Unlike Ancestry, 23andMe does have FDA approval as a risk screener for a handful of genetic conditions and diseases. If you're primarily interested in DNA testing for this purpose, 23andMe is ...

Such tests can offer a far more scientific way of checking a person's lineage, and new research suggests an analogous ancestry test for black holes. Rather than relying on a cheek swab or a little ...

Scientists use reference panels — genetic data from people with known ancestry, collected by the testing company or available in a public database — to determine regions of the world where different ...

Experts say DNA testing is how most cold cases are now being solved. It helped identify a suspect in the murder of a McKinley High School student with evidence preserved from ...

Genetic genealogy testing of DNA evidence in separate sexual assault cases helped lead authorities to a suspect.

By Keyaira Boone, article courtesy of NewsOne via Newsbreak.com  African Ancestry co-founder Dr. Gina Paige helps Black ...

Hundreds of people with Jewish ancestry have been identified as having a mutation of the BRCA gene which puts them at a ...

The size and spin of black holes can reveal how and where they were born, and gravitational waves offer a way to decode this ...