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Welcome to The Cullen Family DNA Project--incorporating similar surnames like Culin, Cullinan, McCullen, Cullens, McQuillan, Culling, Cullum

***last update June 20, 2008***25 marker results received for member C-32 with ancestors in Co. Sligo, Ireland. Also, our member C-25 traces his ancestry back to a convict transported from London to Tasmania. His 12 marker results suggest an Irish or Scottish ancestry further back. C-25 is a close match to our member C-7 with roots in Co. Kilkenny, Ireland.

We are working together to find our common heritage and find links between Cullen families throughout the world. By testing specific regions of the Y chromosome found in all men, we can determine which Cullen people are closely related to each other, and find out where our ancestors came from.

Please explore all 6 pages of this site, learn about the project, and email me (Bernie Cullen) if you have any questions.

We always welcome new members, whether you have not yet been tested, or already have your results from Family Tree DNA, the Genographic Project of the National Genographic Society, or another company. We now have members who live in the United States, Canada, Australia, England, Ireland and Scotland.

   Two new areas of research:

  • Related Irish Surnames--We now have one member named CULLINAN, one CULLING, one CULLINGS, and one named McQUILLAN, surnames which may be related to Cullen in some cases.  Other people named Cullinan/Cullinane, Culling and McQuillan are encouraged to join our project and find a connection.
  • Early US Cullen family--We now have five members whose ancestors were in the US before 1840. Their ancestors Isaac Cullen and Charles Cullen are from Pennsylvania and Virginia/Tennesee, as well as James and Charles Cullen from eastern Maryland/southern Delaware. Also, we have two matching members named CULLUM not previously known to be related, with ancestors in Maryland. We are looking for more members with early US roots, including people named Cullins, Cullin, McCullen and variations.

    Useful Links

    Cullen Genealogy Homepage by Jim Cullen.  This is probably the most comprehensive website devoted to all Cullen families, and contains several pages devoted to our DNA project. Highly recommended!--Please note the new address (Jan '08) for this important resource: http://members.bex.net/jtcullen515/index.htm

    Cullen Genealogy Blog by Bernie Cullen. This site has a map showing the distribution of the Cullen and Cullinan surnames in Ireland in the mid 1800s based on Griffith's Evaluation.

    O'Driscoll of Cork DNA project. This project has a much more specific focus than ours, but it has useful explanations of DNA testing.

    Byrne DNA project--The Byrne name has many independent origins, just like Cullen.

    Devine family DNA project--another mainly Irish surname which shows what we hope to achieve at the Cullen project

    World Families Network Forums
         Cullen Family Forum
         Pedigree Forum
         World Families Network General Discussion

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