Ever wondered how Welsh your surname really is? One quick and easy way to find out is via a heatmap that aims to give users an idea of where their surname is popular. Enter your surname and the ...

Jim Wells, a longtime University of Kentucky mathematics professor, went to bed one night pondering a maddening and fruitless decades-long search for the origins of an ancestor. He woke up the next ...

Male adoptees are using consumer DNA tests to predict the surnames carried by their biological fathers, the BBC has learned. They are using the fact that men who share a surname sometimes have genetic ...

Have you ever wondered about the origins of your surname? Are you a Plymothian through and through? Now there's a way to discover just how Plymouth your surname really is with a clever website. With ...

How Geordie is your surname? One way to find out is a heatmap widget that reveals just how popular your surname is on Tyneside compared to the rest of Britain. Most families and surnames have been ...

Ever wondered how common your name is in Bristol? Well now you can find out. A new search tool allows you to find just how common your surname is in your area, thanks to a heatmap put together by ...

How Cov are you? Now you can find out. Experts have devised a new heatmap which reveals just how prevalent your surname is in Coventry and Warwickshire when compared to the rest of Britain. Despite ...