A reader, who has a premium Ancestry.com subscription, recently asked me this: Is there any point in also searching for information on FamilySearch.org? Or can researchers assume Ancestry will give ...

The Blackstone-owned genealogy giant Ancestry.com raised a ton of red flags earlier this month with an update to its terms and conditions that give the company a bit more power over your family photos ...

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Genealogy and DNA-testing behemoth Ancestry.com is selling 75% of itself to alternative asset manager Blackstone Group, according to a report from Bloomberg. The total deal is valued at $4.7 billion ...

During Black Friday and Cyber Monday, bargain-hunting Americans went online to stock up on millions of Xboxes and televisions, Barbies and Lego sets, iPhones and countless other holiday goodies. They ...

Where do the source datasets come from for DNA-based heritage tests like Ancestry or 23andMe? Whose DNA was used to define each heritage or ancestry group? originally appeared on Quora: the place to ...

Imagine unlocking the secrets within your DNA that hold the key to a healthier, more fulfilling life. While popular DNA tests like 23andMe and Ancestry.com can provide a starting point, they only ...

Ancestry.com (Ancestry) was sued on November 30, 2020, in a putative class action case filed in the Northern District of California for “knowingly misappropriating the photographs, likenesses, names, ...

She was drunk when something curious popped up in her Ancestry.com search — her dad. After enjoying a few glasses of alcohol one night last fall, a tipsy Elise Jones, a student nurse from the UK, ...

Ongoing updates to popular genealogy company Ancestry.com have sent some users into a full-blown identity crisis. Ancestry.com is beginning to roll out changes to its users' ethnic backgrounds which ...

(To receive weekly emails of conversations with the world’s top CEOs and business decisionmakers, click here.) When the pandemic isolated nearly everyone at home, our fascination with forebears ...

(CN) — A federal judge dismissed with prejudice claims that Ancestry.com used Californians’ yearbook pictures without permission. The dismissal comes after a class of Californians sued the genealogy ...