Y-STRike™ is a focused case-review service that evaluates an agency’s existing Y-STR results for paternal-line intelligence, surname research opportunities, population-affiliation indicators, database leads, and practical investigative next steps.
Y-STRike™ evaluates your existing results. Y-STR results may provide:
Y-STRike™ produces investigative intelligence. Any lead must be lawfully developed, evaluated, and independently corroborated by the responsible agency.
Written review delivered within 5 business days of receiving the Y-STR report and case context. One follow-up clarification call or email is included. One case review covers a single Y-STR profile and its associated comparisons.
Y-STRike™ does not replace a forensic laboratory, CODIS, autosomal SNP testing, forensic genetic genealogy (FGG), confirmatory testing, or traditional investigation. It helps you extract investigative direction from results you already hold.
A Y-STR profile can support paternal-line associations, haplogroup information, population-affiliation indicators, surname research opportunities, and database comparison opportunities. These are investigative leads to develop and corroborate, not confirmed conclusions.
No. Y-STR testing does not definitively determine ethnicity, race, nationality, identity, surname, or geographic origin. It may provide population-affiliation indicators that can help prioritize or exclude investigative theories.
Y-STR results can surface surname research opportunities along the paternal line. A suggested surname is a research direction to investigate and corroborate — not an identification.