A decade ago, tracing one’s ancestry was an activity associated with bored and perhaps elderly individuals who had nothing but time and tons of photo albums on their hands. In recent years, it’s ...

Relocating Black cemeteries in Virginia reveals how America has long denied full humanity, and how to reclaim it.

That had been the start of a journey in a foreign land. Tucker and her family longed to trace the steps of their ancestors, who they believe are the first Africans brought to the English colonies ‒ in ...

Before the advent of DNA testing, scholars relied on shipping records that listed the African ports from which slaves were exported to determine where in Africa the African-descended population of the ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A commemoration to honor African ancestors returned Saturday to Fort Moultrie after a two-year hiatus because of COVID-19. It’s a celebration that started 25 years ago. The ...

Gina Paige is president of African Ancestry, a company that specializes in analyzing DNA from African Americans. Paige talks about her work researching lineage and what she learned about her own ...

The premier screening of the documentary film “The War Shirt: A Dialogue with The Ancestors” will take place 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Sept. 19 at The Marjorie Luke Theatre. An onstage discussion with the ...

Author, Sade Green, pictured with burial site historical marker, which reads "Today and always, we honor the enslaved Hintons of the Midway Plantation, known and unknown, buried here in unmarked ...

The APOE ε4 allele is strongly associated with Alzheimer's disease risk, but there is variability in the risk effect across populations. A study presented at the American Academy of Neurology 2022 ...

We see different angles of a skull against a black background. An ape fossil found in Turkey may controversially suggest that the ancestors of African apes and humans first evolved in Europe before ...

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — When the Fredericksburg City Council voted in 2020 to relocate the slave auction block that stood on the corner of William and Charles streets for 176 years, it jumpstarted ...