Family Relationships

By Jacqueline Weiss

Is athletic ability genetic? Learn if children inherit athleticism and sports skills from their parents or if performance is more influenced by environment.

By Jacqueline Weiss

These tattoos are a way to honor your past and present family members, history, and legacy

By Miranda Altice

Before beginning a genealogy or family tree project, there are a few questions you should ask yourself. For example, are you ready to face the truth that could be hiding in your family history?

By HeHe Stewart

Anxious about what your pregnancy will be like? You can look to your mother for advice. It turns out your mother's pregnancy could have an impact on your own.

By Charise Rohm Nulsen

Whether you're fascinated by family history, just starting to dive into your family tree, or an expert genealogist. These are the top genealogy podcasts for you.

By Charise Rohm Nulsen

All children need to know that they are part of a narrative bigger than themselves. Here's how to discuss your family history and narrative with your kids, what to tell them, what to leave out, and how to reinforce it.

By Miranda Altice

9/11 is a part of our American culture and history. It shaped lives and family histories for so many and should never, ever be forgotten, ignored, or quelled.

By Elisa Cinelli

When researching family history, many people overlook baby books as a resource. This may be because baby books are not official, legal documents. However, these scrapbooks are often full of information never recorded anywhere else.

By Miranda Altice

How do you know if your baby will have dimples? It’s a question that many soon-to-be parents ask themselves. We've got the details on where the dimple gene comes from and what can impact it.

By Miranda Altice

This is a helpful guide in understanding and preparing for meeting with a genetics counselor during pregnancy with advice and knowledge from a molecular geneticist and genetics educator.

By Jacqueline Weiss

Could you be secretly regal? There are many surnames that have been associated with royal families throughout history, and one of them could be yours!

By Rachel Sokol

Two OB-GYNs explain how common it is to birth twins and some interesting facts about twins in general.

By Laura Richards

If your child is lucky enough to have grandparents and great-grandparents in their life, they can serve as a great source of information for your child to learn about their family tree and history.

By Elisa Cinelli

Children under their grandparents’ care spend about half of that time on screens, according to a new study. Here are the reasons why, and what you can do as a parent to minimize screen time with grandparents.

By Rachel Sokol

Your pets are well loved members of your family, which makes their death extremely difficult for kids of all ages. Here are our tips for explaining the death of a family pet to your kids in an age appropriate and sensitive way.

By Elisa Cinelli

Can you predict what color your baby’s hair will be? Our genetic explanation of hair colors and hair color genetics chart will teach you how your baby's hair color is determined and can be predicted.

By HeHe Stewart

Today, we are seeing more and more parents adopting an authoritative approach to parenting. We breakdown the pros, cons, and different styles of parenting including authoritative parenting.

By Donna Moriarty

Don’t be afraid to say, “I’m sorry.” By expressing remorse and offering to make things right, a parent models the very qualities they hope to instill in their child: empathy, honesty, courage, responsibility.