Hi all, I agree. Our BLANTONS are doing DNA testing now and are getting good results. Anyone wanting to look at these results go to <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blantonroots/historians/home.htm">Blanton Family Historians</A> and follow the links to the DNA project. I am still looking for the first name of a JAMES woman who married Enoch BLANTON about 1830; either in Sampson or Duplin Co NC. Jeanie BLANTON TRIMBLE BFH In a message dated 7/15/03 3:45:02 AM Pacific Daylight Time, garluke@juno.com writes: > In response to anyone questioning why use DNA testing and what are the > benefits, I can only share my own experience: > > For thirty years I had tried to verify whether or not my COOPER line was > related to the Fleet COOPER, Sr. line of Sampson County, NC. > > All I had to go on was family legend that my forefathers migrated to Georgia > from North Carolina, and that the name of one of my dad's great uncles was > named "Fleet". We had very little paper-trail, and a lot of oral history. No > one alive when I started the research had ever even heard of another Fleet > COOPER besides Dad's old uncle, and none knew where in NC our line was > supposed to have come from. > > Hiram "Ben" COOPER (COOPER DNA Group Administrator) and I had > corresponded over the past few years, and he had helped me a lot with some > potential leads, as his paper-trail back to Fleet COOPER, Sr. was very > detailed and verifiable. > > Even before Ben accepted the Group Administrator responsibilities, he and I > became two of the initial participants, later Ben's brother, joined the group > as an additional "proof test" of our results. > > Ben and I matched 24 of 25 "markers", and his brother and I matched > all 25 markers. These results tell us that we have 99.9% probability that > we share a common ancestor. In our case that is Fleet COOPER, Sr. born in the > 1720s. > > To me DNA testing has been invaluable in assuring me I am researching the > correct line, and in giving me the benefit of Ben's vast amount of prior > research. In turn, I have been able to give Ben information which can extend his > family tree by all the folks in my line that descended from my branch of > Fleet, Sr.'s descendants. > > I would like to encourage everyone who has living male relatives to get them > in A test group, it one has been started, and therefore increase the > possibilities of finding new, previously unknown relationships. The group gets the > considerably discounted rates from Family Tree DNA. If interested please > check out the COOPER DNA Surname Project website at: > http://www2.arkansas.net/~bcooper2k/ > > The testing service we are using is Family Tree DNA (www.familytreedna.com, > or info@familytreedna.com). > > There are over 50 male COOPERs currently in the COOPER SURNAME GROUP. > > Regards, > > Gary W. Cooper > garluke@juno.com > 653 Lover's Lane Road > Dawson, Georgia 39842 > > > > RockCatt@aol.com wrote: > > >More commoner sense says that we come from a little "woman" named Lucy, > from > >the Rift Valley in Africa, discovered some years ago by Dr. Leakey. From > what > >I understand, we all have her DNA in us, so I don't think I need to spend > the > >$158, but it is interesting that it is so readily available and, actually, > >quite a fair price. > > > >Barb Price > > > Researching:Ashford/Burnes/Neville/Hardy/Cowan/Bailey/Holtzclaw/Hardin/Graham/ > >Stewart/Brown/Fish/Cooke/Ring/Harding/Murdock/Morecock/Loker/Orme.......and > >Lucy > > > >==== VALOUDOU Mailing List ==== > >Join the Rootsweb Genealogical Data Cooperative. > >Rootsweb members &sponsors are who make this list possible. > >http://www.rootsweb.com > > -- > "Lord, keep your arm around my shoulders....and your hand over my mouth." > > > > ==== VALOUDOU Mailing List ==== > Have you posted your Loudoun Co. surnames lately? > New members are joining our mailing list every day. > Be sure to periodically remind us of your Loudoun research interests. > > > > ==== NCSAMPSO Mailing List ==== > This NCSAMPSO list is currently available for adoption! > Interested in becoming the list manager? Go here: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/clusters/adoptcounty.html > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >