Right now ancestry dna is doing a sale.Usually their dna kits are $99 but right now they are only $59. This is great for those wanting to add their dna information to geomatch. Who knows, maybe your genetic information can help give someone back their name.
Interesting. I found this website which lists the email and phone number for a Family History Center in Española that provides "one-on-one assistance and free access to premium genealogical websites." I wonder if they would be of any help to DNA Doe Project. I don't have a Facebook account so I can't suggest it to them myself but maybe someone who does can do it for me.
Here's my original question:
I've seen a lot of questions and theories concerning Mr. Stevik's ethnicity. I wonder if it would be possible to send a sample of his remains to https://www.23andme.com or similar?
My thoughts- since there are a lot of theories based on his ethnicity (eg, Native American theory and implications, Croatian theory, and many more I'm sure), this could possibly narrow the possibilities down. I know they ran every test to find him in criminal databases and found nothing. Perhaps this kind of testing could shed light on where he was from, or rule out some theories.
Problems: I don't know if a sample would be available, and 23 and Me costs $100.
Thoughts, anyone?
Strange, it's working for me. Anyway, just did a crude crop of the clearest image I could find.
Let me know if that works and is any good.
https://www.nytimes.com/books/00/04/02/specials/oates-remember.html Link to synopsis of the Joyce Carol Oates story and Lyle's sad life.
Also, he was 6'2" to 6'4" and weighed from 135 - 145. That's very thin.
1998 was when the paperback re-issue was released. I think the 1998 edition is the one that's currently available on Amazon.
The original release was in 1987. Here's the original NY Times book review: https://www.nytimes.com/books/00/04/02/specials/oates-remember.html