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 ...

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.

It seems everyone is checking their ancestry these days at sites like Ancestry.com and 23andMe.com. Everyday, long lost relatives are reunited at airports, after an ancestry test brought them together ...

DNA testing platforms like Ancestry.com and 23andMe are transforming the way families approach fertility treatments, donor conception, and family dynamics. Originally intended to trace ancestry, these ...

Though it has taken nearly a year, a resolution is finally within reach after last year’s shocking news that my birth family is not Irish. Readers may recall my op-ed a few weeks before St. Patrick’s ...

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