The identity of a Roman-era individual found in southern England has finally been resolved after scientists at the Natural ...

Archaeologists have discovered evidence of people of sub-Saharan African descent living in Britain more than 1,300 years ago. It's not only the earliest evidence in Britain of people with recent Black ...

A woman once celebrated as "Britain's first black woman" was actually a local girl from southern England with blonde hair and blue eyes, a new study has shown. DNA analysis published on Wednesday has ...

Two unrelated young people buried in cemeteries in England in the Early Middle Ages probably had grandparents from West Africa. How and when their relatives arrived in Britain is unknown, but the ...

The tech, known as Y-STR profiling, is used to pick out tiny amounts of material left behind by a male attacker which would otherwise be almost undetectable among female DNA. It’s expected the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Matthew F. Erskine is a trusts and estates attorney. Imagine opening a birthday gift DNA kit and discovering you're entitled to ...

I was one of the first to spit into a test tube, giving up my DNA forever to learn more about my health and heredity. You know, the ones that promise to connect you with distant relatives you didn’t ...