The appeals from DNA-testing services are based on the idea that your “real” culture and identity exists in your DNA. That is grotesque and profoundly illiberal.

Intrigued, I sought out to buy one of the kits for myself. The major players in this industry are Ancestry.com and 23andMe; both offer DNA tests that can shed light on your lineage as well as an ...

None of the DNA-test companies explicitly offer to tell consumers their racial make-up. There’s one simple reason for that: The science just doesn’t exist.

From the time we are conceived and through old age, genetic mutations accumulate in all our tissues, eluding the body's ...

College of Liberal Arts Associate Professor of Anthropology Marin Pilloud is part of a team of 57 geneticists, anthropologists and archaeologists across the globe studying ancient burial sites linked ...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s big reveal that she’s got a little Native American DNA in her deserves all the mockery it’s getting. But I just want to use it as an excuse to explain why I hate the ...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s big reveal that she’s got a little Native American DNA in her deserves all the mockery it’s getting. But I just want to use it as an excuse to explain why I hate the ...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s big reveal that she’s got a little Native American DNA in her deserves all the mockery it’s getting. But I just want to use it as an excuse to explain why I hate the ...

Fifty-two percent of my DNA comes from Scotland and Ireland.” In the ad, a little pie chart shows that the rest comes from Scandinavia, Italy, Greece and “other.” ...

DNA Doesn't Define Who We Really Are Jonah Goldberg | Oct 19, 2018 The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of Townhall.com.