Hungarian Bukovina DNA Project
Group Administrator: Beth Long bethlong3@yahoo.com
Group Co-Administrator: Rudolf László rudolf.laszlo@gmail.com



Project Surnames:
AlbertAmbrusAntalAntalffy
BacsBalazsBalintBalog
BarabasBarduczBartisBecze
BekeBenkoBeretiBiro
BiszakBoetheBogosBorbandi
BorbathBothBretiBurjan
ButaBuzasCsekeCsernik
CsibiCsikiCsiszerCsoboth
DaniDaradicsDavidDimen
DobondiDolhaDomokosDuduj
ErdosErosFabianFalukozi
FarkasFazakasFazekasFejer
FerencFinnyaFlexonFodor
ForraiGalambosGallGaschler
GasparGeberGergelyGetzo
GyorfiGyorgyHerczegHompot
IllesJakabJanosKajtar
KaslerKatoKatonaKelemen
KerekesKeresztesKiralyKismodi
KokaKorodiKozanKozma
KozsanKurkoLaszloLeopold
LocseiLorinczLovaszMajkel
MakraiMakszemMartonMathe
MatyasMeichelMeszarosMezei
MiklosMolnarNyisztorOllinger
OmboliOrbaiOrbanPal
PalkoPalloPappPek
PeterPotapiRanczSalamon
SanthaSebestyenSiposSuto
SzakacsSzekelySzentesSzocs
SzotsTamasTimarTrefas
TusaUrsulanUrszulyanVancsa
VardaZsaiczZsajcZsok


Project Background:
This is a Y-DNA project to investigate the genetic orgins and family history of the people who lived in the five Hungarian villages of Bukovina (Andrásfalva, Hadikfalva, Istensegíts, Fogadjisten, and Józseffalva).

The villages were founded in the 1780's by Hungarian-speaking settlers after Austria acquired Bukovina from the Ottoman Empire. The majority of the settlers were Roman Catholic Székely from Transylvania, especially from the counties of Csík and Háromszék.

A smaller number were Calvinists, who settled mainly in Andrásfalva. Some have been traced back to Szatmár-Németi and Nagybanya, and others to Maros County.

Over the years, some people of other ethnic groups were absorbed into the village populations (predominately ethnic Germans, but also a few Romanians, Gypsies, Ukrainians, Poles, and Ruthenes).

Between 1905 and 1914, about 600 people from the five villages emigrated to Saskatchewan, where they homesteaded and founded the village of Arbury (Székelyföld) near Punnichy, northeast of Regina.
Link to Arbury/Punnichy local history:
Between the Touchwoods:
http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=8611

In 1941, the Hungarian residents of all five villages left Bukovina. Most were eventually resettled in Tolna and Baranya counties in Hungary, where many of them still live today.

Note: In the Hungarian language, DNA translates as DNS.

Links:
Link to article Beth wrote about the Bukovina Székely:
http://www.bukovinasociety.org/newsletters/Buko-NL-2003-4-Dec.pdf

"Everything you ever wanted to know about the Bukovina Székely"(mostly in Hungarian):
http://www.bukovina.lap.hu

Wikipedia Article(Hungarian):
http://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bukovinai_sz%C3%A9kelyek

Wikipedia Article (English):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sz%C3%A9kelys_of_Bukovina

This project traces members of a group of people bearing particular surnames. Since surnames are passed down from father to son like the Y-chromosome, this test is for males taking a Y-DNA test. Females do not carry their father’s Y-DNA and acquire a new surname by way of marriage, so the tested individual must be a male that wants to check his direct paternal line (father’s father’s father’s…) with a Y-DNA12, Y-DNA37, or Y-DNA67 marker test. Females who would like to check their direct paternal line can have a male relative with this surname order a Y-DNA test.

