Where would my genetic data go after I dropped it in a mailbox and sent it to a lab for an intimate analysis performed by ...

"Once we get the sequence -- what we called the DNA profiles from the African-American that is being tested -- we compare that profile to profiles in the database," Kittles explained. "We run ...

A new study reveals that a distinct North African human lineage lived in the Central Sahara over 7,000 years ago, during the ...

Now Dunkley and thousands of other African-Americans are turning to science like DNA technology to unlock the portals to their past. She says that it is worth all the effort. "You have all these ...

Evanston’s Reparations Committee discussed a potential partnership reconstructing African ancestry with DNA testing Thursday ...

After the DNA test, Hammons discovered her third great ... the executive director of the African American Museum of Southern ...

The women’s DNA profiles, described in a study published on 2 April in Nature 1, represent the first full Saharan genomes from the African Humid Period — and reveal that the people were ...

Genealogical detective work, DNA analysis and the study of historical documents fills in the gaps of history and reveals emotional tales of African American heritage and survival.

Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a kidney disease that leads to renal failure, and it affects individuals from different ancestries, the highest prevalence being among African and African ...