Thank you very much for the info...Kathy Lee
On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > Kathy LD, > > Being a female and going after a great-ancestor line, you'd probably want > the Family Finder test (autosomal DNA). > > All DNA tests for genealogy do NOT find living people per se. They find > common DNA between two people who descend from the same ancestor. Most > people in the Azores database are Americans, I have a few Canadians, a > couple of people from the Azores, and one from New Zealand. I don't > remember the Madeira project having anyone from Madeira participating at > this time. However, the matching system will match you with EVERYONE in > the FTDNA database who has taken the Family Finder test. > > In addition to the matches, you'll be able to see exactly on which > chromosome you are matching someone and you'll also get information on your > ancestral origins in the broad sense (European, Asian, African, Middle > Eastern). This is in Beta and is undergoing revision at this time. > > Let me know if you have further questions, > Cheri Mello > FTDNA Admin > Azores (and Madeira) DNA Projects > > -- > For 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." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores?hl=en. > > > -- For 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores?hl=en.
