Abstract:We present four new classes of graphs, two of which every member has a strongly almost trivial embedding, and the other two of which every member has no strongly almost trivial embeddings. We show that the property that a graph has a strongly almost trivial embedding and the property that a graph has no strongly almost trivial embeddings are not inherited by minors. ᭧ 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Graph Theory MSC 2010: Primary 57M15, 57M25.