Sewell-Smith credits her time as a journalist for her love of digging and searching for answers to burning questions, and said it goes hand in hand with genealogy.

As ancestry companies expand their databases and grow, testing one's DNA and unlocking the past has become relatively quick and easy to do. So, what's the process for sending in DNA for an ancestry ...

There's no doubt that Ancestry.com has made itself indispensable to the modern genealogist. Their offerings and support are unlike any other website and its educational offerings are among the best ...

Visiting family is one of the most common reasons many people travel. Increasingly, folks are also traveling to visit family who is no longer around, in the form of genealogy travel (also known as ...

Ancestry.com has announced new features, currently in beta testing, that allow you to better understand DNA results and your family tree. Beyond the ethnicity profiles touted in television ...

Family history site Ancestry launched a new generational health database called AncestryHealth today. The news comes right as AncestryDNA – Ancestry’s genetics site that connects those on the platform ...

Shoebox, the mobile photo archiving app Ancestry.com acquired from San Francisco-based 1000memories last fall, has now gone live at its new home. The updated version of the app, Shoebox 3.0, still ...

BOSTON — Male pattern baldness, it appears, is the least of Ken Chahine's genetic problems. The dapper but follicularly challenged senior vice president and general manager for DNA at Ancestry.com is ...