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Welcome to the Research Site for B260 Soundex Ancestors with surnames Bucher, Beecher, Becker, Booher, and all variations.
- By brushing the inside of your cheek (like using a toothbrush) you painlessly collect your DNA sample, then put the brush into a special vial and mail it back to be tested at the University of Arizona genetics lab. It's simple and takes two minutes.
- Your test results can reveal which ancestor line you are related to!
You won't have to spend years doing research to guess who your ancestors in the 1700's and earlier. Now you can know who you hail from.
We are conducting a Y-DNA Test for males who have any surname associated with Soundex Code B260 including:
The goals of our project are:
- Determine which ancestor lines are distinct and which are related, either within America or even within the homeland.
- Tell which line you are related to
- Run each line back to original church records in the homeland, then share that genealogy information with everyone in our DNA project.
DNA testing can:
• Determine if two people descended from the same ancestor
• Provide an approximate time frame for the common ancestor
• Find out if others with your surname are related
• Determine if other surnames are variants of your surname
• Determine a possible point of origin for your surname
• Verify ancestors migration
• Provide clues about ethnic origin
Ready to match you: A list of all the ancestors we have already tested is in the Ancestor List on the home page, including:
| John Beecher from England (1594-1637) |
Adam Bucher (1761-1847) |
John Bucher/Baker (1775-1834) |
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Rev. John Conrad Bucher (1730-1780) |
Baltes Bucher (1720-?) |
Benjamin Bucher (1780-1839) |
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Bartholomew Bucher/Booher (1717-1792) |
Peter Beecher (1790-?) |
Henry Bucher (1778-1860) |
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Hans Ulrich Bucher/Booker (1686-1750) |
Engel Bucher (?-1778) |
Nicholas Bucher (1808-1873) |
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John Beecher (1759-1819) |
John Bicher (1791-1847) |
Nicholas Bucher (1670-1765) |
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John Booher (1788-1861) |
John Beecher (1757-1842) |
Samuel Bucher (1808-1866) |
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Peter Bucher (1755-1807) |
Christian Bucher (1775-1849) |
Martin Bucher (?-1824) |
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Hans Martin Bucher (1715-1779) |
Wilhelm Bucher (1683-?) |
Martin Booher (1747-1824) |
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Hans Bucher (1681-1762) |
Abraham Bougher(1763-1840) |
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If you join our Bucher/Beecher/Becker/Booher research project you get a discount: pay only $99 instead of the normal $159. It's a small cost to get a quick and definitive answer about your genealogy.
And your test may even be free: our other researchers may pay to test you if learning about your line helps their own research. To find out about free testing, send the name of your earliest ancestor, dates, and places to bucher@siteservers.net . A list of some of the qualifying ancestors is at page bottom.
Who runs this research? We're just family researchers doing this for fun and hobby, interested in these surnames. We began our DNA Research project in 2004 and selected the largest firm, Family Tree DNA, to handle our testing, which is actually done for them at the University of Arizona. Your fee goes to them to pay for the test, not to us.
Who can participate?
- The Y chromosome marker is only passed from male to male, so you must be a male whose last name is the surname or variation. In other words, you must be the son of the son of the son and so on of a Bucher, Booker, Booher, Bougher, Bicher, Becker, Beecher, etc. or any variant spelling. If you are a female, just get a male you are related to who qualifies (brother, cousin, father, uncle with the surname).
- We have participants from America and Europe. Anyone with the surname in any state or country may participate.
- Read about and join our research project at Family Tree DNA. You may order the Y-DNA12 test for $99 (or the Y-DNA12 test for $189, see below) and they will mail a test kit to you. Be sure to order on their Bucher/Beecher surname project page in order to get our $99 group discount; if you place an order from their main page you will be charged their normal $159.
- After you place your order, please email the name of your earliest known ancestor to bucher@SiteServers.net. This is needed to display your results, as we only show your ancestor's name, not the name of the person who took the test. You can see how we display your results here: View Y-DNA Results to date (doesn't include those now at the lab.)
- Please visit our Research Site to learn about the ancestors we've already tested and to exchange research info. Your test will match one of the families there, and if not, we'll create for your family a new Research Page, discussion group, etc. so others can help research your line.
- As soon as possible, email or snail mail me your tree, as best you have it. We'll add your info to the online database, so others can help research your line. Once your tree on our website, lots of Google searchers will find it, share info, and join the Y-DNA project to help prove your ancestry.
- Be sure to read About Your DNA Test Results to learn more about what happens after you join and when you test results are posted.
- If you are thinking about participating or want more info, email bucher@SiteServers.net
DNA Genealogy Testing Explained
Here our answers to the most common questions:
- Your privacy is assured because the testing facility at The University of Arizona will not have access to your name, only your unique kit number will accompany your sample to the lab. They enter your results into a computer, and you will get a password from Family Tree DNA to log in to their website to view your results.
- Federal and state laws restrict the lab to use your sample only for this genealogy test. They cannot do medical tests, etc. as that information is not contained in the only gene they are extracting - the Y-Chromosome - which contains only your parental heritage. Read more about privacy.
- View The Test Kit and DNA Tutors about genealogy and DNA on the www.FamilyTreeDNA.com website, the firm we are using for our project. As of Jul 2008 they have tested more than 130,000 people and your test might match any one or more of them, not just those in our surname project.
