ATTENTION: COOPER-lines worldwide. A Cooper Surname DNA Project is available to anyone looking for a way to locate Cooper relatives and their relationship to other Cooper-lines. It requires a male with the Cooper surname. The purpose is to find people with the Cooper surname who share a common ancestor, as well as identifying the different lines and possible points of origin. Use DNA analysis to: 1. Substantiate your family research. 2. Further your research efforts. 3. Give you direction in your research. 4. Prove and disprove research you have completed. 5. Prove or disprove family lore. This single aspect of family research makes the investment in DNA testing more than worth the cost. I can attest to this fact. It has disproved historical documentation on my Cooper-line written by some well thought-out Cooper-line researchers and published by prestigious publishers over many years and handed down from generation to generation. I predict it will disprove many historically documented details of Cooper-lines throughout history. DNA analysis is an invaluable research tool, which will improve with age. By no means does it supplant traditional genealogy research, but it does supplement and give an added tool in genealogical research. Effects not often discussed are: 1. It forces you to do in-depth research of your family's roots and to share your findings with other family researchers and encourage their participation. 2. It gives you a greater explanation of your family's history and its migration patterns in the U.S.A. and throughout the world. 3. It brings excitement into your research, causes families to come together and gives your research a sense of worth. 4. It can find previously unknown and new relatives. 5. It will permit you to leave a legacy to your descendands of familial ties with pride. If any one is interested in becoming a part of this Project and would like more information, please contact me at the following email address. H. Ben Cooper Group Administrator Cooper Surname DNA Project [email protected]