Genetic ancestry is a concept that has long captured people’s imaginations. It’s no surprise that it’s been turned into a booming industry by companies like 23andMe and Ancestry.com. Customers of ...

The genealogy site’s clarification of its terms and conditions has barred those working on unsolved crimes from access to the company’s vast trove of records. By Corey Kilgannon Since online genealogy ...

NEW YORK, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Blackstone (BX.N), opens new tab is weighing strategic options, including an initial public offering or a sale, for Ancestry.com, the hugely popular platform that helps ...

--Blackstone is weighing strategic options for Ancestry.com, including an initial public offering or sale, Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the matter. --Blackstone invited banks to pitch ...

A genomic analysis of over 1,200 people from across South Africa reveals how colonial-era European, Indigenous Khoe-San peoples, and enslaved people contributed to the modern-day gene pool in South ...

The struggle to achieve financial stability is a reality for millions of people today. Despite working long hours, pursuing higher education, or exploring various side hustles and investment ...

When we first wrote this article, it compared 23andMe and Ancestry. Since then, 23andMe has experienced a data breach, a subsequent lawsuit, board members' resignations and layoffs amidst financial ...

Ancestry has acquired the home-movies-and-photos digitizer service iMemories, a bet by the genealogy company that subscribers who spend their money on DNA kits and pour their time into building family ...

Ancestry.com LLC has named Derek Smith as its new chief legal officer, who comes to the privately-held genealogy company after spending most of his career in the technology sector. Smith succeeds ...

The ancestry of Pythagoras was not something which seems to have particularly concerned ancient Greeks. There are not many ancient records about this. One of our best sources about the ancestry of ...

In a long-sought first, researchers have sequenced the entire genome of an ancient Egyptian person, revealing unprecedented insight about the ancestry of a man who lived during the time when the first ...