Thanks to ancestry kits, two families in California learned they have a distant ancestor whose identity has never been found.

Through his nonprofit organization, the Alex Breanne Corporation, John Mills helped 50 people build their family tree that ...

I fully agree with Dr. King’s quote suggesting that we judge people by the content of their character, and not just the color ...

In this article, I first relate my initial attempts at researching my ancestors. I then describe some of the joys and sorrows of searching for ancestors using Ancestry.com. Shortly after retiring from ...

In "From These Roots," the author chronicles a legal and personal journey to restore dignity to her enslaved relative.

Stone responded: 'If you want to see someone completely stunned, look at my face.' Charlemagne ... interview with Conan O'Brien that her Irish ancestors arrived in the US during the Great ...

The incident happened months after the killing of George Floyd, a Black man who died after a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes. That murder led to protests against ...

In 2017, I sent DNA samples to Ancestry, as well as to two other DNA companies. My parents had recently passed away, and I had some questions about my family background that I hoped the DNA might ...

Imani Perry teaches at Harvard and is the author of “South to America,” a genre-mixing exploration of the American South, and, most recently, “Black ... history of her ancestors in North ...

Where is the love? The Black Eyed Peas aren’t gonna get it started in Las Vegas next month. The group has canceled its 15-show residency at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino’s PH Live that was ...

The size and spin of black holes can reveal how they are formed and where they were born. You can tell a lot about a human being's ancestry from their general characteristics. A child can have ...