Alright,enough with the DNA stuff.Way too many wasted messages. Surnames change with each marriage.There are many multiple marriages.Cousins married cousins.in my lineage Someone's might line origionate from Kentucky and can be Cherokee Indian another Line from South Dakota might be Sioux.Same surname Religion is just as important as Geographical Area.Methodist quite often married Methodist. Quite often parish records are the only source of records and records prove your line.There are also birth traits that run in families. That are carried by the femele only.and pass on to only females,example is the Celtic Clude.Do you know that the color of the inner eye is a racial pinpointor.?? Are you short or tall because of where your family origionated from.I have dry skin inside my ear canal because my family did not come from a dry climate.I live on the Desert The dry skin flakes mixes with ear wax and I had a lot of problems with my ear until I started oiling them.An old Apache trick. Testing of DNA for racial or any other purpose is the same as cataloging {Native American Family Census Number} This practise is still done today. GENOCIDE is an action rather than a word in the dictionary. If you continue with Genealogy you will surely find Skeletons in your family history.When this happens by all means available let him.she or it out to dance,Who knows.? We may have had the same father,but different mothers......or vice versa. keep on-keeping on-never quit. Roger

Acually with a name like Cooper being an occupationl title, DNA is a very valid way to find out who in the old days were related Now If there WAS a [email protected] list they could all join there and we would not be bothered by it if we were not interested. I was thinking of leaving the list just a minute ago, but since I am planning a Cooper in Oregon meet soon I can't. Dan - in Oregon Genealogy Community www.wvi.com/~wb ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 8:25 PM Subject: [COOPER] List Archives > Alright,enough with the DNA stuff.Way too many wasted messages. > Surnames change with each marriage. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\