Tracing your ancestry back to the dawn of time can be one of the most interesting and mind-boggling experiences — and the Internet has only made it easier. Long gone are the days of trekking down to ...

Becca Stanek is an experienced writer and editor who is passionate about exploring the ways we can feel better mentally and physically to get the most out of our lives. She has worked for publications ...

When Ginny Seccuro and her daughter, Kim, traveled from the United States to Ireland to learn more about her grandfather’s homeland, they felt as if they were coming home to a place they’d never been.

On an August day in Washington state, fields of crops stretch like seas until they bump up against 100-foot-high pines. Cars are rolling over the High Bridge as locals swim in the coursing stream ...

The stories families tell about their histories are often more myth than fact, passed on down the generations. Told by grandparents to grandchildren, with the hefty dose of hyperbole humans are prone ...