As DNA testing becomes more affordable and more popular — the MIT Technology Review reports that more than 26 million people have taken at-home DNA tests as of 2019, with forecasts predicting that ...

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 ...

This story was originally published on May 31, 2019. After Alice Collins Plebuch took an ancestral DNA test, she learned her father ー who she'd believed to be Irish Catholic ー was actually descended ...

Spit in a tube, and we’ll tell you your past — and, perhaps, your future. That’s the pitch behind many of the direct-to-consumer DNA tests on the market today, which offer to trace your ancestry and ...

More than a few Canadians are now awaiting results of DNA testing kits they received as Christmas gifts, but many remain blissfully unaware of the privacy implications or the possibilities that flow ...