What do we do once we know a hereditary disease exists in a family? Researchers and genetics experts are finding new and novel ways to combine medical research with family history of the genealogical kind.

Podcast Ep: 4 Libby Copeland discusses with Brianne the complex themes she explores in her timely book The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Upending Who We Are.

Stephen Anderson never expected that his decades of family research using traditional methods--genealogical records and oral histories--would be turned into a years-long journey to unravel the truth around his paternity and that of his many siblings.

Podcast Ep: 2 Author Mary Beth Sammons shares with host Brianne Kirkpatrick the backstory to Ancestry Quest. This quick-and-easy read explores the stories of dozens of individuals who found meaning and connection to family and their history, sometimes after an intentional search and sometimes by happenstance.

The shock of an unexpected DNA family member can cause people to react in different ways.

Are you hoping to locate biological family via records search, DNA testing, or possibly both?

There are a million ways to create a family medical history, and countless number of reasons to do it. Luckily, there are online resources to help you.

If you are a parent of a child who was conceived with a donor egg or sperm and they do not yet know it, the time to be proactive is now.