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Here is a way to prove your Roman Legioner's roots. Our family name Tsioungos and similar means "5" in Latin and has a clear meaning of Fifth Legion of Roman Empire, or "Macedonika Legion", because it was based at the North of Greece, Macedonia.  Our family belongs to a Balkan's group of Roman Veterans - Vlach - Roman speaking minority in Greece, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia, Romania, Albania and other neighboring countries. Read a story of Vlach, check DNA study of this group and you should find a good match, if your ancestors came with Roman Legions. For example, our Y-DNA, J2b2-CTS3617 (downstream of Z628). Look for J2b2 group at FamilitreeDNA.com Project on line and find your closest match. You'll see people from regions of ex-Roman Empire.