Home DNA tests are an accessible way to gain an extensive understanding of your heritage, family history and diaspora. Tests are becoming increasingly affordable and genetic databases are expanding ...

Best DNA testing kits for uncovering your family history, tried and tested - Use a DNA kit to fill out the branches on your tree or discover more about your heritage and genetic make-up ...

Recently, my dad discovered a family secret: In the 1960s, one of his first cousins, now deceased, fathered a previously unknown child with a woman who placed the baby for adoption. The records were ...

One of those is 53-year-old Leo Hickman, from east Hampshire, who used DNA testing to solve the mystery of his paternal grandfather's identity. Genetic results and detective work revealed his ...

It sounds like something out of a Hollywood movie. Two sisters, separated by an ocean and decades of life, were brought together by a simple DNA test. But for Heather Jane and Jaydah Smith, this was ...