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 ...

A new DNA analysis has revealed that people buried together in a medieval Ibiza cemetery carried sharply mixed ancestry.

Latin American people are represented in fewer than 4% of genetic epidemiological studies around the world. When they are ...

Consumer genetics and genealogy company Ancestry announced a new feature, called SideView, that will give customers information about which bits of their DNA — and which parts of their ethnicity — ...

A 10% rise in African ancestry lowered odds of moderate TB drug reactions, while a 10% increase in European ancestry raised ...

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Using a test panel of participants from every major population group, we spent more than 80 hours testing five DNA services and think that AncestryDNA is the best service for most people. While every ...

Let’s face it: claiming a connection to some foreign nationality or ethnicity on the dubious basis of a great-grandparent or two is as American as apple pie. You know it, countless comedians know it, ...

Italy's Constitutional Court has signaled its intent to uphold a new law restricting citizenship by descent, effectively ...