4 h. ago Ancestry DNA test never arrived because the delivery firm had me on a terrorist blacklist! SALLY SORTS IT

I am 67 and was adopted as a child. Last year I found my birth father after using a DNA test kit from Ancestry.co.uk, which was wonderful.

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3 d. ago Which UK surnames come from Vikings? Check if your family has Norse ancestry with a DNA test this Christmas

Viking ancestry is far more common in Britain than most of us ever realised. A simple DNA kit could reveal your family’s own Norse roots in time for Christmas.

Politics

5 d. ago You might be related to the Royal Family if you have one of these surnames

A growing number of people are uncovering royal links through DNA testing, and these 35 surnames are strongly tied to historic dynasties

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8 d. ago TV host's DNA test reveals emotional family story stretching back centuries

A simple MyHeritage DNA kit sent TalkTV host Peter Cardwell on an emotional path of discovery, unearthing centuries of ancestry, a wartime tragedy and relatives he never knew existed

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9 d. ago Black Friday MyHeritage DNA Tests deal: Trace your ancestry with a simple test, now 66% off

The discount applies to the DNA kit + 30-day Complete free trial, with free delivery

Economics

9 d. ago Shopping for Christmas bargains? Beware the ‘spray and pay’ parcel delivery fraud

Criminals send thousands of texts about an undelivered bargain buy and ask for a redelivery fee in a bid to mine your data and bank detailsYou have landed a lot of bargains in the run-up to Black Friday and most of your Christmas shopping is done.So when a text arrives about a delivery, it’s no surprise. A quick click on a link and you have paid the £2 redelivery charge it’s asking for. Continue reading...

Economics

2 w. ago Royal Mail and Evri delivery deadlines to make sure gifts arrive in time for Christmas

To avoid disappointment this festive season, make sure you know the Christmas deadlines.

Events

3 w. ago Did Hitler really have a ‘micropenis’? The dubious documentary analysing the dictator’s DNA

Was the wartime chant about his solitary testicle correct? Did he have Jewish ancestry? New documentary Hitler’s DNA is trying to answer these, and more contentious, questions – but should it have gone there at all?If a TV programme sets about sequencing the genome of Adolf Hitler – the person in modern history who comes closest to a universally agreed-upon personification of evil – there are at the very least two questions you want the producers to ask themselves. First: is it possible? And second, the Jurassic Park question: just because scientists can, should they?Channel 4’s two-part documentary Hitler’s DNA: Blueprint of a Dictator is not the first time the self-consciously edgy British broadcaster has gone there. In 2014’s Dead Famous DNA, it inadvertently answered both these questions in the negative. Having first cast aside ethical integrity by paying Holocaust denier David Irving £3,000 for a lock of hair purporting to belong to Adolf Hitler, the programme’s makers then dis...

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4 w. ago Andrew's 'tragic Christmas plans' after unusual delivery arrives at Royal Lodge

Prince Andrew has been banned from the Royal Family's Christmas celebrations at Sandringham, and is facing his final festive season at Royal Lodge

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