The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on genealogy, record-keeping and notions of relation. By Kwame Anthony Appiah I have taken over keeping my family tree. I am fortunate that this tree dates to the ...

The tool we’re going to talk about today is one designed to help those who are interested in studying their family’s history. You see when it comes down to conducting research on genealogy, it’s never ...

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New genealogical research traces the Pope’s ancestry back to the 1500s, revealing what Harvard historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. calls ‘one of the most diverse family trees’ he’s ever come across. Pope ...

An international team of scientists has created the largest and most detailed bird family tree ever, spanning 93 million years and representing 92% of bird families species, using cutting-edge ...

Barbara Rae-Venter, a 76-year-old patent attorney living in Marina, California, thought she'd spend her retirement leisurely playing tennis, traveling, and indulging in her favorite pastime: ...

Legacy challenges are a fan-favorite in The Sims 4. It's fun to accompany a family throughout various generations and see how it evolves and how big it becomes. As the player chooses their next heir, ...

A foot fossil found in Ethiopia belonged to an ancient human. The finding could knock one of the most famous names in human evolution from her spot on the family tree.