Creating a family tree is a great way to understand your heritage and preserve family history for future generations. If you ...

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on genealogy, record-keeping and notions of relation. By Kwame Anthony Appiah I have taken over keeping my family tree. I am fortunate that this tree dates to the ...

On Thanksgiving morning, 1987, Rick Bart, a homicide detective in Snohomish County, Washington, got word that a pheasant hunter had discovered a body in a field beneath High Bridge, an overpass ...

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For my entire life, I've always known that a certain family member of mine (okay fine, my grandad) had a... shady past. And like all older folk from the east end of London, stories of him rubbing ...

Everyday tools and free apps on your mobile device can help you collect, translate and digitize new material for your family-tree files. By J. D. Biersdorfer J. D. Biersdorfer is the Tech Tip ...

Do you have an uncle who always seems short of breath? Did one of your grandparents or parents die at an early age from "heart problems?" If heart failure is in your family tree, you might wonder if ...

From bakers and brewers to movie-inspired bonus points, this festive quiz explores what your surname might hint about your ...

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