A surprising number of people count royalty among their ancestors, but do they carry enough DNA to have a (very distant) claim to the throne? Joy Ibsen, a retired Canadian journalist, had been an avid ...

A skeleton buried under a parking lot. A grotesque mummy head. A gourd encrusted with mysterious blood. These three disturbing objects have something in common: All have been identified as belonging ...

Speculation surrounding the content of Prince Harry’s upcoming memoir has been swirling. One royal expert believes Harry won’t go the “salacious” route with the book, however. Harry could take the ...

Sheba pet food is searching for a domestic cat in the U.S. with links to the feline nobility of ancient Egypt A study from the Feline Genetics & Comparative Medicine Lab found that some domestic cats ...

A new genetic analysis by an international team of scientists has helped bust a popular 200-year-old myth surrounding Kaspar Hauser, whose identity became one of the most mysterious riddles in German ...

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An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link A DNA test helped one man not only learn about his roots — but discover he's royalty. Rockville, Maryland interfaith pastor Jay Speights, 66, ...

William Holland, a genealogical researcher living in Atlanta, has seen some pretty strange twists in his family tree. Several years ago, he found out that his great-grandfather was a black slave ...

A discredited forensic scientist who analysed DNA evidence for the Crown in hundreds of criminal cases received almost $2.8 million of public funds, The Royal Gazette can reveal. The Bermuda Police ...

Sheba pet food is searching for a domestic cat in the U.S. with links to the feline nobility of ancient Egypt Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her ...