I want to illustrate how ThruLines is only as reliable as the family trees it's using, and how even if you appear to have a few DNA ma...

The most common question I see about ThruLines is whether it uses DNA, or family trees, or both, and there seems to be a good deal of misund...

Recently, Ancestry.com announced the introduction of AncestryHealth, providing health and wellness reports for the first time. It costs $4...

AncestryDNA's latest ethnicity update AncestryDNA had promised another update to their ethnicity report this year, despite there onl...

Previously, I detailed how I broke down one brick wall with the aid of my DNA matches , involving a suspected maiden name. This time, I...

Many people, both Ancestry.com users and non-users, seem to be unaware of the company's option to provide a link of an individual record...

If you've done a DNA test through National Geographic's Genographic Project and been to their site recently, you'll have seen ...

It's official, ThruLines is here to stay and DNA Circles have been permanently retired. If you're upset by this, check out my articl...

I've been hearing a lot of negativity about AncestryDNA's new feature ThruLines (aka Common Ancestors when viewing your match list...

At all DNA companies, matching with other testers includes an estimated relationship (usually a range) based on how much DNA you share. Th...