The new partnership will put millions of historic documents online, raising new questions about who governs searchable civic ...

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 ...

Millions of Philadelphia’s historical documents will become available online through a new multi-year agreement with Ancestry ...

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At a certain point, your family tree, no matter how detailed it is, runs out of information. And when it does, it may have you wondering just where your ancestors came from and how they migrated over ...

Millions of people have taken at-home ancestry tests. With an estimated 100 million tests within the next 2 years, are we seeing the next big privacy issue? Credit: ERIC BARADAT/AFP/Getty Images ...

Consumer genetics and genealogy company Ancestry announced a new feature, called SideView, that will give customers information about which bits of their DNA — and which parts of their ethnicity — ...

A new DNA analysis has revealed that people buried together in a medieval Ibiza cemetery carried sharply mixed ancestry.

Italy's Constitutional Court has signaled its intent to uphold a new law restricting citizenship by descent, effectively ...

Ancestry has long appealed to people eager to learn about their family roots. Now the company known for its popular DNA kits is diving into a new area of discovery – health. Tuesday, Ancestry launched ...