RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The call that beckoned me back to my earliest roots on American soil, wasn’t even about my roots at all. It was about a job at 8News. I moved to Richmond, excited about the ...

We wanted to see if Ancestry can actually reveal a person’s family history and what records were available in its database, so we put it to the test.

The co-host of NPR's Code Switch podcast, B.A. Parker, takes us on a journey to understand her own family's history. She has a question - how do I honor my ancestors? Her family traces its roots to ...

February is Damon Thomas’ favorite month. For Thomas, Black History Month is an opportunity to honor his ancestors through ...

Throughout February, WTOP is celebrating Black History Month. Join us on air and online as we bring you the stories, people and places that make up our diverse community. By day, Andre Kearns is a ...

This Monday evening marks the first night of Passover, the Jewish festival celebrating the liberation of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt. Jews all over the world will observe Passover with a ...

For many Asian Americans, food is at once a site of deep joy and connection and an object that articulates a particular kind of un-belonging, a deviance of flavor, smell, and sight under Western ...

Maybe it’s because 23andMe claimed I have “more Neanderthal DNA than 81 percent of other customers.” (That’s only ~2 percent of my genes, but my older brother happily quipped he could tell me I’m a ...

Valerie is a seasoned writer and editor who has spent her career creating content in the parenting and women's wellness spaces. Before joining Forbes Health, Valerie was the trending news editor at ...