Angela Davis was shocked to learn that her ancestors came to America on the Mayflower, making her descendants of people who helped found the country. The civil rights activist learned about this news ...

As she prepares for Thanksgiving each year, Betsy Slagle thinks about an ancestor: Francis Cooke, who arrived in Massachusetts with fellow Pilgrims on the Mayflower in 1620. Thirteen generations later ...

MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - As many prepare to gather around the table for Thanksgiving, a local group is working to keep the true history of the holiday alive, one that’s far more difficult and complex ...

A cold case murder from 20 years ago is heating up, thanks to a centuries-old DNA strain. In 1992, 16-year-old Sarah Yarborough, a cheerleader and honor student, was found dead on the Federal Way High ...

David S. Reynolds' book examines the twin legacies of the Mayflower, which carried the Pilgrims to Plymouth in 1620, and the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Ever wondered if you have an ancestor among the 103 passengers on the Mayflower? The Greater Ozarks Colony of the Society of Mayflower Descendants has a meeting planned for folks ...

In February, Daniel South's grave caught the eye of Keith Kammenzind, Western colony governor for the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, who discovered South's ...

Are you related to one of America's first immigrants? A new "Pilgrim database" from the New England Historic Genealogical Society and the General Society of Mayflower Descendants will let you know for ...

PLYMOUTH — Scott Watson, U.S. Army retired, grew up in America, went on to defend his country, and now has become the 100,000th descendant to be accepted into the General Society of Mayflower ...

This Thanksgiving will be especially poignant for a group of San Diego County residents, whose forebears held the first Thanksgiving gathering 400 years ago after arriving a year earlier on a sailing ...