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They Still Live a journey into the discovery of yourself. What does it mean to White, European, Black, Native American, and others? How am I different from Denver artists? Alisa Anthony and Thomas Detour Evans ask all these questions that have shed light on a dialogue about heritage through a picture sequence pairing African art relics, from the Paul Hamilton collection with African Americans from the Denver community. Each sketch is designed to make a new conversation on ancestral heritage and origins and tells the story of the Ancestry DNA results. Ancestry took the interview of Paul Hamilton, an African Studies academic and previously was Colorado State Representative and famous collector of African masks. African Art asks him why this display is so difficult to the conversation of ancestral origins and identity. While gathering African art, one of the discoveries was that the origin of Modern art was African art. Paul says Picasso and other’s artwork were influenced. Amidst Paul’s ...

On National Sisters’ Day, we share hands with British Airways to unite two sisters from Texas, for the first time, in the United Kingdom. Mandy Shore was born in the UK during World War II and was cared by her adoptive parents. When she started searching her family tree, Mandy discovered that her mother was a single woman who lived near the American Air Force base and her father remained a mystery for many years. Ancestry DNA helped her search and discover their family tree using a DNA test. The Ancestry DNA database revealed that Mandy had two half-sisters by her father’s side, living in Texas, America. In an email, Ann Burrage and Lynn Garner helped Mandy to complete the puzzle. Her father might be an American G.I., and after the end of the war, he moved to Texas and married and had two daughters without Mandy's information. Understanding the price of family ties, Ancestry DNA and British Airways came together to provide flights to Ann and Lynn to meet her newly discovered si...

Ancestry has a long history of invention and innovation that has made our leadership perfect in family history and, recently, the rising field of consumer genomics. We have also added a fun and innovative way to further know about your family and also who you are, and where your ancestors lived. Ancestry DNA Traits is the new feature launched by Ancestry. It uses science and data to fuel ongoing journeys of discovery. Traits is a new method that enables you to discover traits, qualities, and characteristics influenced by your DNA. Using Ancestry DNA Traits, you can study up to 18 traits and characteristics that you have got from your ancestors, and you can share this with your family and save all the information for your future generations. Ancestry DNA Traits help you understand how your DNA influences the characteristics that make you unique. You can also explore the science behind your physical and sensory traits, including your body share, hair color, eye color, earlobe, i...