For 10% of colorectal cancer patients, hereditary factors play a role, with higher percentages among younger patients.

In the last decade, the drive to understand who we are and where we've come from has been accelerated by DNA testing. So far, around 40 million people worldwide have used direct-to-consumer genetic ...

In about 5–10% of colorectal cancer patients, hereditary factors play a role, with higher percentages among younger patients.

DNA analysis of cultural artifacts shows diverse biological profiles, but contamination and mixed signals complicate ...

A woman discovered her biological father at age 47 after taking an Ancestry DNA test. The test revealed her father was a man her mother had a brief encounter with in 1976, not the man she previously ...

What happens when a genetic test unlocks long-held family secrets or other surprising results? Genetic genealogist Kelli ...

Don Anderson will always remember Sept. 19, 2021, a Sunday, when his life changed forever. The now 60-year-old podcast host had a chaotic childhood; his parents divorced when he was 5 years old, and ...

Julius Grant Jackson, 40, and his daughter are facing charges of incest and committing a felony crime against nature after ...

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When families apply for visas or citizenship and lack paper records, a DNA test for immigration becomes the final proof ...