The Roper Nose

L. David Roper (roperld@vt.edu)
(www.roperld.com)

I have notice for a long time that there seemed to be a characteristic nose for many Roper males in my family. I have asked members of other Roper families if they had noticed distinctive noses in Roper males in their families, and, in every case, they have said "Yes!" Several of these have sent me a picture of a Roper male in their family; I show some of the pictures below:

All of these have been shown to be related by Y-chromosome tests.
Joshua Rufus Roper (b 1869 NC, g-gson of James Roper) RY1 family	Fred Lloyd Roper (b 1907 MO, son of Joshus Rufus Roper) RY1 family		Leon David Roper (b 1935 OK, son of Fred Lloyd Roper) RY1 family
Laurence Walten Roper (b 1872 NC, ggg-gson of Richard Roper) (Picture from Steven Glenn Roper.) RY1 family	Richard Samuel Roper (b 1922, ggg-gson of Samuel Roper, 3rd cousin 1 generation removed of Gary Lee Roper.) RY1 family		Gary Lee Roper (b 1932, gggg-gson of Samuel Roper, 3rd cousin 1 generation removed of Richard Samuel Roper) RY1 family
Clyde Alton Roper (g 1934, 6th-great-grandson of Charles Roper b 1720 England) RY1 family	Clyde Alton Roper, Jr (son of Clyde Alton Roper) RY1 family		Fred Sherman Roper (3g-gson of James Roper) RY1 family
Clyde F. E. Roper (b 1937 MA, descendant of Massachusetts Ropers, 7th cousin of Nicolas James Roper) RY1 family	Nicolas James Roper (b 1937 Columbia SA, descendant of Massachusetts Ropers, 7th cousin of Clyde F. E. Roper) RY1 family		Richard Lawrence Roper (b 1979 TX, descendant of Massachusetts Ropers, 7th cousin 1 generation removed of Nicolas James Roper) RY1 family
Elmo Burns Roper, Jr. (b 1900 NE, descendant of Massachusetts Ropers, 5th cousin 2 generations removed of Clyde F. E. Roper) RY1 family	Burns Worthington Roper(b 1925 IA, descendant of Massachusetts Ropers, son of Elmo Burns Roper, Jr) RY1 family		David Roper (b 1948 ??, descendant of Massachusetts Ropers, son of Burns Worthington Roper) RY1 family
Earl Eugene Roper (b c1935 Cape Breton NS Canada, 3rd-g-gson of Henry Roper) (Picture from Tracy Charlene Roper Buchanan.) RY1 family	Elmer Earnest Roper (b 1893 Ingonish, NS, Canada, 2nd cousin of Earl Eugene Roper) RY1 family		George Lyall Roper (b 1916 Calgary, AB, Canada, son of Elmer Earnest Roper) RY1 family
Charles Russell Roper (b ? New Victoria, NS, Canada, 3rd cousin of Earl Eugene Roper) RY1 family
Paul Spotswood Roper III (b 1949 VA lives in Virginia near the origin of the early Virginia Ropers. Descendant of John Roper, Jr., the supposed earliest-known ancestor of the other southern Ropers on the page.) RY1 family	John William Roper (b 1812 SC, gg-gson of John Roper, Jr.). (Picture from Brenda Harrison. 3rd cousin of Peter Byrum Roper) RY1 family		Peter Byrum Roper (b c1838 GA, gg-gson of John Roper, Jr.) (Picture from David Lee Roper. RY1 family
Charles Lewis Roper (b 1831 KY, ggg-gson of John Roper, Jr. 3rd cousin 1 generation removed of Peter Byrum Roper) (Picture from Donald Keith Roper.) RY1 family	Donald Keith Roper (b 1924 KS, g-gson of Charles Lewis Roper) RY1 family		Frederick Smith Roper (b 1839 NC, ggg-gson of John Roper, Jr.) RY1 family
Alan Peter Roper (b 1946 Winfarthing, Norfolk, England His Y-chromosome tests in the RY1 family.)	Frederick Charles Roper (b 1907 Shelfanger, Norfolk, England. The Y-chromosome markers of his son, Alan Peter Roper, match the RY1 family.)		William Roper (b c1837 Bressingham, Norfolk, England. The Y-chromosome markers of his great-grandson, Alan Peter Roper, match the RY1 family.)
David Everett Roper (b 1947 TX) 7g-gson of John Roper, Jr.) RY1 family	Peter James Roper (b 1963 Camberwell, London, England. He descends from a Suffolk, England Roper family. His Y-chromosome markers match the RY1 family.)
Picture from Lanning Roper and His Gardens by Jane Brown Lanning Roper (b 1912 West Orange, NJ, descendant of Massachusetts Ropers, 3rd cousin 1 generation removed of Clyde F. E. Roper. He was a well-known gardener in England.) RY1 family	Anthony Gerard Gordon Roper (b 1949 Stowupland, Suffolk, England. He descends from an Eye, Suffolk, England Roper family. His Y-chromosome markers match the RY1 family.)		Joseph Henry Roper (b 1886 GA. He is a 1st cousin 2 generations removed of L. David Roper.) RY1 family
Peter Digby Lewington Roper (b 1922 London, England, lives Montreal, Canada. No Y-chromosome matches.)	Paul Digby Roper (b c1888 London, England. Father of Peter Digby Lewington Roper)	John Joseph Roper (b c1861 Kensington, London, England. Grandfather of Peter Digby Lewington Roper)	John Land Roper (b 1822 West Dereham, Norfolk, England) and his dog c1860. Great-grandfather of Peter Digby Lewington Roper)
			Computerized overlay of Robert Preston Dye and Gary Lee Roper pictures. (Courtesy of Robert Preston Dye.)

(The Clyde F. E. Roper picture was taken from http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/ps_roper.html.
The Elmo Burns Roper, Jr. picture was taken from http://www.adh.brighton.ac.uk/schoolofdesign/MA.COURSE/LInfF32.html.
The Elmer Earnest Roper and George Lyall Roper pictures were taken from http://www.epl.ca/Elections/results/EPLBiographies/R.cfm#6.)

For those who like to know such things, the shape of the nose is determined by a gene on chromosome 14. I think that evolution has caused nose shape often to be distinctive in a family line in order that members of a tribe can more easily identify other tribe members.

If other male Ropers would like to contribute to this "Roper Nose Gallery", send your picture to L. David Roper (roperld@vt.edu)