We got the results today for two more men in our DNA surname project. It is very interesting. The New Zealand man matches exactly to the US Modbury man. We expected that as they both trace their ancestry back to Richard Bunker (RN2509) who was born in Modbury, Devon, England 27 Mar 1791. They both match James of Dover 11 of 12 markers and match the Rattery, Devon Bunker 10 of 12 markers. We tested our first German American and he did not match the Devon, England Bunkers. He can trace his ancestry back to Germany to a man who was named Hesemann and took the name Buehnker. He has ancestors in Ohio. It is very interesting that even though he does not match anyone named Bunker so far, he does match 5 other men with different names. Right now we are trying to get them together. How interesting to know that others were descended from the same man but took different names. So far we have found two men named Berton and it seems they are related to people with many spellings and variations of that name. This is an adventure we hope to pursue further. We are looking for others to join our test. To learn more about it go to http://www.bunkerfamily.org and click on the DNA surname project link. I am very interested in finding a male descendant of Thomas Jefferson Bunker, b. 27 Nov 1803 in Meredith, NH to test. I am also very interested in finding more descendants of James of Dover to join in our test. It seems that the line up from James of Dover was the main line of Devon Bunkers and that the Modbury and Rattery Bunkers share a common ancestor with his but there are mutations in both of those lines. Bette