mass affluent families have an inheritance tax problem. And there's one ...

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A single exposure to a toxic fungicide during pregnancy can increase the risk of disease for 20 subsequent generations—with inherited health problems worsening many generations after exposure. Those ...

CRISPR gene drives bias inheritance in pests, advancing population-level control while raising questions about resistance and ...

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Her father recently died, leaving his estate to his five children, as well as his 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, who are under the age of 5. Since money-savvy Laura is her father’s ...

You’re rattling around in a large family home that’s too big to manage, while your children and grandchildren are cramped in their much smaller house or flat. Why go through the arduous exercise of ...

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Business leaders fear that Westminster’s abrupt overhaul of inheritance tax will leave family‑run firms facing crippling bills and ...

A doctor who had a genetic condition that prevents teeth from forming searched for the DNA mutation that had affected his family for over 150 years.