The Blackstone Group will buy a majority stake in the genealogy website Ancestry.com in a deal worth $4.7 billion,…

New research looks to provide a fuller retelling of the tragic, brutal past that was the transatlantic slave trade.…

Airbnb and DNA-testing company 23andMe announced on Tuesday the two companies have partnered to help people “connect…

Some of the top genomic-testing companies have agreed to abide by a new set of guidelines when sharing consumers’…

Liza Lizarraga has spent hours combing through paper and digital archives to track her family’s history the…

When investigators revealed last week that a genealogy website had played a major role in catching alleged Golden…

It’s become a familiar story in the age of consumer DNA testing: A person spits into a test tube to learn more about…

The science of how our genes affect our health, our looks and our personality is still pretty mysterious. Even more…

Europe has surprisingly little genetic variety. Learning how and when the modern gene-pool came together has been a…

Ever wonder if Dad's grandiose claims of Khan blood hold water? Or if you have a genetic predisposition to…

It seems like something out of a movie (and hey, it is), but there's some scientific evidence that we actually carry…