Hello All... We are now starting to receive DNA test results. Four result reports from the first volunteers for the study are now in hand. It took about a month to receive the reports back after submitting the samples. It is still early in the project to determine the meaning of any of the results. Individual reports are being forwarded to Lloyd Horrocks, Professor Emeritus of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, who is the LeStrange-Strange-Strang-Stronge-Strong DNA Study Co-Administrator, for review, analysis, and a further report to us. Publication is pending reports and discussion with Lloyd, and design and construction of an appropriate Webpage for the posting of results. In light of the Holiday season, I anticipate there will be a bit of delay in any such publication. Additionally, as more persons join the study, and more results of testing are obtained, the analysis of results will become clearer. We are still in need of volunteers for the study. We do not yet have good coverage from significant lineages in the surname group; many are completely unrepresented. Ideally, we need at least two test subjects for each lineage, and a total test population of perhaps fifty members. You can sign up by following the process at the following webpage: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegalstrongs/dnastudy.htm#member If anyone has any questions re the project, please let me know at any time. I have a number of applications for the study on file, and am waiting for complete files. Remember, the volunteers MUST be male Strongs or Stranges or variant spellings of those surnames. If you have signed up for the study, but have not yet exercised your "join code", please remember to do so as soon as possible. If you have signed up, but not forwarded your pedigree or release form, please complete the process for joining the study so a join code can be issued to you. And, if you have received but not used the test kit, and have not forwarded your test sample to the laboratory, please do so. Quite obviously, the signup, sampling, and testing process takes time. Help us all gain the benefits of the project by completing your part of the process as expeditiously as you can. My thanks to everyone for their interest in this project, and especially to those who are actively participating in the study! Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! {:-) 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. ==============================================================