Genealogy – Page 2

Tulsa Reaches ‘Breakthrough’ in Search for Massacre Victims

More than a century after a white mob burned down the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Okla., a community known as Black Wall Street, the city moved a step closer to identifying victims.

The Search Is on for Mysterious Banana Ancestors

A new study shows that domesticated bananas have genetic markers tying them to three types of wild bananas that have not yet been found.

As Harvard Makes Amends for Its Ties to Slavery, Descendants Ask, What Is Owed?

A woman who lived in the shadows of Harvard discovers, at 80, that her enslaved ancestors had links to the university.

The Search for a Meaningful Clue to the Mystery of an Enslaved Ancestor

Old newspaper ads are serving as a window into the hopes and histories of hundreds of individuals who were newly emancipated.

DNA on Discarded Coffee Cup Leads to Arrest in a 1975 Homicide

Lindy Sue Biechler was stabbed 19 times more than four decades ago. The authorities in Pennsylvania said a coffee cup that David Sinopoli, 68, discarded this year provided investigators with crucial evidence.