I would just like to make a couple of general comments after reading recent messages.
You don't need DNA testing to know that Chapman roots in the New World (except for
those who may have anglicized their names from Kaufman or similar) are going to come from
the British Isles. I don't think the Vikings or Christopher Colombus (whoever
actually got there first) would have found native Americans called Chapman!
Whereas there are some families whose roots go back to a single immigrant family, Chapman
is such a common name in the British Isles - almost as common as Smith - that in 400
years, and particularly during the mass emigration of the 19th and early 20th centuries,
Chapmans from thousands of different families must have made their way to the US and
Canada. It seems a bit unrealistic to me to expect to find matches easily among
today's Chapmans in the United States (or Britain for that matter), without taking
thousands and thousands of DNA samples.
It is obvious that names which are derived from occupations, like Smith, Chapman, Farmer,
Baker, Saddler, Carter, Chandler, Brewer, etc, are going to have multiple sources. Every
village would have had one or more!
MAR in France.