A century-and-a-half ago, two Black families — the Murrys and Thomases — lived and farmed in a small community on the corner ...

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The DNA Doe Project seeks public help to ID a man found murdered in 1989 near Williamstown, KY, possibly of Eastern European ...

We've got all the details about who's eligible for the massive 23andMe data breach settlement and how to make a claim -- plus, who might be able to get as much as $10,000.

The sun was hot; the ground was hard; the roar of highway traffic threatened to drown the voice of Chief Michelle Gilmore ...

Online genealogists found that Pope Leo’s paternal grandparents in Chicago were accused of having an “illicit affair” in the ...

The DNA Doe Project said the victim of a gruesome 1989 murder in Kentucky may have descendants living in Indiana. The victim ...

Scientists have now discovered the oldest ancestor for all the Australian tree frogs, with distant links to the tree frogs of South America.

Of the Kiks.adi Clan of Sitka, Ixt’Ik’Eesh has been harvesting herring fish eggs for most of his life. His earliest ...