Searching family names can yield volumes of generational data for many, but things are a little less streamlined when you were only given a surname in the 1930s, writes Dilvin Yasa.

I have taken over keeping my family tree. I am fortunate that this tree dates to the late 1700s. It means a large family, in many countries, with four generations of relatives still alive, some of ...

I met my third cousin on Ancestry. Even though we share just 1% of our DNA, we used ChatGPT to connect the dots between generations. Here's how and what we learned.

Charlotte Gill’s latest book is Almost Brown: A Mixed-Race Family Memoir. My parents met in London in the sixties. My dad was a turban-wearing Indian man from a former colony, and my mother was ...

My family tree doesn’t explain everything about who I am, but it certainly provides a fascinating starting point. Share on Facebook. Share on Twitter. Share via E-Mail. Support Local Journalism.