According to the 23andMe DNA-testing service, I have 0.1 percent West African DNA from my mother. I also have approximately 5-6 percent Native American from my mother, who is now deceased. I have a ...

When I was growing up, my mother frequently spoke of her Native American ancestry. She claimed to be one-eighth Cherokee; and often said this qualified her to live on the reservation. I loved knowing ...

52.9. I’d never given much thought to this arrangement of numbers until a few months ago. Those digits represent a majority of my ancestral makeup. During a recent DNA examination, I discovered that ...

Reviving race science plays into centuries of oppression. A group from the Saginaw Chippewa Reservation in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, gathers with hundreds of protesters near the Standing Rock Sioux ...

We wanted to see if Ancestry can actually reveal a person’s family history and what records were available in its database, ...

Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has apologized to the Cherokee Nation for her decision to release the results of a DNA test showing she has distant Native American ancestry, the ...

Americans with European heritage have long been able to pinpoint their ancestry through DNA testing, but it's only in recent years that those with African heritage have been able to trace their ...

With the rise of DNA ancestry tests, it’s easier than ever to learn about your family history and connections. Today, there are many DNA testing services to choose from. They're easy to use. You’ll ...

It’s fairly natural to want to learn more about one’s origin, so ever since the first direct to consumer ancestry tests became available in the 2000s, people have turned to them for answers. But as is ...