What does Eastern European descent mean? Here, learn the definition, which countries are included, and whether Eastern European is an ethnicity.

Do you want to know what an eighth cousin is? Here, learn the definition of an eighth cousin, as well as lots of other interesting eighth cousin facts.

What is a collateral line in genealogy? It’s a line made of the descendants of your collateral ancestors. Learn all about these branches of our family tree

Are there famous Find a Grave memorials? Below, find out some of the most popular famous Find a Grave memorials in the United States.

Family Tree DNA has updated their MyOrigins results to Version 3.0. Here, learn why your FTDNA results changed and how to understand these results.

Interested in how to start a family history blog? Learn the different ways you can start publishing your stories and research about your family history.

Have you seen the Relatives in Common featured on 23andMe? As the name suggests, these are relatives that you share with your DNA relative.

Do you want to know how many centimorgans is a good match? In this post, learn how to determine whether cMs shared between two DNA matches is significant.

Did you know that it’s possible to have a DNA match that is not really related to you?  When this happens, the DNA match is called “identical-by-state”, which means that the DNA segment that you share was not inherited from a common ancestor and instead is just coincidentally identical.  There is a big difference between …

Got the Philippines DNA region on Ancestry? You’re among over 10 million people with Filipino ancestry outside of the Philippines – find out more here!