Thanks to statistics and how history played out, the odds are that your family hasn't been in America for more than a few hundred years at most. This means that, at some point, someone in your...

America is a land of opportunity and immigrants. So when you're trying to find more about your family, it can help to discover when your family became a US citizen. So, when did my grandfather...

As I do my genealogy, things get crazy fast when you're from a yours-mine-and-ours type of family. Especially when you've got two brothers (one from another mother) with the same first name. The...

Roman history is full, rich, and deeply nuanced. It's fun to imagine what it would be like back then - and it's intriguing to wonder what your ancestors did back then. Were they part of the vast...

Tracing genealogy is a fun thing, but it can bring up some interesting questions - especially in relation to marriages, relation, and potential inbreeding. For example, how many generations until...

Finding out about your last name is cool. But what if your family's name has ties to nature? Can that help you learn about where you're from or how your family took up that nature-based last...