Cheri, I so apologize, but I cannot seem to wrap my brain around this DNA. I ordered the Family Finder and have received it. I have two choices. 1. I can have my mom checked, she is 96 and her father was from the Azores and her mom from Ireland. 2. I can use my own and maybe get my mom's side plus my dad's (from England). Is there an advantage to using only my mom - would I get a more accurate outcome by only looking on her side? If I do my own, what are the negatives? thank you so much, Ellen (yes, I am female - no close male relatives) I could probably find a cousin on my mom's side or a 3rd cousin on my dad's) On Friday, April 26, 2013 10:32:45 AM UTC-5, Cheri Mello wrote:
> Elle said: > << have a question, maybe you might know. When I send in the DNA should I > include only my Azores side or should I include the Irish side as well. If > I use my mother's DNA (she is 96) I will get her parents DNA - father from > Azores and mother from Ireland. Or should I use my own DNA to see if I can > capture my father's side as well. My father was from England.>> > > I'm going to answer this on the DNA thread, not on a thread about a > freguesia. > > I need to know which DNA test you have in mind (Y-DNA, mtDNA, or Family > Finder). But if you are asking about uploading your Gedcom, include > everything. > > If you are ordering Family Finder, you should do it for your mom. Anyone > who has access to their parents should use their parents for Family Finder. > If a sibling of your parents are alive, use them. And for the lucky few > who have access to their grandparents, use them. > > If your father is deceased and you want his Y-DNA, you are not the person > to take the DNA test as I don't think the name Elle is male. But maybe I'm > wrong and you are a man. If you are a female though, you'd have to get an > uncle or male cousin that carries your dad's surname to take a Y-DNA test. > If you were ordering Family Finder on your dad, I'd use one of his siblings > if there are any still alive (as they are the same generation). If there > is no one, then yes, you'd be the person to take the DNA test. > > Cheri Mello > Family Tree DNA Admin > -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores?hl=en.
