STRAUB, STROUP, TRAUB, TROUP, STRAUBE, STROUPE, STROOP, STRUB and any other reasonable spelling variations are welcome to join the project. Only males have a Y-chromosome, so only male STRAUB/etc. can be tested. If you are female, you will need to have a male STRAUB/etc. relative submit a sample for your line. Please do not request to join this project if you are female. To participate meaningfully, test subjects will need to share their direct male line ancestry back to the earliest known ancestor (excluding living persons).

There is a BELEW line descended from Solomon BELEW of Jefferson Co., MO, that is genetically STROUP; these BELEWs are welcome to join both the BALLEW project and the STRAUB project.

There is a CRUMP line descended from Rebecca CRUMP of Caldwell Co., NC, that is genetically STROUP; these CRUMPs are welcome to join both the CRUMP project and the STRAUB project.

There is a BARNES line descended from Myles BARNES of Forest Co., PA, who adopted the surname of his foster father, but is genetically STROUP; these BARNES descendants are welcome to join both the BARNES project and the STRAUB project.