Henry Louis Gates Jr. previews the complex, multi-generational stories shaping the newest season of PBS' Finding Your Roots.

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The 1982 cold case of Charles Nunnenman, once the Western Reserve John Doe, has been solved using DNA and genealogy research.

The unidentified man’s DNA profile was uploaded to the GEDmatch database, but all of his DNA matches there turned out to be ...

The DNA Doe Project identified Western Reserve Road John Doe as 41-year-old Charles Joseph Nunnenman III, thanks to advanced ...

Migration into England was continuous from the Romans through to the Normans and men and women moved from different places and at different rates, a study finds.

For 47 years, Heather Lally never knew her dad. Then a DNA test connected her to the birth father she didn't know she had, a ...

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Cold cases could be stalled even longer after Ancestry.com's recent change. The DNA and genealogy site clarified its terms and conditions, saying "not to use the services in ...

Researchers studying Denisovan ancestry within East Asian populations found an anomaly in the lineage of the Jomon people. The group has little to no Denisovan ancestry, showing that this lineage ...

Those tiny, fluffy dogs walking down the street may look cute but beware — they probably have some wolf in them. That is the discovery announced on Monday by U.S. scientists, who were surprised to ...