Interesting how this dna works. All four of my grandparents are from the
Azores but my family finder test has many matches with not only no
Portuguese names in their gedcom but all the members of their trees are from
other countries. I know one branch of my family has people from different
areas of Europe but that is way back. FF is supposed to only be back 5 or 6
generations. Wonder what that means! Thx for sharing.
Judy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Bordi" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2012 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] DNA MATCHES!
On Sep 15, 2012, at 8:43 AM, jt <[email protected]> wrote:
I'm wondering how other members are doing on matching. Finding many
links? Do you find that some people just don't respond? Are many members
doing the dna tests? I'm enjoying working with people from all over to
find out how we are related.
I had the mtdna test done a few years ago. The only match I have gotten is
with a young man whose mother's family has lived in a certain area of
Portugal for generations. Interestingly enough, he had visited the village
in the Azores where my GGrandmother's family was from. He had no knowledge
of anyone in his family having moved to the Azores. Of course, this match is
likely very ancient.
With the Family Finder I show relationships with several on this list but we
have only confirmed one so far. The trouble is that Azoreans sometimes
married Irish or other Europeans once they got to the US, which was the case
in my family and some of my matches. So the connection could be there, too.
I have confirmed a connected to several of my other European lines.
Remember that some people are adopted and that's why they did the Family
Finder and don't have a gedcom. This is the case with one person who linked
me as a "distant cousin". We are suggested as 4th cousins by the test. She
had instructions that suggested adding herself as confirmed distant cousin
to several suggested relationships to "triangulate" her identity. Imagine
what it must be like to be unaware of your ethnicity and then be able to at
least figure that out!
I was offered a free family finder type test through Ancestry.com but have
not been as successful there. I found one known 4th cousin on my
non-Portuguese side. There's also a suggested link to someone with ancestors
from the Azores but she didn't have info going very far back.
Well, that's my experience.
Mary Bordi
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