Hello All Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas. There is a lot of work underway through DNA testing to prove origins of family lines and prove correct ancestry. The origin of the Copeland line is very complex and confusing. We are all working off of much speculation and guessing. Those male descendants who retain surname of Copeland could help clarify the many Copeland line origins and correct ancestry identification by participating in these test. I have done the test and it is very simple. If you have any interest in participating is such test please visit the site below and it fully explains the program. If we can get enough participation it could go a long way to help clarify some of the Copeland lines. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~allpoms/genetics1a.html Thanks for your consideration and Happy New Year -- Best Regards And Have A Good Day, Jesse M. Lawrence Jr. <[email protected]> Owner -Highland Oaks Ranch 5300 East McKinney Road ,Denton ,Texas,76208 Home: 940-243-5068 Fax: 940-243-0198 List Owner for [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] , [email protected], Researching histories for Copeland, Pittman, Lawrence, Wheeler, Neville, Turner and Harris. Search my data base which is updated weekly and contains notes and sources http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jmljr Family Page http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/l/a/w/Jesse-M-Lawrence/ THE ESSENCE OF SURVIVAL --- "Every morning in Africa, a Gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a Lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest Gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a Lion or a Gazelle . . . when the sun comes up, you'd better be running."