On Friday, May 11th, Mountain View, CA-based personal genetics testing company 23AndMe filed a lawsuit alleging patent infringement claims against Lehi, UT-based genealogy firm Ancestry.com. The suit, ...

When we first wrote this article, it compared 23andMe and Ancestry. Since then, 23andMe has experienced a data breach, a subsequent lawsuit, board members' resignations and layoffs amidst financial ...

It seems everyone is checking their ancestry these days at sites like Ancestry.com and 23andMe.com. Everyday, long lost relatives are reunited at airports, after an ancestry test brought them together ...

Millions of people have taken at-home ancestry tests. With an estimated 100 million tests within the next 2 years, are we seeing the next big privacy issue? Credit: ERIC BARADAT/AFP/Getty Images ...

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At-home genetic tests like Ancestry and 23andMe are all the rage right now, with customers claiming the products have helped them discover surprising geographic roots or predict their risk of getting ...

Though it has taken nearly a year, a resolution is finally within reach after last year’s shocking news that my birth family is not Irish. Readers may recall my op-ed a few weeks before St. Patrick’s ...