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06 July 2026New Record Collections Added in June, Plus Collections Updates3 MIN READ
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03 June 2026New Record Collections Added in May, Plus Collections Updates3 MIN READ
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08 May 2026The Science Behind Full-Text Search on Ancestry3 MIN READ
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04 May 2026New Record Collections Added in April, Plus Collections Updates3 MIN READ
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21 April 2026For Generations to Come: Reflecting on Our 2025 Impact5 MIN READ
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18 April 2026Discover Their Wartime Stories Through Global Records3 MIN READ
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03 April 2026New Record Collections Added, Plus Collections Updates3 MIN READ
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23 March 2026Turning Family History Discoveries into Stories with AncestryAI4 MIN READ
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23 February 2026Looking Ahead to RootsTech 2026, Reflecting on 2025 Achievements3 MIN READ
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21 November 2025Virtual Travel as a Holiday (or Anytime) Gift2 MIN READ
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13 November 2025Two New Podcast Series: “Behind the Headlines of History” and “Unclaimed”2 MIN READ
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10 December 2024Updated Results to Four Ancestral Subregions5 MIN READ
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10 October 2024Largest AncestryDNA Update with Enhanced Precision and Granularity4 MIN READ
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29 August 2024Introducing Genetic Genealogy for Teachers3 MIN READ
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30 June 2024Ancestry Digitisation Grant 20242 MIN READ
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17 July 2023Ancestry Community Update – July 20238 MIN READ
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17 July 2023Community Event: Ironclad Sisterhood – Telling the Stories of Convict Women4 MIN READ
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28 June 2023Ancestry Digitisation Grant 20232 MIN READ
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06 April 2023Event: Open Day at the Western Sydney Records Centre3 MIN READ
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28 February 2023Ancestry Community Update – March 20237 MIN READ
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27 February 2023Discover your roots & explore your story at RootsTech 20233 MIN READ
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28 September 2022The Ancestry Australia & New Zealand Blog Has A New Home2 MIN READ
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04 September 2022Ancestry Community Update – September 202210 MIN READ
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02 September 2022Ancestry AU & NZ Re-launches the Monthly Newsletter2 MIN READ
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05 July 2022Ancestry Digitisation Grant Program 20222 MIN READ
Family History See All
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13 March 2026Understanding Civil Records in Germany6 MIN READ
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13 February 2026Did Your Great-Grandparents Date Through the Newspaper?3 MIN READ
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20 August 2025Discovering New and Updated Ancestry Record Collections3 MIN READ
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31 March 2025Understanding Church Records in Germany5 MIN READ
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07 January 20257 Amazing Discoveries in the 1921 Census5 MIN READ
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07 January 20251921 Census of England & Wales Now Available2 MIN READ
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18 August 2023Record Launch: New South Wales, Australia, Immigration Records, 1840-19023 MIN READ
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04 November 2021Using RAAF records to find your family’s military stories2 MIN READ
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20 October 2021Australia’s Forgotten Heroes – Female Aviators Commemorated5 MIN READ
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12 October 2021A portrait of two convicts, 1793.3 MIN READ
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22 September 2021Studio portrait of Elizabeth Plane, Cooktown, Queensland, 1880-18902 MIN READ
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22 September 2021Unpacking an Edwardian portrait from 19022 MIN READ
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03 August 2021The First Census held in Australia: November 18282 MIN READ
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29 January 2021Ancestry revives 200-year-old dating tips in Valentine’s Day ‘Old-School Guide to Romance’6 MIN READ
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01 October 2020The Kiwi who saved Britain during World War II3 MIN READ
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01 October 2020How to write your family history
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01 October 2020I Have a Photograph of my Ancestor in Military Uniform. Now What?5 MIN READ
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16 September 2020Top 5 most unusual Australian occupations2 MIN READ
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01 April 2020I Have a Photograph of my Ancestor in Military Uniform. How Can I Find Out More?5 MIN READ
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31 March 2020Siblings meet for the first time thanks to AncestryDNA®4 MIN READ
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31 March 202010 Reasons to Fall in Love with Family History7 MIN READ
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31 March 2020Looking for Your Anzac Ancestor? Here’s Where to Find Them.3 MIN READ
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23 August 2019Australian family history societies2 MIN READ
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01 July 2019Murder she wrote6 MIN READ
