Missoula Cemetery in Montana received an odd letter from France a month ago—addressed to graveyard resident Hakon Kristian Hauge.It came with a "loser card," a 3-inch piece of cardboard that said, in both Norwegian and English, "I give you the loser...

To finish his book Mad Dogs and Englishmen: An Expedition Round My Family, explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes enlisted the help of yaks.Documents unearthed in the dusty attics at Broughton Castle, near Banbury, were packed into containers and trekked by yak...

Neuroscientist Jim Fallon—a descendant of Thomas Cornell and a distant cousin of Lizzie Borden—discovered that he may have something in common with his notorious relatives.Three years ago, as part of a personal project to assess his family's risk...

When Matthew Roberts set out to find his biological father, he never expected to find Charles Manson.Matthew, 41 - who bears a haunting resemblance to his father - sank into depression after discovering his identity. He has since been in contact with...

Google's autocomplete feature tells us what people are searching for: relatives who are famous, celebrated, and/or genocidal.Those who Googled "am I related to this person" were, of course, holding up pictures of Hitler.