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Updated Ancestry.com Digs Deeper Into Family Trees Ancestry.com has revamped "Family Tree Maker," adding more mobile and social functionality, creating a more robust view of your family tree, ...

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 ...

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Michael Douglas, a new resident of southern Maryland, credits genetic testing for helping him find his heritage — and a family he knew very little about. Douglas, 43, is adopted. He knew his birth ...

I never knew much about my father's side of the family. This became a bit of an issue when my son had to work on a family tree for a school project. I used Ancestry.com to research our family history ...