Researcher Angela Walton-Raji has been studying African-Native genealogy for over 20 years. The Comanche family pictured here is from the early 1900s. Courtesy Sam DeVenney Angela Walton-Raji has been ...

According to the 23andMe DNA-testing service, I have 0.1 percent West African DNA from my mother. I also have approximately 5-6 percent Native American from my mother, who is now deceased. I have a ...

“For nearly two decades I’ve grasped for a connection to my family’s African heritage. I grew up in an ethnically diverse, Northern New Jersey suburb where many of the black students were ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A project reconnecting millions of African-Americans with their Civil War-era ancestors is counting on help from people in the Central Valley. Tuesday afternoon at Fresno ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) -There’s work in East Texas that’s helping many dig deeper into their African American roots. Because of a lack of record keeping during the slavery era, tracking African American ...

Dr. Gina Paige, co-founder of African Ancestry, is giving African Americans the pathway to connect further with their identity and heritage. Paige will be at the Heinz History Center on Saturday, ...

Americans with European heritage have long been able to pinpoint their ancestry through DNA testing, but it's only in recent years that those with African heritage have been able to trace their ...

For many African Americans on the journey of tracing their family tree, they can hit a dead end due to poorly kept records during the slavery period. A group of Stanford researchers has created a ...

Freedom papers were carried by free Black Americans before the Civil War ...

As part of Black History Month, a Charlotte class is helping African Americans overcome a lack of records for enslaved ancestors so they can piece together their family trees. Tracing a family tree ...