Southerners in particular claimed Pocahontas as a progenitor; indeed, her descendants through her son Thomas Rolfe were among the most prominent families in the South. In Sully's portrait ...

The broad strokes of Pocahontas’s biography are well known—unusually so for a 17th-century Indigenous woman. Yet her life has long been shrouded by misunderstandings and misinformation ...

"Pocahontas is indeed your 12th great ... but the Glass Onion star believed the story to be just "family legend". While tracing Norton's ancestry, Mr Gates discovered his 12th great grandparents ...

Smithsonian magazine commissioned Drew Gardner for a project that connects Black Americans today to their lost ancestry. Read about Gardner’s project and process, as well as more details about the ...

Example: A male is injured and rendered legally incompetent. He is the scion of a wealthy family and the beneficiary of a very large trust. The trust provides that on his death the assets of the ...

Sometimes genealogy seems to have its own language. Documents often contain phrases or words that are no longer used. Historians have often reverted to abbreviations on family charts and documents ...

Surnames can reveal much about your family history, but they can also be a minefield of misinformation. By Paul Blake. Twenty members of the public describe what spurred them on to discover more ...

If you aren't careful, or even if you are, you could end up spending a small fortune while researching your family history. Just ask Lana Rushing, who owns a public relations firm in Los Angeles.

There are many at-home DNA testing kits to choose from, so all you need are DNA samples to learn more about your heritage and family history. If you're interested, we found the best DNA testing ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I write about charitable giving and estate planning ideas. Here is a simple definition of “descendant” from a trust document ...

The Hispanic Organization for Genealogy and Research is hosting the Somos Tejas conference at the Renaissance Dallas North Hotel Friday and Saturday. More than 200 genealogists, culture ...

A teenage girl was reported missing in Pocahontas County on Tuesday. According to a post on the Pocahontas County Homeland ...