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

Imagine zooming out on a giant family tree that includes every bird you have ever seen. Ostriches sprint across open plains, ...

Authorities insist the case is still very much active, with the FBI receiving more than 19,000 tips. But the case is ...

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

Authorities trying to solve the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie say they might tap DNA genealogy databases. It's the same step that police took to unravel a series of murders in ...

My family is inextricably linked to the Venezuelan petrostate, a history that includes family pride and family trauma, ...

Honora, a certified genealogist, is a New Orleans native and proud Louisiana Creole with roots dating back more than two ...

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.

Get to know the family behind Eileen Gu's America-Chinese citizenship.

Pawleys Island Police Chief Michael Fanning has been in law enforcement for over two decades, helping to investigate crimes in New York City and South Carolina. But his curiosity in researching his ...

Using DNA to seek out family history has become a cultural obsession, but for about one in every 30 people the revelation can deliver far more than they bargained for.