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 ...

What happens when a genetic test unlocks long-held family secrets or other surprising results? Genetic genealogist Kelli ...

It’s fairly natural to want to learn more about one’s origin, so ever since the first direct to consumer ancestry tests became available in the 2000s, people have turned to them for answers. But as is ...

At 68, Lakemore resident Glenn Duncan learned that the neighborhood children he grew up with were more than childhood friends ...

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When Adriana's brother died, she turned to DNA testing to find out about her family's past. Then something remarkable ...

DNA testing has helped family history researchers fill in the blanks in their family trees. While that can be a good thing, ...

The two women said they were "surprised" by the results. — -- Two twin strangers from Ireland-- who never knew the other existed until two months ago -- recently took a DNA test to find out if ...

Christine Shepherd didn't know anything about her mother of father. A California woman who never knew her parents took a DNA test to learn more about their health history, but came away with the ...

We often treat a DNA result like a final, divine verdict. In a time when truth can feel subjective, a laboratory report has become our ultimate anchor. We hand over a cheek swab, wait a week, and ...