Ever since an at-home DNA test revealed a Nigerian ancestry, life-long Evanston resident Tina Penick has reflected on what might have been. “What if we lived in Nigeria? What would that look like?” ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- When police officers investigate cases, it's often centered around the suspect(s) they're searching for. But sometimes, the first big question is identifying the remains.

WELCOME BACK. SO EARLIER THIS WEEK, WE REPORTED THAT HUMAN REMAINS FOUND MORE THAN 26 YEARS AGO MANOR TOWNSHIP LANCASTER COUNTY WERE IDENTIFIED. THEY WERE OF 39 YEAR OLD JAMES GIBSON OF HARRISBURG, A ...

For two decades, scientists have been comparing every person’s full set of DNA they study to a template that relies mostly on genetic material from one man affectionately known as “the guy from ...

The ancestral roots of the ten oldest African American families in Fredericksburg, Virginia, were revealed Friday as part of a project created to recognize the city's Black residents. Representatives ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s lawfully-owed DNA project has garnered more than 2,000 DNA samples since its inception, helping officials to better identify the ...

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Judi Roth grew up in Elmira, N.Y., never having known her father’s parents. Her father, Michael Novice, a Polish Holocaust survivor, escaped the Warsaw ghetto at 13 and lived through three ...