Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "If you're white, live in the United States, and a distant relative has uploaded their DNA to a public ancestry database, there's ...

(CNN) -- In the early 2000s, genetic testing emerged as a direct-to-consumer product that did not require a physician's involvement and the consequences of this shift could impact everyone. More than ...

People who submit DNA to ancestry websites are now leading to arrests. Christine Franke was a 25-year-old college student when she was shot dead in her Orlando apartment on Oct. 21, 2001. Though DNA ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Need help filling in that family tree? There are resources you may not know about that can help you research your heritage and connect with family members. And it’s as close as ...

Consumer genomics company Ancestry has confirmed it fought two U.S. law enforcement requests to access its DNA database in the past six months, but that neither request resulted in turning over ...

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Planning to look into your family's history as a 2025 resolution? There are plenty of ways to get started — from Ellis Island passenger searches you can do online, to digitized census records ...

Ancestry.com has released a new free database of tens of thousands of old newspaper records about formerly enslaved people. The company hopes it will help fill historical gaps for Black Americans. If ...

For many weeks now, the gruesome quadruple murders of University of Idaho students Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin have been the subject of intense national coverage ...

A "public genealogy database" was used to track down Bryan Christopher Kohberger, the man now accused of murdering four University of Idaho students. DNA was gathered at the crime scene, CNN reports, ...