Individuals who share a DNA pattern are also likely to share a common ancestor. If we can find other Burks descendants who share our DNA, then we would concentrate our search for other Burks on those lines. If we gathered DNA samples from as many Burk-Burks-Burkes-Birks-Bourke-de Burgh-Burgh, etc lines as possible, then we would begin to see groups of like DNA among those results. The descendants from each DNA group could then pool their research efforts.

As other Burks descendants join the project we will began to see some exciting results.
Are the surnames variations of one line?
Are they separate lines?