After my son asked about our family history, I set out to uncover my father's lineage, piecing together a family tree once ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

As ancestry companies expand their databases and grow, testing one's DNA and unlocking the past has become relatively quick and easy to do. So, what's the process for sending in DNA for an ancestry ...

Oaks have been uncommonly successful. The roughly 425 species in genus Quercus range across nearly every continent, and in the U.S. and Mexico they claim a greater biomass than any other major genus ...

This story is our first in a series on Black family history to celebrate Black history this February. Growing up in Philadelphia, Amber Jackson said she knew so little of her history that she felt ...

Visiting family is one of the most common reasons many people travel. Increasingly, folks are also traveling to visit family who is no longer around, in the form of genealogy travel (also known as ...