A Historic Winter Celebration Dessert That Deserves a Comeback When the holiday feast wasn't complete until the mother brought out the flaming pudding! The Surprising History Long before pumpkin pie became the Thanksgiving standard, there was plum pudding—a rich, spiced dessert that graced American holiday tables as early as 1796. But this festive treat's story begins much earlier, in 15th century England, where it started as "plum pottage," a hearty mixture served at winter feasts and...

Using DNA was the only way to answer the family mystery of who was the mother of Loulie Clarke. Kentucky vital records were gone and no one was alive to tell the truth.

A family searched for decades to find what happened to their great-grandfather who disappeared in 1908. DNA evidence revealed he was living under a different name just a few states away. Read this fascinating genetic genealogy case study.