Johannes Finds Loving Family After a Difficult Search
Johannes was adopted as a child and grew up in Germany. When he was 20, he decided to try to contact his biological mother. I tried to get in...
Johannes was adopted as a child and grew up in Germany. When he was 20, he decided to try to contact his biological mother. I tried to get in...
Last week, we introduced the #HolidayHeritage challenge! Visit the #HolidayHeritage Challenge site for more information on the competition, and for details of how you can enter the weekly challenges...
Families have been making music together since long before the von Trapps and the Jackson 5. It’s not uncommon for an accomplished musician to have one or more family...
One of the most rewarding aspects of genealogy is uncovering stories about your ancestors that you may never have known — no matter how crazy — and preserving them...
Do you have a mystery in your family that you are itching to solve? Maybe you’ve found a war medal tucked away in an old box and you don’t...
The world’s oldest living person right now is Kane Tanaka, a 116-year-old woman who lives in Japan. She has held the title since July of last year when 117-year-old...
For Mother’s Day this year, we asked our readers to send in their look-alike photos with the women in their families of different generations. The results were incredible. We...
We are proud to help families reunite with their long-lost (and sometimes totally unknown) relatives. In an emotional reunion that recently took place thanks to MyHeritage DNA, Sandra Tirone...
Is anyone left-handed in your family? My older sister is. Growing up, she always had to remind my right-handed parents to buy her special left-handed scissors, can openers, and...
Holiday traditions — whether you and your family celebrate Christmas, Chanukah, Diwali or Kwanza — repeated year after year, leave lasting impressions and forge special memories that last a...
Schelly Talalay Dardashti is the US Genealogy Advisor for MyHeritage During a recent year of conferences and travel, I was reminded more than once that creating contacts, asking questions...
This post was written by our US Genealogy Advisor, Schelly Talalay Dardashti. Our family, like many others, has experienced circle-of-life events. When family historians and genealogists speak about sharing...