Male adoptees are using consumer DNA tests to predict the surnames carried by their biological fathers, the BBC has learned. They are using the fact that men who share a surname sometimes have genetic ...

Jim Wells, a longtime University of Kentucky mathematics professor, went to bed one night pondering a maddening and fruitless decades-long search for the origins of an ancestor. He woke up the next ...

Have you ever wondered about the origins of your surname? Are you a Plymothian through and through? Now there's a way to discover just how Plymouth your surname really is with a clever website. With ...

Read all about the history of your Irish surname or your family name's meanings in our list of most common Irish last names. Ever wondered about the history behind your Irish name? Where did your ...

How Geordie is your surname? One way to find out is a heatmap widget that reveals just how popular your surname is on Tyneside compared to the rest of Britain. Most families and surnames have been ...