Thanks Cheri that explains everything. Carl On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Carlton and other who want to know how this works: > > No DNA won't prove that someone was from a particular island. Just like I > live in Los Angeles Co and if I decided to move to St. Joseph, MO, my DNA > won't reflect that. > > BUT, the anthropology part of DNA will tell you the region of the world you > are from (before there were countries). It can tell you if your DNA is from > Europe, Middle East, Asia, Africa. This anthropology part of DNA means the > out of Africa theory, that your DNA originated in that are 50,000 years ago, > or some crazy number. It's not helpful for genealogy, but some find the > anthropology interesting. > > The Family Finder test has now been refined to break down percentages. If > you are 100% Portuguese though, you'll come out 100% European. But if you > are a mutt, you could get something like 99% European and 1% Asian (Native > American is lumped in with Asian). > > The results a male would get from the Family Finder + Y-DNA 12 would be > something like this: > Y-DNA 12: > 12-13-22-17-18-18-9-14-28 (twelve of those numbers). > Those 12 numbers are assigned a haplogroup (the tree of mankind, the > anthropology type info). Those 12 are also compared to other men (either in > the project or in the entire FTDNA database - you pick) and you can see your > matches. There is contact information there, but contacting a 12 marker > match that goes back thousands of years to the last Ice Age isn't very > helpful for genealogy. The 12 marker is more of an introduction type test. > But they bundled it with Family Finder, so you get it with the package. > They do have upgrade sales to more markers (37 and 67). > > The results from Family Finder are attached to this email. > The one called 2nd Cousins shows you how much DNA these 2 people have in > common (in light blue). > The one called 4th Cousins shows you how much DNA these 2 people have in > common (in light blue). It's a lot less. > > You get a list of names and email contacts for these people. It won't tell > you HOW you match. You'll have to figure that out with a paper trail. > > The only thing that will mess up Family Finder for Azoreans will be that > some of us have a lot of intermarriage. Shirley Allegre and I are 3rd > cousins, 4th cousins, 7th cousins, 8th cousins, and I forget what else. > Although the DNA way out there at 7th and 8th cousins probably cannot be > detected, it might predict us to be more like 2nd cousins because we are > both 3rd and 4th cousins (I did this off the top of my head, so I don't > remember which way I'm Shirley's cousin). > > What I meant by the "Sorry, all islands, all nationalities." - Family Tree > DNA is having a sale. It covers everyone. So if you mention this DNA thing > to a co-worker or a neighbor and they want to do DNA, they can do it too. > They got to www.ftdna.com and type in a surname. For those researching > Azorean roots, we go there and type "Azores" into the surname box and our > project comes up. > > Cheri Mello > Azores Project > FTDNA Admin > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<azores%[email protected]>. > Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. > For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right > that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." > -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
