Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. glowing rainbow DNA strand With the rise of DNA ancestry tests, it’s easier than ever to learn about your family history and ...

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 ...

This image depicts a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) scientist, who was punching holes in a card containing the genes of an inactivated virus . The scientist was using a disposable ...

Lawyer Hannes Streif discovered through an online DNA test that he was conceived via an anonymous sperm donation. As a result, he has found 14 half-siblings—and the number keeps growing.

That’s the thing about DNA. Most people think it helps us find ancestors, and sometimes it does. More often, it helps us find cousins.