I just came upon this listing with much surprise. My mother's family is also an "Ukstins". Her family and she come from a small village called "Patrajahnen" a suburb of Memel now Klaipeda, Lithuania, they were farmers. My grandfather was "Jonis Ukstins" and was born in the late 1800s. My grandmother was Marinke Kapust Ukstins. I have one aunt still living her name was "Urte Ukstins" but she goes by Margarete, she will be 86 in May and lives in New Jersey. I was born in Memel/Klaipeda in 1940 and my mother and I made it into West Germany and in 1952 as refugees to New York.
Hope to hear from someone for any possible connection.
Regards from North Carolina,
Helga Mueller Leijha
leijha@coastalnet.com