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 ...

Ancestry.com has announced new features, currently in beta testing, that allow you to better understand DNA results and your family tree. Beyond the ethnicity profiles touted in television ...

St Patrick's Day is a time for parades, pints, and plenty of green-but it's also a moment many people reflect on their Irish heritage. For generations, stories about your Irish ancestors have likely ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. glowing rainbow DNA strand With the rise of DNA ancestry tests, it’s easier than ever to learn about your family history and ...

The firm’s two largest competitors in the DTC DNA ancestry testing space, Ancestry.com and Family Tree DNA, have also ramped up their advertising efforts in the last year. And consumers are responding ...

WASHINGTON D.C. - DNA kits have become a popular gift in recent years. Figuring out where you land on the family tree can be fun and enlightening, but the Pentagon has issued an advisory for members ...

When parts of a family tree are missing, finding them often requires patience, vulnerability and a readiness for revelations. The advent of the internet and its growing genealogy and record databases ...

Discovering our personal heritage has become a worthwhile quest for millions of people. However, traditional genealogy methods often involve combing through courthouse records or doing a deep dive on ...