Rick< I too, have had much luck with the 3-5 cousin match. One such lead, I found the "Carpenter" line was the Faulkner/Fortner daughter. This daughter was the sister of my 3XG GrandFather. I had a question mark as to who my 4XG GrandFather would be. The "lead" had other info to confirm this. Needless to say, I was thrilled. and the tree continues to grows........
Ava -----Original Message----- From: Richard Francis Pimentel <[email protected]> To: Azores <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Mar 1, 2012 9:18 am Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Finder Success Lesson Learned Hi All, I received this from another Family Tree DNA admin and thought I would share it. While the matches in this message do not relate to Azorean Genealogy the message is interesting and for those who have taken the Family Finder DNA test may find it of interest. What I find interesting is the Y-DNA and MtDNA test had not provided obvious matches where the Family Finder test opened the connections. Rick My husband Sam did YDNA and mtDNA tests at FTDNA 6 years ago. Currently he has 1,469 HVR1 & HVR2 matches for his mtDNA (H3) and none for his YDNA. It’s been discouraging. So we decided to take advantage of the recent Family Finder sale at FTDNA. He had many 3-5 generation matches. Some of the names were interesting, but I thought, oh --- too far out on the branch to be helpful. And I was busy with other things, so didn’t get in touch with any of these people. BUT, one of them got in touch with me! "Sue" asked if Sam’s great grandmother had ever been in Lithuania? YES, she had! An intense exchange of emails ensued. I was familiar with Sue from FindAGrave and she was VERY familiar with Sam’s family. She gave me the vitals for many people. Because of this I was able to find others, and we were able to confirm that Sue and Sam are 4th cousins. Sam has another cousin "Jane" in this line who we’ve known for years, but no one knew exactly what the relationship was – or had not pursued any research. This prompted Sam to email Jane, and armed with our updated tree, they figured out that Jane and Sam are 3rd cousins! BTW - Sue had been in touch with Jane years earlier! Who Knew! Lessons Learned (and these are all very obvious, but frequently forgotten): 1. Sometimes information provided by family members is incorrect or incomplete. My mother-in-law had told me that her grandmother was from Odessa. She couldn’t say how she knew this and there was no proof. 2. It is helpful to include as much detail as possible when filling in the little boxes at FTDNA. In addition to Odessa, I should have indicated that great grandmother ALSO lived in Lithuania. 3. Don’t get discouraged or overwhelmed, and DO pay attention to relevant Names + Locations of 3-5 matches. Rick Richard Francis Pimentel Spring, TX Formerly of Epping, New Hampshire Researching, Riberia Grande, Riberinha Ponta Delgada, and Achada Grande, Sao Miguel, Acores -- 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." -- 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."
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