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Straigis, Strages, Stragis, Strygas and any other reasonable spelling variations are welcome to join the project. Only males have Y-Chromosomes so only Straigis/etc. males can participate. If you are a female, you can have a Straigis male relative submit a sample for your line. Participants will need to share their direct male lineage back to their earliest known Straigis/etc. ancestor, either in the form of a pedegree chart or family group sheets (excluding living persons.)
Requirements:
Since a Surname Project in essense traces members of a family that share a common surname, and females (a) do not carry their father's Y-DNA, and (b) acquire a new by the way of marriage, in order to be relevent to the Surname Project, the tested individual must be a male who wants to check his paternal line ( his father's. father's father's....
The test to be ordered is either the Y-12, Y-25 or Y 37. And females should look for a father, brother, uncle, nephew or a male cousin who carries the Straigis/etc. surname. Females can also order several test for themselve including mtDNA, mtDNA plus but the results of those test cannot be tied to the Surname Project.
Questions? Contact the Straigis Group Administrator.
Requirements:
Since a Surname Project in essense traces members of a family that share a common surname, and females (a) do not carry their father's Y-DNA, and (b) acquire a new by the way of marriage, in order to be relevent to the Surname Project, the tested individual must be a male who wants to check his paternal line ( his father's. father's father's....
The test to be ordered is either the Y-12, Y-25 or Y 37. And females should look for a father, brother, uncle, nephew or a male cousin who carries the Straigis/etc. surname. Females can also order several test for themselve including mtDNA, mtDNA plus but the results of those test cannot be tied to the Surname Project.
Questions? Contact the Straigis Group Administrator.