Letter: What Indigenous tribe do you hail from, Mr. Nelson? Lyn Dockter-Pinnick responds to a recent letter from Ross Nelson critical of immigration.

As soon as Robert Prevost was elevated to pope in May, Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and the team he works with for PBS's Finding Your Roots began digging into the pope's family history.

These days, the Chrisley family, known for leading the hit reality television series Chrisley Knows Best, are the talk of the town. After all, family patriarch Todd and matriarch Julie, who both ...

Five Key Discoveries in the Family Tree of Pope Leo XIV We went back 500 years and found his connection to some fascinating people.

This chart was prepared by Henry Louis Gates Jr., American Ancestors and the Cuban Genealogy Club of Miami. It reflects the best-known research as of the time of publication. Design by Nick Sheedy.

A reexamination of fossils found in Mongolia has revealed a previously unknown “missing link” species that led to dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus rex.