The research for the Cope family and following various spellings: Cape, Coap, Coape, Coop, Coope, Cope, Copes, Copp, Kob, Kope, Kopp, Kupp.  This research has been an on going project for years and by many researchers.
Using the data from these researchers and the science of genetics, we are now ready to get some scientific answers to our ancestry along with genealogical contributions by each DNA test kit member.

see also:http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cope/