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Longstaff has nothing to do with a long staff. It was previously written of Longstaff "Apparently an occupational name for a tipstaff or beadle who carried a long staff as a badge of office; perhaps also a nickname for a very tall, thin man, or even an obscene nickname for a man with a long sexual organ. The surname is found chiefly in northeastern England." What fertile imaginations some people have. It is far from apparent that it is a nickname for someone with a staff. We will try and be a little bit more scientific. For more information please read the Activity Feed.
Requirements
A Surname Project traces members of a family that share a common surname. They are of the most interest in cultures where surnames are passed on from father to son like the Y-Chromosome. This project is for males taking a Y-Chromosome DNA (Y-DNA) test. Thus, the individual who tests must be a male who wants to check his direct paternal line (father's father's father's...) with a Y-DNA12, Y-DNA37, Y-DNA67, or Y-DNA111 test and who has one of the surnames listed for the project. Females do not carry their father's Y-DNA. Females who would like to check their father's direct paternal line can have a male relative with his surname order a Y-DNA test. Females can also order an mtDNA test for themselves such as the mtDNAPlus test or the mtFullSequence test and participate in an mtDNA project. Both men and women may take our autosomal Family Finder test to discover recent relationships across all family lines.
Surnames In This Project
Langhorn, Langhorne, Langstaf, Langstaff, Langstaffe, Langstaffs, Langthorn, Langthorp, Langthorpe, Layton, Longbone, Longbones, Longhorn, Longhorne, Longstaf, Longstaff, Longstaffe