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13 June 2019If You Have One of These Last Names You May Have Royal Blood5 MIN READ
DNA See All
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14 July 2026Is Your Travel Style a Family Trait?3 MIN READ
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19 December 2025Using New Ancestral Journeys to Explore Your Latin American and Iberian Roots5 MIN READ
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12 December 2025Family Traditions and Musical Expression3 MIN READ
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29 October 2025Ancestry and Wrexham AFC Team Up to Discover the "Story" in Your History5 Minutes
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21 October 2025Introducing Custom Clusters: A Smarter Way to Find “Matches That Matter”6 Minutes
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09 October 2025Deep Dive: AncestryDNA 2025 Origins Update5 Minutes
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11 September 20252025 Ancestral Origins Update Coming Soon4 MIN READ
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01 July 2025DNA Matches by Cluster4 MIN READ
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12 April 2024How National DNA Day Celebrates the Secrets of Our Past3 MIN READ
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05 January 2024End of Year Giveaway Winners4 MIN READ
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15 December 2023Ancestry Community Update – Dec 202312 MIN READ
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17 July 2023Community Event: Auckland & Christchurch Family History Expos3 MIN READ
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27 February 2023Discovering the Missing Pieces of Ellen’s Story: From Foster Child to Beloved Matriarch7 MIN READ
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05 October 2022SideView™ Now Groups Your AncestryDNAⓇ Matches By Parent3 MIN READ
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24 August 2022AncestryDNA® Expands into 54 New Markets Globally3 MIN READ
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30 March 2020Ancestry® updates ethnicity results to include ‘Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander’ region3 MIN READ
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21 June 2019Launch of 73 new and updated AncestryDNA regions for the UK4 MIN READ
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18 June 2019Why AncestryDNA® Is the Perfect Gift3 MIN READ
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23 April 2019Siblings meet for the first time thanks to AncestryDNA5 MIN READ
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11 January 2019Launch of new DNA regions in Ireland4 MIN READ
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12 March 2018Who’s More Irish?2 MIN READ
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18 January 2018The make-up of the modern Australian3 MIN READ
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05 December 2017Why AncestryDNA is the best last-minute holiday gift2 MIN READ
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08 November 2017Why an AncestryDNA kit is the perfect holiday gift2 MIN READ
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23 October 20175 things you need to know about taking an AncestryDNA test4 MIN READ
Entertainment and Culture See All
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02 April 2026Ancestry Discovers Meryl Streep and Anna Wintour Are Related2 MIN READ
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08 September 2025Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale Family History Discoveries3 MIN READ
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11 July 2025Ancestry Explores Pope Leo XIV’s Martínez Heritage5 MIN READ
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15 May 2025Ancestry Discovers Pope Leo XIV’s Sicilian Roots6 MIN READ
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23 September 2024Dolly Parton & Miley Cyrus Are Related - Ancestry3 MIN READ
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30 March 2020Looking for Your Anzac Ancestor? Here’s Where to Find Them.4 MIN READ
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09 September 2019Famous names in the Bristol Parish Registers4 MIN READ
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26 March 2019Were These GoT Actors Born to Play Their Roles? Ancestry® Research Revealed4 MIN READ
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05 February 2019A death less ordinary4 MIN READ
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12 December 2018Discovering a famous sporting ancestor4 MIN READ
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26 April 2018Actor John Jarratt discovers his Chinese ancestry on ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’4 MIN READ
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06 April 2018Behind the scenes with ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’5 MIN READ
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14 September 2016How Donald Trump’s immigrant family made it in America4 MIN READ
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16 August 2016Eva Longoria’s surprising DNA test3 MIN READ
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14 October 20158 celebrities with royal ancestors5 MIN READ
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03 July 2014Who Do You Think You Are? Season 1, episode 1 – Sarah Jessica Parker
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03 July 2014Real James Bond found hiding in an archive3 MIN READ
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03 July 2014George Clooney’s surprising honest family connection3 MIN READ
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02 July 2014Ancestry discovers Princess Kate and Jane Austen are related5 MIN READ
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15 January 2014Celebrity Yearbooks: The Way They Were1 MIN READ
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26 November 2013Hunger Games Hometown Favorites – Katniss? Haymitch? Coriolanus Snow?1 MIN READ
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21 November 2013JFK’s assassination in new historical records4 MIN READ
