DNA testing has never been more accessible. Spit in a tube, mail it off, and a few weeks later you have a breakdown of your ethnic origins and a list of potential relatives you’ve never met. For a lot of people, it’s the first real peek behind the curtain of their family history — and […]
Ancestry
What Happens When the Records Don’t Exist?
Every family tree hits one eventually. That moment where the trail just… stops. A courthouse that burned down in 1887. A church register that was never kept in the first place. An ancestor who crossed a border under a different surname and essentially vanished into another country. It’s frustrating in a way that’s hard to […]
How to Find Out If You Have French-Canadian Ancestry
Here’s something that surprises a lot of people: most French-Canadian Americans trace their ancestors to Quebec, with the majority arriving in the United States between 1840 and 1930. Those migration waves swept through the Northeast and Midwest — and the descendants of those families are still there, often with no idea where their great-great-grandparents actually […]
AncestryAI Is Now Turning Your Family Records Into Stories. Here’s What That Means
For most people, genealogy research involves a lot of documents. Census documents and faded entries in church registers are useful, sure, but they don’t give you an emotional connection to your ancestors. Ancestry wants to change that. On March 23, 2026, they published a roundup of their growing AncestryAI feature suite, designed to make historical […]
Amateur Historians Are Fueling Modern Genealogy
Family history research is often seen as the work of archives, libraries, and professional scholars. A recent feature by The Guardian shows a different reality. Across the world, hobbyist genealogists and amateur historians are quietly building the foundations that make modern genealogy possible. The article describes these volunteers as the hidden engine behind family history […]