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 ...

It seems everyone is checking their ancestry these days at sites like Ancestry.com and 23andMe.com. Everyday, long lost relatives are reunited at airports, after an ancestry test brought them together ...

Though it has taken nearly a year, a resolution is finally within reach after last year’s shocking news that my birth family is not Irish. Readers may recall my op-ed a few weeks before St. Patrick’s ...

As DNA tests for ancestry explode in popularity, a fundamental problem remains: The tests deliver more detailed results for people of European descent, as evidenced by the ethnicities and data that ...

I've sent my spit off for more genetics tests than anyone else I know. It's an occupational hazard. As a healthcare reporter for Business Insider, I've kept a close eye on the consumer genetics-test ...

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