What’s the difference between a first cousin, a first cousin, once-removed and a second cousin?

You order a $99 home DNA test for some holiday pleasure. It’s a bit of fun. Right? Until it turns your life upside down.

There are four other types of sibling relationships with variations of DNA sharing.

There are a million ways to create a family medical history, and countless number of reasons to do it. Luckily, there are online resources to help you.

MTHFR presents a challenge, but that means we have an opportunity to educate and address the underlying reasons a person sought out MTHFR results in the first place.

Genetic counseling is a broad term, and it means many different things. Many of the episodes of these pods allow a window into the unique aspects of the work of genetic counselors.

Sometimes I fear the media attention of direct-to-consumer test in recent years comes at the expense of the most vulnerable in society: children and adults living with rare disease.

Sesquizygotic twins have been reported in the literature before, but this is reportedly the first case of it being detected during a pregnancy.

Heather and Jessica are sisters who have discovered that they have a half-sister they never knew about.

Heart disease and why DNA matters.