Families are complicated, and family secrets are no longer locked away in the past.

This website would be a great place to start if your main question is, "Which company should I choose to test with?"

Here is Mary's story. She deserves our acknowledgment for the strength it took for her to recount her heartaches and even greater respect for the ability to rise from them.

With the growth of tests like those from Ancestry and 23andMe, questions naturally arise. These tests promise to connect people to unknown genetic relatives, reveal ethnic background, and possibly uncover latent health factors.

When you have an allogeneic bone marrow or stem cell transplant, the blood-producing cells in your bone marrow are killed off by radiation or chemotherapy and then replaced with functioning cells from another person.

The number one question I get from family, friends, and colleagues is this: "Hey Brianne, which ancestry test do you recommend?"

There is a growing issue of certain practitioners recommending genetic testing for MTHFR so that they can sell you supplements.