- Which test should your order? There are four levels to trace your father's father's paternal line:
|
Test |
Cost |
Males are Related When They Match |
Results |
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12
Marker |
$99 |
11 or 12 of 12 |
Good for telling IF two males are related by a common ancestor |
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25
Marker |
$159 |
23, 24 or 25 of 25 |
Better at telling WHEN two males trees join at a common ancestor |
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37
Marker |
$189 |
34, 35, 36, or 37 of 37 |
Better at telling WHEN two males trees join at a common ancestor |
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59 Marker |
$269 |
55, 56, 57, 58 or 59 of 59 |
Best at telling WHEN two males trees join at a common ancestor |
You can upgrade a 12 marker test later to 37 for $99 and it is definitely worth it because the results are more accurate.
We had one case where two males were not a match with a 12-marker test (only 10 of 12 matched) but were a match with a 25-marker test (23 of 25 matched). It just so happened the 2 mutations in their DNA marker patterns were in the first twelve.
A 37 marker test is most valuable in predicting when two ancestors were related as this example shows:
- Jonathan Beacher's ancestor is Engel Bucher d.1778 in Lancaster Co. PA
- Wayne Beecher's ancestor is John Bucher b.1757 in Adams Co. PA
When were the two ancestors related? You can log in to your Family Tree DNA page and click the icon next to a person to see predictions when they shared a common ancestor.
Predictions with Y-DNA 12 Test
| In comparing 12 markers, the probability that Mr. Jonathan S. Beacher and Wayne G. Beecher shared a common ancestor within the last... |
2 generations is
18.5% |
4 generations is
33.57% |
6 generations is
45.86% |
8 generations is
55.88% |
10 generations is
64.04% |
12 generations is
70.69% |
14 generations is
76.11% |
16 generations is
80.53% |
18 generations is
84.13% |
20 generations is
87.07% |
22 generations is
89.46% |
24 generations is
91.41% |
Based on this 12 marker test we were related perhaps 12 generations ago:
- 12 times 25 years per generation = 300 years ago = circa 1700 A.D.
But the prediction changed when we upgraded to a 37 marker test.
Predictions with Y-DNA 37 Test
| Knowing that Mr. Jonathan S. Beacher and Wayne G. Beecher could not have had a common ancestor in the last 8 generations, their 37 marker comparison shows that the probability that they shared a common ancestor within the last... |
8 - 10 generations is
28.62% |
12 generations is
52.17% |
14 generations is
69.5% |
16 generations is
81.32% |
18 generations is
88.92% |
20 generations is
93.6% |
22 generations is
96.39% |
24 generations is
98% |
26 generations is
98.91% |
28 generations is
99.41% |
30 generations is
99.69% |
32 generations is
99.84% |
Now we saw the relationship was even earlier in time, perhaps 14 generations (circa 1650 A.D.) This changed our research stategy: instead of seeking a common ancestor in America from one immigrant, we were looking for two immigrants related earlier in the homeland.
Why the difference?
The more markers we compare, the more certain we become that two males were recently related because there were no mutations (changes) in their Y-DNA marker pattern.
Because we were all derived from one man in the beginning of time, all men had identical DNA patterns. But every so many generations, one marker (at random) will mutate to a new value when passed from father to son. Today, there are many different families with very different DNA patterns.
If two males have identical or similar patterns when we compare 12 markers, we know they were recently related. But when we only compare a few markers, not all, we can't be certain there isn't a mutation in the other markers we didn't compare, so our prediction of time must be less exact. When we know two males match on all 37 markers, we know they were VERY recently related.
The DNA marker patterns are just a series of numbers, so your test result will look like this (differences highlighted in yellow):
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DYS# |
| Kit |
Name |
*
H
a
p
l
o |
3
9
3 |
3
9
0 |
1
9 |
3
9
1 |
3
8
5
a |
3
8
5
b |
4
2
6 |
3
8
8 |
4
3
9 |
3
8
9
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1 |
3
9
2 |
3
8
9
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2 |
4
5
8 |
4
5
9
a |
4
5
9
b |
4
5
5 |
4
5
4 |
4
4
7 |
4
3
7 |
4
4
8 |
4
4
9 |
4
6
4
a |
4
6
4
b |
4
6
4
c |
4
6
4
d |
4
6
0 |
G
A
T
A
H
4 |
Y
C
A
I
I
a |
Y
C
A
I
I
b |
4
5
6 |
6
0
7 |
5
7
6 |
5
7
0 |
C
D
Y
a |
C
D
Y
b |
4
4
2 |
4
3
8 |
| I-001 |
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| 18482 |
Jonathan Beacher |
I |
13 |
23 |
14 |
10 |
14 |
14 |
11 |
14 |
11 |
13 |
11 |
29 |
16 |
8 |
9 |
8 |
11 |
23 |
16 |
20 |
29 |
12 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
11 |
10 |
19 |
21 |
15 |
15 |
16 |
19 |
35 |
37 |
13 |
10 |
| 44505 |
Wayne Beecher |
I |
13 |
23 |
14 |
10 |
14 |
14 |
11 |
14 |
11 |
13 |
11 |
29 |
16 |
8 |
9 |
8 |
11 |
23 |
16 |
20 |
29 |
12 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
11 |
10 |
19 |
21 |
15 |
14 |
16 |
19 |
34 |
37 |
12 |
10 |
We will pay your research fee...
If you have reasonable proof you descend from one of these families from the 1700's, contact bucher@SiteServers.net as we will pay your research costs, simply because you can help answer our own family genealogy questions.
- Johan Dietrich (Dieter) Bucher of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
- Conrad or Caspar Bucher of Montgomery & Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
- Henry Bucher of Germany Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania whose descendants were all Beechers
- Any Buecher who came from central Germany (within an hour's drive of Frankfurt on Main.)
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