Hello Everyone. I am forwarding below a copy of a message I just posted on the Armstrong-List. It is self-explanatory, but you will note I have invited participation by any interested Armstrong researchers. I have as a goal testing the hypothesis whether any of our Strong/Strang/Strange lineages are related to any Armstrongs. This might be particularily relevant for Strongs and Strangs who trace their lineages to the Borders region of Scotland and England. Regards Dave Strong ... DNA Study Coordinator & webmaster: Book I: RESEARCHING STRONG(E) AND STRANG(E) IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegalstrongs/contents.htm Database and manuscript. See especially Chap. 13, entitled "Lineages"; and Chapt. 15, "DNA Study" http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegalstrongs/dnastudy.htm & Book II: THE DONEGAL STRONG PUZZLE: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegalstrongs/indxdrft.htm Research and study of Counties Donegal and Fermanagh Strongs and related families. ============================================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "David B. Strong" <dbstrong@sos.net> To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 2:39 PM Subject: [ARMSTRONG-L] DNA Study > Greetings, Members of the Armstrong List. > > Please let me introduce myself. I'm Dave Strong, and have been a long time > member of the Strong List. I have just subscribed to the Armstrong List in > order to encourage an exchange of information. There is a hypothesis that > the names Strang and/or Strong may in some instances be a variant of the > name Armstrong. I am interested in attempting to prove or disprove this > hypothesis. Now we have a new tool which may prove or disprove > relationships, and aid us in persuing the most likely research which will > prove the connection.... a DNA Study. > > I have established a webpage initiating the > LeStrange-Strange-Strang-Stronge-Strong DNA Study. See: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegalstrongs/dnastudy.htm > The webpage is fully operational, and we are engaged in testing various > other hypotheses. As the coordinator of the DNA Study, I am hoping that > there will be some Armstrongs who are interested in DNA Studies generally, > and who would be willing to join our study on a experimental basis. I > suggest that if we do show either positive or negative results re the > hypothesis that there is a relationship in some cases between Armstrong and > Strong or Strang lineages, we will all have learned something. Further, if > there is some interested researcher of the Armstrong lineages who would be > willing to take on the responsibility of coordinating a DNA study limited to > Armstrongs, this is an opportunity to learn about DNA studies and get some > ideas as to how to set one up. I would be willing to help spin off the > Armstrong results into a separate study group when it seems appropriate. > > You are invited to visit the webpage, and if possible, join the study. See > the procedures for joining the study at: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegalstrongs/dnastudy.htm#members > You must be a male Armstrong to participate in the testing for the study, > but if you are a female or descendant of a female Armstrong you can work > with your male Armstrong relatives to have them tested. We have obtained a > reasonably good group rate for the testing, competitive with other rates > available on the market, to the best of my knowledge, and this is an > opportunity to take advantage of the research possibilities presented. > > This study is for the benefit of everyone.... if possible, please consider > joining even if you are certain you have traced your lineage as far back as > it is possible to go. We are interested particularily in participants who > can trace their lineages to Scotland and or Ireland, but will welcome anyone > who wishes to join the study. By establishing a prototype of the Armstrong > "haplotype(s)" in the DNA Study, you will provide researchers of un-linked > lineages with a possibility of matching that DNA haplotype... proving or > disproving a relationship link. For an idea of how the results are > presented, see: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegalstrongs/dnaresults.htm > > Interested researchers will not be able to find out the name of their > missing link... but they may well be able to establish whether they are on > the right track, and gain some prediction of how many generations back they > will have to go in order to establish a "Most Recent Common Ancestor". > The same can be said for many lines being researched around the world. The > webpage outlines some of the goals of the > study which may be useful to every person researching one of the variant > surnames in the study. I suspect there may be additional goals which may > be of particular interest to you as Armstrong researchers. Please feel > free to suggest any such goal which might usefully be made a part of this > study. > > The DNA Study has certain limitations dictated by the technology involved. > Not everyone will be able to join the study, but perhaps they will have a > male Armstrong relative who can join the study. Please try to enlist > volunteers from any of these lines in the study. One can join the study > directly from the website, > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegalstrongs/dnastudy.htm#members > and get the advantage of a reduced rate for the test provided to us by > Family Tree DNA, a genetic testing company whose services are being used by > well over 250 "one-name" family surname studies. The company has an > established reputation, and is providing us with a service which may prove > invaluable. > > If you have any questions after reviewing the webpage, please let me know. > This is a cooperative research effort involving the efforts of everyone who > joins the study. There is no proprietarial interest in the results of the > study. It's benefits are intended to be available to all. > > I invite any and all interested researchers of the various lineages out > there to jump in and suggest possible benefits of this study for their > particular lines. Volunteers are needed. Please consider joining the > study! > > Regards > Dave Strong ... > DNA Study Coordinator & webmaster: > Book I: RESEARCHING STRONG(E) AND STRANG(E) > IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegalstrongs/contents.htm > Database and manuscript. See especially Chap. 13, > entitled "Lineages"; and Chapt. 15, "DNA Study" > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegalstrongs/dnastudy.htm > & > Book II: THE DONEGAL STRONG PUZZLE: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegalstrongs/indxdrft.htm > Research and study of Counties Donegal and Fermanagh Strongs and > related families. > ============================================================== > > >