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Advances in DNA technologies helping to close some cold cases on the Treasure Coast
TCPalm | Treasure Coast Newspapers via Yahoo News· 4 days agoDNA samples will be sent for genetic genealogical testing at a laboratory. Sometimes the sample is...
Online death notice doesn't prove Joe Biden is dead; anyone can update | Fact check
USA Today· 2 days agoA June 13 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows a woman navigating through the Ancestry....
"I built a family tree – and found the answer to a lifelong question"
Cosmo via Yahoo News· 4 days agoWant to learn more about your family history? Here's how to go about building your own family tree...
This database could help descendants of enslaved people learn about their ancestry
WLRN Miami· 4 days agoAncestry.com has released a new free database of tens of thousands of old newspaper records about formerly enslaved people. The company hopes it will help fill historical gaps for Black Americans.
Opinion: Embracing the Neanderthal within
Lawrence Journal-World· 2 days agoThe cool part is the results highlighted associations between Neanderthal variants and my traits. Two of my Neanderthal variants were associated with “having a worse sense ...
Discovering your family received 40 acres—only to have them seized back
Mother Jones· 4 days ago40 Acres and a Lie tells the history of an often-misunderstood government program that gave formerly...
Podcast explores how racism of Jim Crow era afflicted generations of journalist’s family
Current (Public Broadcasting)· 4 days agoA 10-episode podcast from journalist and author Lee Hawkins examines the intergenerational effects...
A Stranger Invited Me to Our Family's Reunion
Thrillist Food & Drink· 5 days agoIt was the middle of June in Jackson, Mississippi, where temperatures were in the mid 90s. Eight years earlier, a woman named Angela Weathers had sent me...
Gateway - Quartz
Quartz· 4 days ago23andMe is in a death spiral. Almost everyone who wants a DNA test already bought one, a nightmare data breach ruined the company’s reputation, and 23andMe’s stock is so close ...
A peek at an establishment participating in Juneteenth NYC Restaurant Crawl
CBS News· 5 days agoStep into Native Restaurant and Lounge in Bushwick where there is a celebration of the vibrant...