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 ...

In the ad, called "Inseparable" a white man and a black woman attempt to escape the South during the Civil War Ancestry.com has come under fire for releasing an ad that some say romanticizes slavery.

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 ...

Ancestry.com on Thursday pulled a controversial slavery-era themed ad published to its YouTube channel amid criticism the genealogy company romanticized the horrific period. The 30-second spot, called ...

Ancestry.com has issued an apology following a controversial ad. The popular DNA testing company has pulled the ad amid a backlash from viewers who say it whitewashed the violent history of slavery. A ...

The ad, titled “Inseparable,” shows a white man promising his lover Abigail, a Black female slave, a better future if they ran away to the North. “There’s a place we can be together, across the border ...

The DNA testing company Ancestry.com says it’s pulling an ad depicting a mixed-race couple during antebellum slavery after a furious—and well-deserved—backlash accusing the company of romanticizing ...

Ancestry.com has apologized for an ad critics claim romanticizes the history of slavery. The ad, which has since been pulled from YouTube by the genealogy testing service, shows a black woman and ...

Ancestry.com has pulled an ad widely criticized for distorting and sugarcoating the brutal history of slavery. The commercial, titled “Inseparable,’ shows a young black woman dressed in a flowing ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK — Genealogical website Ancestry.com ...