Ancestry Tools

23andMe's new GrandTree feature helps grandchildren connect with their grandparents.

23andMe helps people trace their maternal line going back tens of thousands of years, giving them insight into their ancestry.

This interview is part of an occasional series of profiles introducing you to the people behind 23andMe’s compelling research. Eric Durand has been instrumental in developing several ancestry features at...

Some people gather in book clubs to chat over plot twists in the latest novel they’ve read, but Susan Clark and her friends meet in a cozy room off the...

DNA testing can sometimes uncover family secrets and unexpected results. Writer Virginia Hughes uses an example of a woman in Virginia who used 23andMe to learn something new about her family.

The New Yorker recently described the artist Laurel Nakadate as an “unpredictable, sometimes infuriating young photographer.” Perhaps. But whatever description you use, the images she creates are singularly arresting. In...

23andMe has a new design for our website. We’d like you to take a peek. With input from our customers, we created a cleaner and more personalized layout that highlights...

Matt uses dance, or bad dancing, as a way to disarm and connect with people around the world. In a twist on his travels, he connected with his 23andMe DNA Relatives who were filmed dancing with Matt.

With assorted schwag in hand, our team of elite 23andMers headed to Burbank last weekend to pass out a few free kits, some t-shirts and mingle with some of the...

By Ancestry Ambassador Tim Janzen. For over 30 years I have been trying to determine the ancestry of my great-great-great-grandfather Jacob Youngman. I used traditional genealogical research techniques for much of that time, but not long ago I realized that DNA testing at 23andMe could help me solve this decades old puzzle.