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Hello Ian
You may well be right about the BULMER name originating from the Normans, I have not considered looking back that far at this time.
A DNA project can help prove the links between families for which many of us have researched records and prepared family trees especially in the 16th and 17th century when paper records are not clear or not available.
Using the male Y chromosome tests genealogists can track the male-to-male transmission of DNA from father to son over past centuries. So for example, if your surname was BULMER and your ancestors came from the Yorkshire or Durham area in the early 18th century, there is a reasonable chance that we could prove if our family connection was very close and perhaps share a great great great grandfather some where back in time. If a link can be found using the DNA test, further research using paper records from both groups of families may prove the connection.
Obviously, the more BULMER males who take part in a project the better since you can then hope to sort out the family groups at these early times when there are fewer of them.
In Great Britain, the majority of BULMERS lived in the Yorkshire, Durham area at the time when paper records where first made. I have traced my family back to my great great Grand father born in Kilham in the East Ridings of Yorkshire in about 1794 but have not been able to get further back.
I think the DNA test can give some general indication where you have originated from thousands of years ago be it Norman, Viking, Saxon etc.
Regards
Paul Bummer in Surrey, England
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