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The RootsTech schedule is out. Take a look and see which of the scores of free talks and tutorials will best help you make progress in your genealogy.

Watch an exclusive clip from Finding Your Roots Season 12, as Lizzy Caplan discovers her great-grandfather's shocking journey from Russia to the US.

Your genes play a key role in your health, and finding out what medical conditions run in your family is important.

As I grew older, things about my family’s history began to seem … off.

In South Africa, paleontology has been dominated by white people. Lazarus Kgasi is changing that dynamic — and coloring in the picture of the world our distant ancestors once inhabited.

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