Race, widely used as a variable across biomedical research and medicine, is an appropriate proxy for racism — but not for anything biological. Proposals to use genetic ancestry instead of race are at ...

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, ...

But surveys generally show that more than 75% of Americans think family history research is important, and probably half that ...

When it comes to history, especially Black history there is so much still untold. Alonzo Felder has made it his mission to capture and share some of those stories. When it comes to history, especially ...

CHARLOTTE — The process to research someone’s ancestry can be more challenging for Black families, especially when the search reaches back to slave times. To offer some help, there is an upcoming ...

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 ...

The next hybrid in-person and Zoom meeting of the Windham County Genealogy Interest Group will focus on “Working with Handwritten Records for Genealogical Purposes," presented by WCGIG member ...

Interest in tracing family ancestry soared during the pandemic, according to the National Museum of Bermuda. The museum’s online genealogy database was used more than ever in 2020, prompting the ...

In recent years, more Filipinos have grown curious about where they come from — not just geographically, but historically. Whether sparked by family stories, ol ...

When Ancestry.com embarked on a massive project to collect nearly 40,000 newspaper articles tracing the lives of 183,000 enslaved people in the United States, the date Aug. 22, 1862, could have ...