New genealogical research traces the Pope’s ancestry back to the 1500s, revealing what Harvard historian Henry Louis Gates Jr ...

Noblemen, enslaved people, freedom fighters, slaveholders: what the complex family tree of the first American pontiff reveals. Noblemen, enslaved people, freedom fighters, slaveholders: what the ...

HOUSTON — This Juneteenth, KHOU is spotlighting the enduring tradition of African American family reunions in its award-winning documentary series, now streaming on KHOU 11+. The segment ...

Another Black ancestor, the pope’s grandfather Joseph Nerval Martínez, was born in Haiti, to which his African Americans parents migrated from New Orleans before returning to the city in 1866.

“Before anyone finds out how high they can climb, Nell picks up a seed,” begins the cumulative tale of Austinite Anne Wynter’s award-winning picture book, nell plants a tree. In Wynter’s story, Nell ...

Whether you are related or not, everyone is family at Saturday’s Juneteenth Family Reunion. Celebrate the spirit of coming together in this block party, held in collaboration between several community ...

She signed up for a genealogy workshop, hoping to better understand her background, and her health. What she found out was ...

KHOU 11’s new documentary explores the evolution and resilience of Black family life, from Africa to emancipation and beyond.

For Juneteenth, here's our growing database of African American burial grounds in New Jersey — and what they mean to us today ...

Cave lions came out first, splitting from their African kin about 500,000 years ago, according to the paper. These lions then evolved slightly different characteristics. For example, we know ...