Since the human genome was first mapped, scientists have discovered hundreds of genes influencing illnesses like breast cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer’s disease. Unfortunately, Black people, ...

If you're looking to uncover family history or learn more about your health, here's how to decide which DNA testing kit is best for you.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will establish an ad hoc committee to conduct a study to review and assess existing methodologies, benefits, and challenges in the use of ...

This research has proven to be an important step in understanding the genes and cultural history of the Bo people and their unique death traditions. Adolf Hitler most likely suffered from the genetic ...

New research revealing a major migration to the island of Great Britain offers fresh insights into the languages spoken at the time, the ancestry of present-day England and Wales, and even ancient ...

Gina Paige is president of African Ancestry, a company that specializes in analyzing DNA from African Americans. Paige talks about her work researching lineage and what she learned about her own ...

Before she was celebrated on the front page of the New York Times. And before her name appeared in a Final Jeopardy! answer. Karen Batchelor was a teenager, who for a year in her life rode two Detroit ...

We all know that drug use and drug related crimes are a big problem within African American communities. It's not a secret, but it can be interpreted very differently by different people. Do the ...