Surnames in Project:
Albert, Ambrus, Antal, Antalffy, Bacs, Bács, Balazs, Balázs, Balint, Bálint, Balog, Barabas, Barabás, Barducz, Bardutz, Bartis, Becze, Beke, Benko, Bereti, Beréti, Biro, Bíró, Biszak, Boethe, Böjte, Böte, Bogos, Borbandi, Borbándi, Borbath, Borbáth, Both, Breti, Burjan, Burján, Buta, Buzas, Buzás, Buzash, Chibi, Cseke, Csernik, Csibi, Csiki, Csiszer, Csiszér, Csobot, Csoboth, Dani, Daradics, Daradits, David, Dávid, Dimen, Dimén, Dimény, Dobondi, Dolha, Domokos, Erdos, Eros, Fabian, Fábián, Falukozi, Faluközi, Farkas, Fazakas, Fazekas, Fejer, Fejér, Ferenc, Finna, Finnya, Fodor, Forrai, Forraie, Galambos, Gall, Gáll, Gaschler, Gaspar, Gáspár, Geber, Géber, Gergely, Geczo, Getzo, Gyorfi, Gyorgy, György, Herczeg, Hompot, Illes, Illés, Jakab, Janos, János, Kajtar, Kajtár, Kasler, Kásler, Kato, Kató, Katona, Kelemen, Kerekes, Keresztes, Kiraly, Király, Kismodi, Kismödi, Küsmödi, Koka, Kóka, Korodi, Koródi, Kozan, Kozma, Kozsan, Kozsán, Kurko, Kurkó, Laszlo, László, Leopold, Locsei, Locsei, Lorencz, Lorincz, Lorincz, Lovasz, Lovász, Majkel, Makrai, Makszem, Mákszem, Marton, Márton, Mate, Máté, Mathe, Máthé, Matyas, Mátyás, Meichel, Meszaros, Mészáros, Mezei, Miklos, Miklós, Molnar, Molnár, Nyisztor, Olinger, Ollinger, Omboli, Ömböli, Orban, Orbán, Pal, Pál, Palko, Palkó, Pallo, Palló, Pek, Pék, Peter, Péter, Potapi, Potápi, Rancz, Salamon, Santha, Sántha, Sebastian, Sebestyen, Sebestyén, Sipos, Suto, Süto, Szakacs, Szakács, Szekely, Székely, Szentes, Szocs, Szocs, Szots, Szots, Tamas, Tamás,Timar,Timár,Tusa, Ursulan, Urszulyán, Vancha, Vancsa, Váncsa, Varda, Várda, Zsaicz, Zsajc, Zsok, Zsók


Project Goals:
We hope to eventually test 110 different surnames(which will cover about 70% of the Bukovina Szekely population).

Please contact the Project Administrator if you are able to make a contribution to this project, as we badly need funds to continue testing subjects in Romania and Hungary.

The DNA findings supplement an 80,000+ person database which was created over a period of nine years by László Rudolf of Bátaszék, Hungary, and Beth Long, who now lives in Budapest. They extracted 150+ years of Bukovina and other parish records, such as those of Déva,Csernakeresztúr, Sztrigyszentgyörgy, Marosludas,and Gyorok in Romania, Sándoregyháza, Székelykeve, and Hertelendyfalva in Serbia, and Arbury (Székelyföld), Saskatchewan.

Because of this project, most Bukovina Hungarian family trees can be traced back to the 1780's, when the five villages were founded, and some even further back, to Transylvania. We hope that through DNA, links to people living today in Transylvania can be found, and that we will also contribute to the study of the ancient origins of the Székely and Hungarian people.

