On March 27, 1827, the day after Ludwig van Beethoven's death, his associates uncovered a hidden trove of documents in his desk. Among them was the Heiligenstadt Testament, a letter written in 1802 to ...

But perhaps the most unexpected discovery came from Beethoven’s Y chromosome, which did not match that of his known paternal relatives. This suggests an extramarital event in his family lineage ...

The Newton family from the first two Beethoven movies is on vacation in Europe, but they do plan to attend a Newton family reunion, and to make sure one of their family members definitely makes it ...