Hi Bette, We did our son's DNA with Family Treemaker--figured we would get both Y and mitochondrial material but never made a single connection. Feel free to check him out kit 23708, password 23AC21 If there is anything you can use, please do or let me know what I have to do. Good luck, Jo -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bette Bunker Richards via Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2015 7:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [BUNKER] DNA project I got this letter and am passing it on to all you Devon Bunkers out there. I am one of the administrators of the R1b-P312 and Subclades project at FTDNA. We currently have over 2000 members in our project. My attention was drawn to the Bunker DNA project by one of our project members. I don't know if you are familiar at all with the R1b haplogroup,. R1b in Europe is R1b-M269, almost all of which is divided into one of two subdivisions or subclades, P312 and U106. Our project is for those who fall into the P312 group. P312 is further divided into six different subclades. I am especially interested in the called DF99. Though only recently discovered, it appears to be comparatively rare. Virtually all of those in the DF99 subclade have 12 at DYS389i. This value is otherwise very rare in R1b, though it is standard in other haplogroups. Somewhere around 95% of R1b has a 13 at 389i. In looking at your R1b1 Bunkers from Devon, I think it is highly probable that that they carry the DF99 genetic marker. We recently found the DF99 marker in a French Canadian whose ancestry is from Normandy. To date, he is the only DF99+ found anywhere in France. We have also found DF99 is present in Scandinavia, specifically Sweden, which suggests DF99 may have arrived in Normandy with the Vikings. Adding this to the apparent French origin of the Bunker surname in England (from bon quer, Old French for good heart), a DF99+ status for the Devon Bunkers could indicate a Norman origin for them. We would very much like to have one or more of your Devon Bunker line join our project. There is no cost to join, no limit to the number of projects one can join at FTDNA, and one can withdraw for any reason at any time. Here is a link to our project: https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/r-p312/about/background To join, one merely needs to click on the Join icon on the project homepage. The project can also be found from the list of YDNA haplogroup projects accessible under the list of projects through one's personal page at FTDNA. We would also urge at least one person from the Devon Bunker group to order a test for the DF99 SNP marker through FTDNA. The cost is only $39. I would very much appreciate it if you could pass this message on to anyone in Devon Bunker group whom you think might be interested. Let me know if you or those in the group have any questions. Best regards, Robert Hatton Administrrator R1b-P312 and Subclades project ***************************** If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message