• As promised, Family Tree DNA is offering discounts on upgrade pricing during their Father's Day Sale. Starting at midnight tonight, June 15th, and ending on Monday,

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  • In the town of Oldenzaal in the Netherlands, 30,000 skeletons were dug up during an archaeological dig around an old church.  Archaeologists wondered if any modern Oldenzaalers would be related to any of these

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  • For years, scientists have debated where dogs came from. Did wolves first forge their special relationship with humans in Europe, or in Asia? The answer, according to a new study, is yes. This week in

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  • But we are all special, which means none of us are. If you’re vaguely of European extraction, you are also the fruits of Charlemagne’s prodigious loins. A fecund ruler, he sired at least 18 children by motley wives

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  • Advances in DNA sequencing technology have given us important new tools for studying the great human diasporas and the history of indigenous populations. Now we are seeing its adoption in new areas, including

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