Because of a lack of record keeping during the slavery era, tracking African American ancestry is a challenge. But a report ...

then group individuals by household to reconstruct family units. FamilySearch is the world's largest free genealogy resource. It is operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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A global network of maritime archeologists is excavating slave shipwrecks—and reconnecting Black communities to the deep.

RootsTech, an annual global genealogy conference brought to the world by FamilySearch and The Church of Jesus Christ of ...

With over 20 billion historical records and 18 million DNA customers, Ancestry.com is the world's largest online resource for ...

Bachelor Nation‘s Kelsey Anderson and Joey Graziadei are in the early stages of planning their wedding, and Kelsey exclusively tells Life & Style how they plan to honor their late family members ...

Like Ancestry, MyHeritage allows users to curate an intricate family tree, yet doesn’t offer a health analysis like 23andMe or Bio-Synergy. We’d recommend this package for those searching for ...

She outlined how genetic genealogy works and noted its forensic techniques – particularly the construction of a family tree – are not foolproof. “The construction of these family trees is ...

The hearing, which was closed to the public, came after defense attorney Anne Taylor claimed investigators acted inappropriately when using investigative genetic genealogy to try to isolate a suspect.

Their family journey began with the birth—and tragic loss—of Nevada Alexander, who succumbed to sudden infant death syndrome at just 10 weeks old. Wilson later recalled, “I buried my ...