Have you ever hit a wall in your family tree research, stared at your DNA match list for hours, and felt like you were completely out of ideas?

I’ve been doing family hi...

What if the person sitting next to you right now—at work, in church, or in line at the grocery store—isn't a stranger at all? What if you actually share blood, history, o...

Have you ever looked at an old, framed portrait hanging on a wall in your parents' or grandparents' house and wondered about the person staring back at you?

Growing up, ...

One idea kept showing up this week: family history truly comes alive when we move beyond names, dates, and places on a pedigree.

When we take the time to discover who ou...

When we talk about family history, so many of us share the same quiet wish: we want our children and grandchildren to be interested. We want them to know who they are, wh...

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When you spend years working with genetic evidence, you get used to seeing surprising patterns. But every so often, finding biological family with AncestryDNA matches lea...

When Bubba Page walked into my podcast studio holding a physical vinyl record album from the 1960s, I knew we were in for a treat. On the cover was his grandfather, Shirl...

Can I tell you a secret? My favorite part of exploring my family tree isn't just discovering the stories of people who lived hundreds of years ago (though you know how mu...

Sometimes your family tree data just sits there and stares at you. You can feel it trying to tell you something, but you can't quite hear it.

That's exactly what happene...