Unless they match you, it really does not matter if you have their lineage or not, except that you could eliminate them as your lineage. If they do match you, you will be sent their email address and you can write to them to get their information, and share yours with them. We were able to prove that my father's third cousin in Lauderdale County, was a perfect 37 point marker. Of course, we already knew we were of the same lineage, but the DNA substantiated it, which we consider to be quite a victory. We know that we came off the line of Stephen Cooper, born in about 1797 in North or South Carolina, and lived and died in Wayne County, Tennessee. We have our lineages from that point forward to now. We were also able to prove that Samuel Cooper and Stephen Cooper were definitely related, because another cousin, who is probably a fourth cousin, in Wichita, Kansas also matched us on all 37 markers. We know that Samuel and Stephen both lived in Wayne County, Tennessee and that Samuel moved to Searcy County, Arkansas where he had a large family of descendants and died. I was so thrilled when the cousin from Wichita wrote to tell me we had a match! We always thought there was a connection between Samuel and Stephen, and now we had the proof. We have plans to get together this summer and trek back to Arkansas and Wayne County, Tennessee to the Family History Fair. As long as you are the only Cooper with your particular number sequence, you will not see it as being helpful, but when someone else comes along later who matches you, it really gets exciting! They will contact you if you are still available with a good email address. That is why I have kept the same email address for all these years, so I wont miss any leads. You will both be contacted at the same time, and either of you may contact the other. Does anyone have information on John Coffee Cooper? He lived in Wayne County, Tennessee and Searcy County, Arkansas. His line goes all the way back to Abraham Cooper and Frances Scott in Culpepper County, Virginia. I would really like to see some more DNA contributions from any Cooper males from Abraham Cooper's line. I might even consider paying for your testing if need be. DNA testing is a wonderful tool and I recommend it for all Cooper males, but if we don't get the input, we will never know the rewards! Just do it, and then sit back and wait for a match! You contribute and they will come. Best of Luck to All, Barbara Cooper McGee

If you are adopted like my husband is the COOPER line is his birth family we no of no one that can contribute to the DNA project I wish we did. Good Luck to all of you who can use this instrument but for those of us that have female ancestors. This project is not a good one unless people post and tell who their ancestor was. I do have the siblings of William Cooper and Elizabeth Richmond. So if someone were to post the family names that would help but then again someone who have to want to try to connect. Thanks. Joy ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 1:45 PM Subject: Re: [COOPER] Cooper DNA testing > > Unless they match you, it really does not matter if you have their lineage > or not, except that you could eliminate them as your lineage. > > If they do match you, you will be sent their email address and you can > write > to them to get their information, and share yours with them. > > We were able to prove that my father's third cousin in Lauderdale County, > was a perfect 37 point marker. Of course, we already knew we were of the > same > lineage, but the DNA substantiated it, which we consider to be quite a > victory. We know that we came off the line of Stephen Cooper, born in > about 1797 > in North or South Carolina, and lived and died in Wayne County, > Tennessee. We > have our lineages from that point forward to now. > > We were also able to prove that Samuel Cooper and Stephen Cooper were > definitely related, because another cousin, who is probably a fourth > cousin, in > Wichita, Kansas also matched us on all 37 markers. We know that Samuel > and > Stephen both lived in Wayne County, Tennessee and that Samuel moved to > Searcy > County, Arkansas where he had a large family of descendants and died. > > I was so thrilled when the cousin from Wichita wrote to tell me we had a > match! We always thought there was a connection between Samuel and > Stephen, and > now we had the proof. We have plans to get together this summer and trek > back to Arkansas and Wayne County, Tennessee to the Family History Fair. > > As long as you are the only Cooper with your particular number sequence, > you > will not see it as being helpful, but when someone else comes along later > who matches you, it really gets exciting! They will contact you if you > are > still available with a good email address. That is why I have kept the > same > email address for all these years, so I wont miss any leads. You will > both be > contacted at the same time, and either of you may contact the other. > > Does anyone have information on John Coffee Cooper? He lived in Wayne > County, Tennessee and Searcy County, Arkansas. His line goes all the way > back to > Abraham Cooper and Frances Scott in Culpepper County, Virginia. I would > really like to see some more DNA contributions from any Cooper males from > Abraham > Cooper's line. I might even consider paying for your testing if need be. > > DNA testing is a wonderful tool and I recommend it for all Cooper males, > but > if we don't get the input, we will never know the rewards! Just do it, > and > then sit back and wait for a match! You contribute and they will come. > > Best of Luck to All, > > Barbara Cooper McGee > > > ==== COOPER Mailing List ==== > We have archives! Search for your COOPER information here..... > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=COOPER > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >