UC Berkeley researchers have identified regions of DNA that humans inherited from two unknown ancestors as a result of ...

Nearly four decades after members of the Scindia royal family first walked into court over ancestral properties worth thousands of crores, the dispute may finally be approaching a settlement. The ...

For decades, scientists have known that most people of non-African ancestry carry a small amount of Neanderthal DNA, evidence that modern humans and Neanderthals interbred after leaving Africa roughly ...

With a background in financial journalism across national titles, Ruby loves helping people take control of their money and specialises in pensions, tax, banking and benefits. Save article Set as ...

When we look into a hospital postnatal ward and see a group of sleeping infants, we often picture a scene of complete innocence. We picture tiny, bundle-wrapped babies who are entirely dependent on ...

Inheritance tax allowances have been frozen for years, steadily eroding their value and dragging more families into the tax net. The annual £3,000 tax-free gifting allowance hasn’t changed since 1981, ...

Gifting cash may seem like a relatively simple act of generosity to family or friends. You must make sure, however, that you're familiar with the rules before handing over the cash. In the UK, money ...

Inheritance fights are largely believed to happen only after death: A will is read, a sibling feels slighted, a family home becomes the center of a dispute. But estate experts say a more troubling ...

With a background in financial journalism across national titles, Ruby loves helping people take control of their money and specialises in pensions, tax, banking and benefits. If your estate is worth ...

The human genome is a rich, complex record of migration, encounters, and inheritance written over thousands of millennia. Genomic research by members of Sarah Tishkoff's lab at the University of ...

Inheritance tax is the gift that keeps on giving to the chancellor but for families mourning loved ones it can be a complicated minefield to get right at an already difficult time, with an avalanche ...