Grave of Liney "Lucy" Watson Osborn in Lavonia, Georgia. Watson, who married Nelson Osborn, is the sixth-great grandmother of ...

After my son asked about our family history, I set out to uncover my father's lineage, piecing together a family tree once ...

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Digital Archivist and Genealogist Gregory Pierce will teach using Ancestry.com, with or without a paid subscription, to get ...

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As ancestry companies expand their databases and grow, testing one's DNA and unlocking the past has become relatively quick and easy to do. So, what's the process for sending in DNA for an ancestry ...

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I hit a roadblock in my online research. It wasn't till I traveled to Germany that the clues started to fall into place. Shara Tibken was a managing editor at CNET News, overseeing a team covering ...

Your family tree might contain a few curious revelations. It might alert you to the existence of long-lost third cousins. It might tell you your 10-times-great-grandfather once bought a chunk of ...

DNA testing is all about unlocking secrets. But sometimes surrendering your saliva may also mean surrendering a bit of privacy – yours or someone else's. “I think people need to be prepared and warned ...

Ancestry has acquired the home-movies-and-photos digitizer service iMemories, a bet by the genealogy company that subscribers who spend their money on DNA kits and pour their time into building family ...

Ancestry has uncovered that Dolly Parton is more than just Miley Cyrus' godmother. The genealogy company has discovered that the two are actually seventh cousins, once removed. By using billions of ...