Bulach DNA Project- Background

Background

Who are we and why are we doing this?
We are Bulach descendants who are using genetic testing to obtain information about our ancestors that we can't get any other way. Genetic testing for some surname DNA projects has broken down long-standing "brick walls"; proven relationships betweens lines that were previously thought to be unrelated, and proven that some lines previously thought to be related were not related after all. Such projects have brought researchers together who were able to fill gaps in each other's knowledge and documentation.


One set of test results by itself tells us nothing. It is only in comparing sets of results with others that pictures begin to emerge. And the more participants there are, the clearer the pictures become, so we hope that every Bulach descendant will actively recruit participants. This is so important, because now that people have fewer children, different lines are increasingly "daughtered out," leaving no Y chromosomes for testing. It is therefore critical that we get as many tested as possible, before the opportunity is lost forever.


As more genetic population studies are done, we can compare our ancestors' DNA with the DNA tests done of the old settled populations in specific localities and perhaps determine where in the "old country" our ancestors most likely lived.


We are not affiliated with any testing company and do not stand to make any money from this project.