Surname Incidence in Bukovina Székely Database
As of May 15, 2007: Total Names in Database= 79,377

* Indicates that this surname has been tested
1. Sebestyén* 2158
2. Nagy* 1805
3. Bíró* 1440
4. Lovász 1372
5. Kovács 1173
6. Eros* 1164
7. Daradics* 1083
8. Illés* 1044
9. Fábián* 995
10. Péter* 985
Top ten surnames= 12,136 Individuals= 17% of Total

11. Varga 929
12. Gyorfi* 926
13. Szocs 884
14. Palkó* 848
15. Forrai* 816
16. Szabó 812
17. Nyisztor 794
18. Fazakas/Fazekas* 786
19. Pál* 785
20. Ambrus* 741
Surnames 11-20=8321 individuals= 12% of total (29% Cumulative)

21. Ömböli* 738
22. Székely* 690
23. Balog 684
24. Kerekes* 672
25. Molnár* 666
26. Miklós 654
27. Biszak 648
28. János* 648
29. Kelemen* 625
30. László* 598

Surnames 21-30=6023 Individuals=8% of total (37% Cumulative)

31. Szentes* 596
32. Papp 595
33. Antal* 583
34. Jakab 576
35. Lorinc/Lorenz* 564
36. Kiss* 540
37. Márton* 532
38. Tamás 523
39. Ferenc 522
40. Csoboth* 509
Surnames 31-40=5529 Individuals=8% of total (45% Cumulative)

41. Kásler* 498
42. Bogos* 469
43. Kató* 460
44. Dávid* 450
45. Zsók* 438
46. György 422
47. Barabás* 414
48. Kajtár* 414
49. Várda 412
50. Bálint 401
Surnames 41-50=4105 Individuals=5% of total (50% Cumulative)

51. Csiki* 400
52. Balázs 365
53. Breti/Beréti* 360
54. Domokos* 358
55. Csernik 342
56. Német(h) 342
57. Keresztes 336
58. Mezei* 333
59. Galambos 325
60. Kozsán* 302

Surnames 51-60=3463 Individuals=5% of total (56% Cumulative)

61. Csiszér* 301
62. Mát(h)é 300
63. Sántha 297
64. Farkas 296
65. Salamon* 291
66. Váncsa/Vancha 282
67. Becze 281
68. Tusa 280
69. Both* 276
70. Orbán 261

Surnames 61-70=2865 Individuals=4% of total (60% Cumulative)

71. Cseke 260
72 Erdos 258
73. Csibi* 243
74. Turbuk 243
75. Benko 234
76. Szakács 234
77. Juhász 230
78. Borbáth 226
79. Gáll* 216
80. Kozma 212

Surnames 71-80=2356 Individuals=4% of total (64% Cumulative)

81. Konrád 207
82. Bartis 206
83. Pék 205
84. Fodor 204
85. Bothe* 198
86. Schmid(t) 192
87. Dani 187
88. Beke 185
89. Leopold 180
90. Géber* 179

Surnames 81-90=1943 Individuals= 2% of Total (66% Cumulative)

91. Faluközi 177
92. Buta 167
93. Venczel 165
94. Gergely* 162
95. Meszáros* 158
96. Koródi 156
97. Fülöp 154
98. Dimén* 152
99. Meichel* 152
100. Mátyás 150

Surnames 91-100= 1593 Individuals= 2% of Total (68% Cumulative)

101. Borbándi 149
102. Rancz 144
103. Buzás* 134
104. Locsei 135
105. Palló 132
106. Dolha* 129
107. Hompot* 129
108. Fehér 126
109. Getzo 126
110. Jordaki 123

Surnames 101-110=1327 Individuals= 2% of Total (70% Cumulative)

Here are the surnames found on the earliest Census (1569)of Csík, Gyergyó and Kázson. They give a good sample of what are considered "typical" Székely surnames. Where we have DNA samples within the project,the Y-DNA haplotype(s)are noted:

Surnames from 1569 Csík-,Gyergyó-and Kászonszék
Census of Leading Persons (N=73)
*= Testing in progress

