Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lokibaho via Getty Images You don't have to be an artist to draw a family tree. You just need a little planning, a few supplies, ...

I recall feeling embarrassed when my son asked me about my father's side of the family for a social studies project when he was in 6th grade. I didn't know much about my dad's side of the family, ...

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on genealogy, record-keeping and notions of relation. By Kwame Anthony Appiah I have taken over keeping my family tree. I am fortunate that this tree dates to the ...

I never knew much about my father's side of the family. This became a bit of an issue when my son had to work on a family tree for a school project. I used Ancestry.com to research our family history ...