It’s been more than 50 years since James Watson and Francis Crick showed that DNA is a double helix of two strands that complement each other. But how does a short piece of DNA find its match, out of ...

We understand how exciting it can be to find a genetic link to particular people who lived many generations ago. But these DNA matches aren't the tight ties you may be imagining. Here's how it works.

It's been more than 50 years since James Watson and Francis Crick showed that DNA is a double helix of two strands that complement each other. But how does a short piece of DNA find its match, out ...

DNA says you’re related to a Viking, a medieval German Jew or a 1700s enslaved African? What a genetic match really means Story by Shai Carmi, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Harald Ringbauer ...