This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Roper, Raper Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0VB.2ACI/5012.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I have also been a test subject in the ROPER Genetics Study: http://www.roperld.com/RoperGenetics.htm I am also delighted to report that we now also have one RAPER family test subject who is known to have descended from William RAPER of Abbott's Creek, Rowan County, who has already submitted a DNA Sample for inclusion in the ROPER Genetics Study. In several weeks, we ought to know with some high degree of certainty whether the ROPER family of Rowan County is related to the Majority USA ROPERs (MUR). I would wager that William RAPER is going to turn out to be a brother, uncle, nephew or cousin of Meredith ROPER.