Project Goals
Our study and other DNA surname studies are based on Y-chromosome DNA, which is possessed only by males. It is passed from fathers to sons virtually unchanged over hundreds of years. Therefore, direct participants in DNA surname studies necessarily must be males.
Direct participants in our particular study, that is, people who are actually tested, must be males either (1) carrying the Kastner (or variant spelling) surname or (2) descended directly in an unbroken male-to-male line from a Kastner-surnamed male.
This study is a volunteer genealogical activity, whose ultimate aim is to use DNA patterns for tracing Kastner families worldwide and for discovering relationships among these families. Although the project is coordinated by amateur genealogists, actual lab work is done by professionals at the University of Arizona through Family Tree DNA (FTDNA).
Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
Group Administrator: Sandy Cosner - Email: cosner@kastner.net
Group Co-Administrator: Kurt Kastner - Email: kastner-dna@t-online.de
Ziele des Projektes sind:
(a) herauszufinden, ob sich die Teilnehmer genetisch gruppieren lassen, und welche Beziehungen zwischen diesen Gruppen bestehen,
(b) den Teilnehmern zu ermöglichen, mit ihren Verwandten in Kontakt zu treten und
(c) Gebiete zu identifizieren, in der die untersuchten Familiennamen ursprünglich entstanden und herauszufinden auf welchem Weg sich die Namen verbreiteten.