Whether you want to authenticate well-loved family stories or are unaware of your family history and need a place to start, personal DNA testing has never been easier. At-home DNA tests are a popular ...

Join Maryam Hampton as she reveals her AncestryDNA results and explores her unique genetic makeup. As an African American, she discusses her journey to discover her ancestry, the DNA test process, and ...

Since the dawn of the computer age, researchers have wrestled with two persistent challenges: how to store ever-increasing reams of data and how to protect that information from unintended access. Now ...

A woman discovered her biological father at age 47 after taking an Ancestry DNA test. The test revealed her father was a man her mother had a brief encounter with in 1976, not the man she previously ...

Thirty years ago I had an affair and gave birth to a daughter, Julie, and didn’t tell my husband, John, about it. Last year Julie took an ancestry DNA test and discovered she is not John’s biological ...

The genealogy site’s clarification of its terms and conditions has barred those working on unsolved crimes from access to the company’s vast trove of records. By Corey Kilgannon Since online genealogy ...

AncestryDNA is holding a holiday sale with its DNA kit available for $29, an 80% discount. Customers can bundle a DNA kit with a 3-month membership for a total of $30. The sale offers various tiers, ...

Researchers studying Denisovan ancestry within East Asian populations found an anomaly in the lineage of the Jomon people. The group has little to no Denisovan ancestry, showing that this lineage ...