This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cooper Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QBC.2ACI/482.498.501.1.1 Message Board Post: Concerning your comment re DNA testing for descendants of Leonard and John Cooper, I have not been in contact with any male Coopers of the Leonard Cooper line, either in Kanawha County or in Mason County (both in WV), and I don't know any descendants of John Cooper. I have not run across the name "Meador" that you spoke of in your message concerning John Cooper. Who is that, and what John was that? I agree that the DNA test will really narrow the choices for us, and that's good. I was interested to hear from Mark Cooper concerning his Joseph Cooper, and need to hear more about that. This may well be a break-through for the Cooper researchers (I hope). Please stay in touch.