The dynamics of family structure is undergoing a transformation. Declining fertility and mortality rates are leading to new ...

Anthropologists have assembled the most complete Stone Age family tree, spanning 7 generations. Genetic studies of the remains of dozens of people in a burial site in France reveal some surprising ...

What This Unprecedented 13-Million-Person Family Tree Reveals. For starters, the new tree calls into question a prevailing theory for why people stopped marrying close relatives.

One year after launching, BackupMyTree’s backup service is said to protect over 9 TB of family tree data off-site, uploaded by genealogists and family history enthusiasts.

One of the largest shifts in family structure is this: 34% of children today are living with an unmarried parent—up from just 9% in 1960, and 19% in 1980. In most cases, these unmarried parents are ...