![]() Scientists have figured out the rate of mutation, about once every 500 years, and factor it into this DNA test. The only change comes when there are mutations. ![]() This Y chromosome has the same genetic material as the one he inherited from his father and grandfather and great grandfather. He, in turn, contributes his Y chromosome to his son. If the father contributes the Y chromosome, the child will be male. The mother has two sex determinant X chromosomes and the father has an X and a Y. 25 markers were tested for compatibility.Įach male inherits half his chromosomes from his father and half from his mother. The two men ran test swabs around the inside of their cheek, sealed the swabs inside a small tube, and sent them to the DNA testing company. Each male must be descended from a purely male line: a son from a father from a grandfather, etc. It is necessary for two males, one from each of the families, to contribute a DNA sample. A simple DNA test has given us that proof. ![]() Until recently, no one had been able to prove what seemed so obvious to so many. Many of them have been told about their ancestors visiting with "Uncle Nathan" or "Uncle Isidor" in New York. Several descendants of these families still live in GA.Īlthough no "paper trail" has been uncovered, the descendants of Moises Lazarus have heard stories throughout their lives about the close relationship between the two families. Abraham, the son of Moises and Magdelena, followed his sisters to Columbus GA where he married Theresa Stern. Hermine was the daughter of Lazarus and Sara Straus. They are said to have married at the home of Hermine and Lazarus Kohns. Matilda Straus married Julius Kaufman in 1870. Family lore tells us that they were married at the home of Lazarus Straus. Jacob Kaufman worked in a similar dry goods store in nearby Carsonville.Īfter arriving in the United States and moving to GA, Fannie Straus, daughter of Moises and Magdelena married Jacob Kaufman in 1860 in Talbot County, GA. Julius Kaufman worked in the Talbotton store with Lazarus. The Kaufman brothers became his partners. Within a short time Lazarus decided to open a dry goods shop in the larger town of Talbotton, the Talbot County seat. The Kaufman brothers gave him his first job selling from a pushcart in rural Oglethorpe GA in 1852. When Lazarus Straus came to America, he settled in GA. It is possible Magdelena's older children were already married and chose to remain in Germany. They landed in New York on July 21, 1857. In 1857 she brought her four younger children, Matilda, Jacob, Theresa and Abraham to the United States on the ship "Trenton" from Le Havre. Given this information, one could easily conjecture that Moises Lazarus and Jacob Lazarus were related.Īll nine of Magdelena and Moises Straus' children were born in Otterberg Germany. In 1808 he chose to be called Jakob Straus. His grandson was known as Jacob Lazarus (or Jacques Loesser) before last names were required. In fact, the only name we have for the progenitor of the Lazarus Straus family is Lazarus. But Jews were not required to take last names until 1808. Moises Straus didn't carry his father's last name. Their great grandmother Magdelena Tuteur married Moises Straus, son of Moises Lazarus. Although circumstantial evidence seemed to indicate that the two families were related, no amount of research could prove it. He and a cousin in CA had been working on his family's genealogy for more than twenty years. When I first began working for the Straus family in 1990, I learned about a man from Macon, GA who was a descendant of Moises Lazarus.
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