Link found between super-agers, or people with exceptional longevity, to inherited DNA from Ice Age hunter-gatherer ...

Modern DNA kits make it easy to learn where your ancestors came from—just order a test, swab your cheek, and mail it to a lab ...

If you're thinking of taking an ancestry DNA test as "a bit of fun", experts warn there is the risk of uncovering more than ...

New research suggests the mysterious Roman-era “Beachy Head Woman” was likely from Britain, not the Mediterranean or sub-Saharan Africa. Advances in DNA sequencing are helping researchers resolve a ...

David Ring, who was born in South Korea, never expected to learn his half-sister has been living only states away.

For 47 years, Heather Lally never knew her dad. Then a DNA test connected her to the birth father she didn't know she had, a ...

DNA reveals that in prehistoric China, men remained in their community, while women joined new family lineages.

A man has shared his heartache after discovering an uncomfortable truth about his heritage after his wife bought him an ...