Albert
Ambrus (R1b1)
Antal (J2)
Balázs
Bálint
Barabás (G2)
Bartalis
Bartha
Becze
Beke
Benedek
Benko
Beno
Bíró (R1b1)
Biszak
Bodo
Both (J2,I1b1,E3b)
Burján
Csató
Cseke
Csiki (Q)
Csiszér (R1b1)
Demeter
Domokos (R1b1)
Erdos
Eros (E3b,I1a)
Fejér
Ferencz
Fodor
Forrai(R1a)
Fülöp
Gál (I1b1)
Gáspár (R1b1)
Gegö
Gergely (E3b)
Gyorfi (R1a)
György
Illés(R1b)
Jakab
János (I1b1)
Kajtár (N, E3b, and Q)
Kelemen (R1a)
Kemény
Keresztes
Király
Kiss (R1b1,R1a)
Kósa
Kovács
Kozma
Kristóf
László (I1b1, R1b1)
Lázár
Lorincz (I1b)
Márton (R1a)
Máthé
Mátyás
Mezei (J2a1b)
Miklós
Nagy(Q)
Orbán
Pál(E3b and J2)
Péter (Q)
Salamon (R1a)
Sándor
Sántha
Szabó
Szász
Székely (G2)
Szentes (I1b1, E3b, G2)
Szocs
Tamás
Zsók(E3b)


Project News:
The 2008 Bukovina Székley Festival will be held June 21, 2008 in Tevel (Tolna County) Hungary. If you are interestied in attending, please contact Beth for more information.

As of May 5, 2008, we have 111 results, and 2 more "in the works".
Please consider a donation to this project to assist in testing those in Romania and Hungary who would like to participate, but can't afford to do so. Contributions can be made via the project general fund or by contacting the project administrator.

Special goal for 2008 is the testing of the remaining surnames of Bukovina Szekely who emigrated to Canada. These are:

Albert
Benko
Borbandi
Csernik
Dobondi
Falukozi
Galambos
Jakab
Kelemen
Kovacs
Lovasz
Miklos
Nyisztor
Ollinger
Orban
Papp
Pek (Paik)
Santha
Sipos
Smid
Szabo
Szocs (Szucs)
Tamas
Tusa
Urszulyan (Ursulan)
Vancsa (Vancha)

If you are one (or know one), please help us recruit them for the project:-)

On August 19, 2007, we held a very successful meeting of Bukovina Szekely descendants in Regina, Saskatchewan (about 50 people attended, and fourteen new project members were tested).

We have found eight matches between Bukovina descendants and like-surnamed men in Transylvania. We've also determined that two different Bukovina Sebestyén families have the same ancestor in recent history (this connection was established through DNA evidence since it predates the "paper trail")

Beth is planning another Transylvania archive trip (probably in June) to work on the Transylvanian end of the "paper trail".

If you have a Bukovina surname you would like tested either in Transylvania or Hungary, I will do my best (you will need to reimburse me only for the cost of the kit itself).

László Rudolf has nearly completed his "family book" of Józseffalva, and it will be going to press in April. László hopes to follow this with volumes on each of the other villages as well. Probably Andrásfalva will be next).

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Project Results:
We have 111 results so far (see chart), and samples of the following additional surnames are at the lab or on the way:

Both (Hungary)
Turbuk (Canada)

Also, 13 upgrades are in progress (twelve to 25 markers and one to 37 markers).

Project Haplogroup percentages as of March 21, 2008:
(N=111)
R1a=21%
I1b=21%
R1b1=15%
E3b=11%
J2=8%
I1A=8%
G2=8%
Q=4%
I1c/I1b2a=3%
One each N and L


DNA Test Results (Alleles) for Project Members

* Haplogroups in green have been confirmed by SNP testing. Haplogroups in red have been predicted by Family Tree DNA based on unambiguous results in the individual's personal page. This has been placed on this GAP page for your ease and convenience. Please note that for any predicted results we see no reason for ordering a SNP test to confirm the Haplogroup. if a – is in the HAPLO field then we feel that the comparative results are not clear and unambiguous and if the kit holder wants to know their SNP with 100% confidence they may consider ordering a SNP confirmation test.







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