Authorities trying to solve the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie say they might tap DNA genealogy databases, the same step that police took to unravel a decades-old series of murders in California and ...

In an ESSENCE cover story, Kerry Washington reflects on discovering she was conceived through a sperm donor. Read here.

James D. Montgomery, the city’s first Black corporation counsel, learns of his ancestral roots from Henry Louis Gates, ...

After more than a decade researching her ancestry, Shanna Ward published a book about her forefather John T. Ward, a formerly enslaved man who became an Underground Railroad conductor, abolitionist ...

Bridgerton’s depiction of Queen Charlotte as a Black monarch has revived a long-running historical debate about her ancestry.

Skip” in Piedmont, West Virginia—turned a childhood encounter with racist medical neglect into a lifelong drive to prove ...

Investigators in the Nancy Guthrie case have turned to genetic genealogy as they try to make the most of potential DNA ...

Delaware police have successfully used DNA genealogy, which is being considered to identify unknown DNA found in Nancy ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — Investigators looking to track down Nancy Guthrie’s suspected kidnappers are turning to a relatively new technology that has been attributed to solving some of the most prolific ...

We wanted to see if Ancestry can actually reveal a person’s family history and what records were available in its database, ...