Thirty years ago I had an affair and gave birth to a daughter, Julie, and didn’t tell my husband, John, about it. Last year ...

I am 67 and was adopted as a child. Last year I found my birth father after using a DNA test kit from Ancestry.co.uk, which ...

The genealogy site’s clarification of its terms and conditions has barred those working on unsolved crimes from access to the ...

Viking ancestry is far more common in Britain than most of us ever realised. A simple DNA kit could reveal your family’s own ...

"Long story short, after learning this news, he decided to reach out to his biological father, who turned out to be a local ...

When you have submitted your sample, you will receive your results in four weeks. This will include an ethnicity estimate, as ...

My wife, “Sarah,” and I have a 7-year-old son, “Matthew,” and a 5-year-old daughter, “Kyra.” Over Thanksgiving, the kids and ...

Most pet dogs carry a little wolf inside them; tiny snippets of wolf DNA that slipped into dog genomes after domestication. A ...

Daigle’s research showed that 87% of his 331 students had French ancestry, 81% had Indigenous ancestry and 70% specifically ...

Advances in our understanding of DNA have brought about many changes. One of them is just how easy it is now to obtain a DNA ...

Once baked, you’ve got a sweet treat that’s as delicious paired with your morning coffee as it is after Christmas dinner. It ...

Melissa Joan Hart teams up with Ancestry to show how exploring family history can ease holiday stress, strengthen mental health, and help families feel more connected.