A Saylor DNA Project at
www.FamilyTreeDNA.com was started recently after finding information
speculating that two large Saylor families may be connected.
If correct, we might be able to trace our
family back to a Ulrich Seiler, born in 1570. Participation in the
project provides a testing discount.
The PRIMARY purpose is
to validate a connection between the early Pennsylvania SAYLOR/SAYLER/SEILER
families as suggested by the research of Richard Warren Davis. If
validated through DNA testing this would connect the large families
researched by Samuel J. Saylor (central PA) and Dr. E. C. Saylor (western
PA). A DNA-12 marker test is sufficient to test this theory. This test
costs $99 through the project.
The SECONDARY purpose
is to bring together other SAYLOR/SAYLER/SEILER families and to complement
the genealogical paper trail.
Testing is simple –
requiring only a cotton swab of saliva from the mouth. Because the
Y-chromosome DNA is passed from father to son virtually unchanged for
hundreds of generations, the testing will focus on males with the SAYLOR/SAYLER/SEILER
surname. Interested females are not excluded; but, must have a brother,
father or male cousin submit a test.
The DNA 37 marker
sequence attached, for my test Kit # 51788, should be the same for all the
SAYLOR males in our family. If not, the old story about the crow and the
stump may be correct.
