Ancestry.com apologized Thursday for a controversial advertisement published to its YouTube channel earlier this month. The ad appeared to show a white man trying to convince a black woman in what ...

The ad set in 1800s America depicted a white man asking a black woman named Abigail to "escape to the north" with him. "Will you leave with me?" the man asks, ring in hand. The Ancestry.com video, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Ancestry.com on Friday apologized for an ad that showed a mixed-race couple discussing escaping to the North during the Civil War era. The ad drew widespread criticism on social media ...

Ancestry.com has apologized and taken down links to an online ad that showed an interracial Southern couple discussing fleeing to the North during the Civil War. “Critics of the ad said that it ...

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Ancestry and Droga5 London are acknowledging the divisiveness about Brexit with its new campaign aimed at British residents. For the first time as a brand, Ancestry is creating what it calls an "event ...

Genealogical website Ancestry.com has apologized for a video advertisement depicting a white man in the 1800s telling a black woman they can “escape to the north.” The ad, which aired on television ...