African Ancestry's co-founder Dr. Gina Paige speaks to BLACK ENTERPRISE about the company's holistic work to help Black people find their roots. Finding one’s roots can be a challenge, especially when ...

DNA recovered from skeletons buried in a 7th-century cemetery on the south coast of England has revealed that the buried individuals had west African ancestry, raising further questions about early ...

Dr. Gina Paige, co-founder of African Ancestry, is giving African Americans the pathway to connect further with their identity and heritage. Paige will be at the Heinz History Center on Saturday, ...

On a work trip to Kenya nearly three decades ago, Cecelia Gore was bombarded with questions about her African ethnicity. Her tall, statuette frame prompted guesses about whether Gore was Maasai, an ...

After discovering the news, Stephen Richardson tells PEOPLE he was determined to learn "more about this," especially Nigerian, Ghanaian and Congolese cultures, "where most of the bloodline comes from" ...

Ancestry travel is emerging as a meaningful trend for Black travelers, offering a chance to reconnect with family history and cultural identity.

According to the 23andMe DNA-testing service, I have 0.1 percent West African DNA from my mother. I also have approximately 5-6 percent Native American from my mother, who is now deceased. I have a ...

Scientists are setting out to collect genetic material from 500,000 people of African ancestry to create what they believe will be the world’s largest database of genomic information from the ...

BALTIMORE, Md. (May 20, 2024) – Scientists seeking to counter the neglect of African Americans in neuroscience research have found evidence that genetic ancestry is responsible for the increased ...

Throughout history, most of the world’s genomic research has relied on Ananyo Choudhury from people of European ancestry. A ...