What makes every person unique? Part of the answer is in our genes. A gene is a basic unit of heredity, the means by which traits get passed from one generation to the next, and genetics is the study ...

Three generations of women, on three continents, who never knew they were related have been brought together following a DNA match on a family history website. Christina Buckler, 56, from Bristol, ...

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