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We have 92 Family Finder results in the Azores DNA Project so far. Sam K. posted about her connection to Al Rose and others. I mentioned matching Salli Souza. I think this may be the beginning of something really good! I have 4 Family Finder tests at the lab right now so we'll see what those results bring in addition to anything from this sale (and future sales). Here's a question I received regarding Family Finder that others may be wondering about as well: Q: What happens if my ancestors were first cousins? A: It kind of messes up the results. Your match will look stronger than it really is. Here's a chart of my dad's to illustrate. Name - Total DNA - Relationship (4C1R = 4th cousin 1x removed) Altino 191.21 2C Dan 154.87 2C or 3C (possible double Port. line shared) Jim 129.36 2C1R Shirley 105.71 4C1R *11 Port. lines shared* Tom 76.94 3C Chas R. 62.94 4C1R Chas C. 23.45 5C Now, if you look at who my dad is matching, he shares the most DNA with Altino and the least with Charles C (Chas C). With Altino, he shares 191.21 and with Chas C he shares 23.45. Then if you look at the relationship, you see my dad is a 2nd cousin to Altino and the cousin level gets to be further and further out to the 5th cousin level. Except with Shirley (Allegre - of this list). My dad and Shirley share 105.71 in total DNA. That should be around the 2nd or 3rd cousin level, but she's really a 4th cousin, once removed on paper. That should be more like 60 or 70 something in total DNA and it's not. Why? Because they share 11 Portuguese lines. Some of them are too far back for this type of DNA testing but there's probably a good portion of them still existing between my dad and Shirley to goof up the suggested relation. Cheri Mello Azores DNA Project Family Tree DNA Admin -- 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."
