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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Over 70 million people worldwide claim to have a link to Ireland through their ancestry. It's incredible ... searching out information on their family name. Sometimes all you have to start with ...

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.

Wednesday evening's storms produced a historical tornado in Pocahontas County. Since records began in 1875, no tornadoes ...