A sociologist describes how consumers of genetic ancestry kits often "cherry-pick" test results to craft their preferred racial and ethnic identities.

Genetic distances between speakers of Basque and Caucasian languages are compared with those between controls, i.e. contiguous populations speaking Indo-European and Altaic.

Researchers in Spain believe they have discovered the oldest record of a precursor of the Basque language, pushing its earliest evidence to the first century BC.

When her results reported German and Basque ancestry, she began identifying as Basque. Some were looking to confirm a family story or an identity they view positively.

GOODING - Five percent of Gooding's 3,282 residents profess Basque ancestry, according to the Census Bureau. That works out to just 171 people. But boy, can they throw a big party. The Gooding ...