Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), a leading cause of heart failure, is twice as common in Black individuals as in white individuals. This excess risk is not fully explained by known risk factors such as high blood pressure or socioeconomic barriers to care.

A Zimbabwean woman’s ancestry DNA results surprise thousands as she discovers deep African roots and sparks conversations about heritage and identity.

Grenada’s Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell traces his maternal DNA to Ghana’s Akan people, calling his state visit to Accra a deeply personal homecoming.

RALEIGH, North Carolina (WTVD) -- DNA testing can be a fun way to unlock the mysteries of your family history, but you should also think about potential pitfalls. Tisha Powell and I decided to embark on the journey by purchasing a 23andMe test kit at the ...

The first slide shared by TikTok user @belina.ones featured a picture of herself with a candid caption that detailed her expectation that the results would show she was 100% Nguni/Bantu as a South African. The second slide, however, displayed a detailed breakdown that was anything but singular, revealing traces from three different continents.

A woman found dead in a Southern California ravine wearing a high school reunion T-shirt has been identified after 27 years.

My father was put into the foster system when he was 4 years old, so he never knew much about his biological family. He and his brother were adopted a few years later, but they never learned the things we tend to take for granted about our own kin — like ...