A WOMAN who bought a DNA testing app to delve into her Irish heritage has revealed her shock after finding out her 88-year-old dad had a secret son. Jeannette, 53, from Yorkshire, just so happened ...

The Roots author’s follow-up novel Queen traces five generations of a second branch of his ancestry back to a town in Co ...

Ancient DNA from an Egyptian genome has been sequenced for the first time, revealing genetic links to the Fertile Crescent.

His death was ruled suspicious after investigators determined he had no clothing, jewelry or personal items with him.

Irish artist Oliver Sears returns to Łodz with an exhibition honouring his murdered grandfather – and confronting Poland’s ...

As Australian travellers join the genealogy tourism trend in droves, here's how to make the most of a family history trip.

Work has begun on a new multi-million pound museum in Londonderry that will chronicle the north west's maritime, cultural and industrial past. The DNA (Derry-Londonderry on the North Atlantic) Museum ...

The remains of an unknown female were discovered in a well shaft in Saskatoon's Sutherland neighbourhood in 2006. Now she has been identified as Alice Spence (nee Burke), a woman of Irish ancestry, ...

You’ve heard the stories of regular people finding long-lost relatives through Ancestry, and now you can be one of them! The genealogy site is offering 50% off memberships until October 22, 2025. That ...

For police, naming the woman was a breakthrough. The case is believed to be the oldest one solved with investigative genetic ...

When it comes to family secrets, few have a better vantage point than my favourite legal source, the razor-sharp New York divorce attorney James Sexton. On a recent call, he confided that DNA tests ...

Genetic screening can mean that people at risk of type 1 diabetes get earlier treatment and better outcomes This article is ...