As ancestry companies expand their databases and grow, testing one's DNA and unlocking the past has become relatively quick and easy to do. So, what's the process for sending in DNA for an ancestry ...

Blackstone has agreed to acquire Ancestry, a provider of digital family history services, for an enterprise value of $4.7 billion. The sellers include Silver Lake, GIC, Spectrum Equity and Permira.

Where did my people come from? Computer technology has made it easier to contemplate and investigate these age-old questions, a development especially important to many North Americans, who tend to be ...

Many people explore genealogy as a hobby, digging through records and family stories to better understand where they came from. For some, that curiosity grows into something more — the desire to help ...