DNA
Discover how DNA testing can unlock your family history
The best DNA test kits for 2024 tried and tested
Debbie Kennett, author of DNA and Social Networking, explains why DNA testing is increasingly important in family history research.
Police access, health insurance, matching with distant relatives and more: Your DNA test questions answered
Will a DNA test affect your health insurance premiums? Can the police access the database? Your family history DNA test questions answered
What is STR and SNP DNA?
Alasdair Macdonald and Graham Holton explain the difference between STR DNA and SNP DNA in understanding your family history
How to use a DNA test to find your distant relatives
DNA expert Debbie Kennett explains how DNA tests identify your distant relatives - and whether the results are reliable
Autosomal DNA, Y-DNA and mitochondrial DNA tests: what's the difference?
Discover the difference between autosomal, Y-DNA and mitochondrial DNA tests to help with your family history research
DNA testing revealed a family secret
Debbie Kennett reveals how she analysed her DNA tests to solve the mystery of her grandmother's father's identity
How a DNA test revealed my Jewish ancestry
Many researchers are seeing unexpected Jewish ancestry in their DNA test results. Emma Jolly explains what the results mean, and how they helped her discover an unknown great grandparent
DNA Painter: What is it and what are its key features?
Debbie Kennett explains how the DNA Painter website can help you make the most of your DNA test results
How can DNA tests determine ethnicity?
Genetic genealogy expert Debbie Kennett explains how you can use DNA ethnicity tests to find out more about your heritage and family history
What is Y-DNA?
What is Y-DNA, what does it tell you, and which Y-DNA test is best? Debbie Kennett explains how you can use Y-DNA testing to trace the family history of your male line
Eureka moment | I found my mystery ancestor through DNA links
New Zealander Sandra Metcalfe searched for her British great grandfather for 30 years. Finally DNA tests revealed her link to a Cornish family and a man with a secret
DNA revealed my grandfather's identity
Janet Cockerill tells how a family history DNA test revealed her grandfather's identity - and a secret love affair in the First World War
FamilyTreeDNA review
Debbie Kennett explains how to get more out of your DNA family history research with FamilyTreeDNA, including testing your DNA on your male and female lines
Get more from your DNA test with MyHeritage DNA
Debbie Kennett takes a look at how you can get the most out of your DNA test results using MyHeritage DNA
The best websites for DNA family history research
Jonathan Scott wades through the jargon to bring together the best sites for understanding your family history using DNA testing
"You really feel the enormity of what you're doing": Professor Turi King on 'DNA Family Secrets'
Professor Turi King, co-presenter of DNA Family Secrets, tells Jonathan Wright about her work on the series and the challenges of using DNA testing to solve people's family history queries
LivingDNA review
Debbie Kennett examines the pros and cons of LivingDNA - the DNA testing company that offers detailed breakdowns for British ancestry
DNA testing finds Ludwig van Beethoven 'wasn't really a Beethoven'
DNA samples from the composer's hair didn't match the DNA of living Beethoven descendants
Your chance to be on DNA Family Secrets
Series 3 of the BBC show is looking for participants who have an unsolved mystery in their family history
Ancestry introduces new DNA tool that reveals the DNA you inherited from each parent
Ancestry's new SideView technology splits customers' ethnicity results in two. We have a look to see how this works and how useful it may be for family historians
Family history researchers could help police unlock 1981 cold case mystery
Family historians are being asked to help trace an unknown woman whose body was found near Thirsk, North Yorkshire
Genetic marker discovered for descendants of Bruce clan
Researchers at the University of Strathclyde have discovered a genetic marker carried by descendants of Robert the Bruce’s closest relatives
New TV show offers chance to see if you’re related to a celebrity
The new Channel 4 series DNA Dinners is appealing for people to take part
DNA and the Declaration of Arbroath
Alasdair Macdonald and Graham Holton reveal how they're using DNA testing to uncover the descendants of the signatories to an important document from medieval Scottish history