EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - Genetic genealogy has helped solve hundreds of cold cases in recent years. The process uses DNA ...

Imagine coming to your next family gathering with new and interesting details about your collective past. AI is now fueling reputable programs that make it considerably easier to research your ...

France’s trove of DNA profiles has helped solve high-profile crimes and was used to find some of the Louvre suspects, and it is growing. The police can also access other countries’ databases. By ...

We are pleased to announce that the library is once again offering Ancestry Library Edition to the Bentley community! Uncover your family history using billions of historical documents and images ...

My father was put into the foster system when he was 4 years old, so he never knew much about his biological family. He and his brother were adopted a few years later, but they never learned the ...

Barbara Rae-Venter, a 76-year-old patent attorney living in Marina, California, thought she'd spend her retirement leisurely playing tennis, traveling, and indulging in her favorite pastime: ...

A Long Island man was switched at birth with a baby born minutes apart who had his same last name — and only learned the awful truth through Ancestry.com, he told The Post in heartbreaking detail.

Julia Creet receives funding from Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada and previously from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. The ...

With great investigative power, genetic genealogists have a great responsibility to conduct themselves ethically to preserve a system that is entirely reliant on public participation to solve violent ...

Gather what you already have: Old photographs, family Bibles, letters, birth/marriage records, military records, obituaries, quilts, or heirlooms. Digitize important documents for safekeeping. Get a ...