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29 August 2013A Nation of Immigrants3 MIN READ
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25 July 2013Royal Prince to inspire 1400 extra Georges
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22 May 2013Great Gatsby Family Trees2 MIN READ
History See All
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23 January 2026Honoring the Unforgettable: A Personal Path to Remembrance2 MIN READ
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06 May 2025Ancestry VE Day 80 Exhibition in London5 MIN READ
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11 November 2024Finding Heroes Podcast: A New Series on the Ancestry YouTube Channel55 MIN VIDEO
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12 September 2020The Kiwi who saved Britain during World War II3 MIN READ
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30 March 2020I Have a Photograph of my Ancestor in Military Uniform. How Can I Find Out More?5 MIN READ
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17 September 2019Rookwood Cemetery: Mapping the dead4 MIN READ
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06 November 2018When the war was over5 MIN READ
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14 June 2018Our colonial convict ladies4 MIN READ
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20 April 2018Records from New Zealand’s archives show the true ANZAC spirit3 MIN READ
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15 October 2017Tips for Searching Military Records
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13 April 2015Collection launch. Spirits of Gallipoli project and AIF Burials At Gallipoli, 1915 explained5 MIN READ
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09 April 2015Update to London Workhouse Records, 1659-1930. Over 3.7 million new records!3 MIN READ
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01 April 2015Update to Australian Electoral Rolls collection. Over 30 million new records!4 MIN READ
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20 March 2015Australian Imperial Force – What the average Anzac took into service with him and what he brought home6 MIN READ
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16 March 2015Australian service records from World War I
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13 March 2015Australian Imperial Force – Official Kit WWI7 MIN READ
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23 February 2015Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier2 MIN READ
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09 June 2014What Can Your Surname Tell You?4 MIN READ
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05 February 2014Where there’s a Will….
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31 October 2013Historical Ghost Stories2 MIN READ
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20 September 2013Ancestry and FamilySearch to Make a Billion Global Records Available Online
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25 January 2013The Tale of James Walsh, Irish Convict
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08 January 2013Kris Williams: WWII – American Servicemen in Australia4 MIN READ
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18 December 2012Unlock your family secrets this Christmas3 MIN READ
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30 November 2012How to get the most out of Searching the Records1 MIN READ
Customer Stories See All
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16 October 2024Comedian Darren Harriot Learns His Ethnicity Through Food13 MIN VIDEO
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01 April 2019Anzac Day | Remembering the Anzacs4 MIN READ
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07 March 2019International Women’s Day: Celebrating Pioneers of Change7 MIN READ
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02 October 2017Remembering Passchendaele4 MIN READ
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25 March 2015Help Legacy Australia. Share your Anzac ancestor’s story & Ancestry will donate $52 MIN READ
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17 February 2014Guest Blog: What’s in a name? Surnames have meanings and origins
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12 February 2014Love going the distance3 MIN READ
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04 November 2011Leonie’s Story – Finding a Biological Family Online
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Names See All
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23 October 2017Italian surnames: 6 facts to know3 MIN READ
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23 October 20174 types of Spanish surnames: Which one is yours?4 MIN READ
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28 September 2016A history of Irish surnames: is yours here?5 MIN READ
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13 September 20164 types of French surnames: Which one is yours?4 MIN READ
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16 August 2016What does your German surname say about you?1 MIN READ
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16 April 2015Do you come from royalty? Your surname may tell you.3 MIN READ
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09 December 2014Cate Blanchett, Johnny Depp, and Carey Mulligan: What these stars’ surnames really mean
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08 December 201410 rare English surnames about to go extinct2 MIN READ
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22 August 2014Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Smith: America’s most common surnames5 MIN READ
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22 August 2014What does your last name say about you?3 MIN READ
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22 August 2014It’s all his fault! Traditions behind your family’s weird names3 MIN READ
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22 August 2014How the history of surnames affects your ancestry
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01 July 2014What does your surname mean?4 MIN READ
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