Especially so when he sent me this note after: Before our meeting today, I made a calzone with swiss chard, fried onion, ham and cheese, probably, just like your grandma used to make. Ancestry is ...

RELATED: Digitized records are helping African Americans find their ancestors ... That prompted me to search my DNA matches on Ancestry.com for any connections to Webster, Lace's former enslaver.

The findings, reported Thursday in Science, are a step toward restoring difficult-to-obtain ancestry knowledge to African Americans who descended from enslaved people, whose life histories ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Many people may not understand how something as simple as genealogy invokes a power structure that disadvantages African Americans. For hundreds of years, the enslaved were ...

For Black Americans searching for their family history, museums and libraries can help with genealogical research. One Boston woman hit the road to trace her family roots in person.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – As the nation observes Black History Month, a time to celebrate the achievements and contributions of African Americans, many are also turning to genealogy to learn more ...

Gina Paige, co-founder of African Ancestry, is giving African Americans the pathway to connect ... “Having that knowledge of her family’s history gave me, and continues to give me, an essence ...

Improvements in ancestry search resources and DNA testing ... Slavery is often the furthest history Black or African-American people can find due to research challenges oftentimes tied to limited ...

Black Americans have been underrepresented in most genomic studies of neurological disorders. As a result, scientists know relatively little about whether African ancestry affects a person's risk ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) -There’s work in East Texas that’s helping many dig deeper into their African American roots. Because of a lack of record keeping during the slavery era, tracking African ...