About us
We hope that this project will accomplish the following:
Prove or disprove relationships among different lines
Confirm or refute family legends
Support or contradict conclusions based on scanty documentary evidence
Establish communication among related participants
Produce leads for further research
Teach us about migration routes of our prehistoric ancestors
Who can participate?
Since a surname genetic study is accomplished by testing the Y chromosome of persons with the same surname, and since the Y chromosome is transmitted from father to son, only males with the Bulach (or various spelling) surname would be appropriate for testing in this project. If any male Bulach were aware, however, of a "nonpaternal event," such as adoption, which would have broken the biological Bulach patriline, that person would not be an appropriate participant.
How can Bulach descendants help if they aren't eligible for testing?
Those of us who have at least one female in our Bulach line are often just as interested in the results of testing, or even more so, than persons who are eligible for testing. We can help in the following ways:
We can identify cousins who are eligible for testing and recruit them to participate.
We can publicize the project.
What's involved in testing?
You will be mailed a test kit. You will swab the inside of your mouth, put the swab back into the container, and mail the kit back. It's simple, fast, and painless.
Privacy Considerations
Privacy is a serious consideration with Family Tree DNA and with me personally. Please visit the Family Tree DNA site and click on both the "Privacy" and "FAQ" tabs for information on their privacy policies.
On this web site, participants will be identified by numbers. The amount of information you give me is up to you, but since the test results alone with no line of descent to tie them to doesn't tell us much, we really need a pedigree for each participant. When I post it, I will leave out the identities of the participant and his father, for the sake of privacy.
The type of testing done for these surname projects is done on segments of so-called "junk DNA" in the Y chromosome; they have no known function, so they have nothing to do with health or personal traits. Any tests for this project will therefore not produce any health-related information. Moreover, the kind of testing that is done in these projects is not the kind which can identify a particular individual.
If you have any questions or concerns about privacy after looking at the Family Tree DNA Site, please let me know, and I'll try to address them.
Prove or disprove relationships among different lines
Confirm or refute family legends
Support or contradict conclusions based on scanty documentary evidence
Establish communication among related participants
Produce leads for further research
Teach us about migration routes of our prehistoric ancestors
Who can participate?
Since a surname genetic study is accomplished by testing the Y chromosome of persons with the same surname, and since the Y chromosome is transmitted from father to son, only males with the Bulach (or various spelling) surname would be appropriate for testing in this project. If any male Bulach were aware, however, of a "nonpaternal event," such as adoption, which would have broken the biological Bulach patriline, that person would not be an appropriate participant.
How can Bulach descendants help if they aren't eligible for testing?
Those of us who have at least one female in our Bulach line are often just as interested in the results of testing, or even more so, than persons who are eligible for testing. We can help in the following ways:
We can identify cousins who are eligible for testing and recruit them to participate.
We can publicize the project.
What's involved in testing?
You will be mailed a test kit. You will swab the inside of your mouth, put the swab back into the container, and mail the kit back. It's simple, fast, and painless.
Privacy Considerations
Privacy is a serious consideration with Family Tree DNA and with me personally. Please visit the Family Tree DNA site and click on both the "Privacy" and "FAQ" tabs for information on their privacy policies.
On this web site, participants will be identified by numbers. The amount of information you give me is up to you, but since the test results alone with no line of descent to tie them to doesn't tell us much, we really need a pedigree for each participant. When I post it, I will leave out the identities of the participant and his father, for the sake of privacy.
The type of testing done for these surname projects is done on segments of so-called "junk DNA" in the Y chromosome; they have no known function, so they have nothing to do with health or personal traits. Any tests for this project will therefore not produce any health-related information. Moreover, the kind of testing that is done in these projects is not the kind which can identify a particular individual.
If you have any questions or concerns about privacy after looking at the Family Tree DNA Site, please let me know, and I'll try to address them.