I just find this all very fascinating, when I learn anything new, I'm very lucky and very grateful to everyone in this group who has helped with finding and verifying any piece of information for my search, I haven't posted recently because I've had my nose stuck to the copies of handwritten notes the priests made when the birth and baptism of a known person trying, but not having much luck being able to read any of it unless it is very clear. Doug has been extremely helpful and answers every question I ask even if it's just a basic simple question, I have to agree the new browser is great, I have been able to compare to the matches and members of people I match and am slowly seeing all the conections. Mike
On Wednesday, May 8, 2013 2:22:25 AM UTC-4, Doug Holmes wrote: > > I have been studying the chromosome browser tool found on Family Finder > results and realize that's what they were talking about when they did the > updates to the new and better DNA results in early February. > > If you have had the Family Finder test and having used this browser, I > think you'll really find it valuable. > > For instance, Mike Gilfilian, one of our list members, is a 4th cousin, > once removed for my father (and 5th cousin to me). Since we have no other > common ancestors and share only Piedade, Pico as our common village, it's a > great place to start with these comparisions on this browser. You'll really > need to look at this browser to follow me on this. No way you'll understand > this message otherwise, I don't think. > > When I click on Mike's name and compare his DNA to my father's, the places > that are colored are the exact locations and exact DNA that we both share. > > When I also click others of our matches, most of the time we don't find > more matches to this exact segment of DNA where Mike and I match. But there > is one case where another person does also match that same exact DNA and > that's the amazing value of this browser. Since I know the exact place Mike > and I match, anyone else who matches there must have these same exact > ancestors. There is no way around it. It pinpoints it for this third person. > > I found two more people whose DNA matches this same DNA as Mike and I > share. It's not 100% the same, but most of it is the same. What I mean is > that the colored sections that represent each person is longer for one than > for another. I suppose it means the ancestors we all share didn't always > pass all their DNA on to each of us in the same amounts. > > So the surprise to me is just who these other people are. One is my friend > with a lot of Sao Roque do Pico ancestry. I know all his ancestors for all > four of his grandparents and I never would have suspected him to match me > with these Piedade ancestors that Mike and I share. Since he also has a lot > of Lajes do Pico ancestry, that might be how this happened. I'm guessing > that some branch of his Lajes ancestry came over from Piedade before the > records of Lajes now exist (so they came over in maybe the 1600s). > > Or maybe it's the opposite and some branch of my and Mike's Piedade > ancestry came over from Lajes to Piedade before Piedade's records started > (also in the 1600s). > > Looking at the ancestry of this 4th person who matches, they also have a > lot of south side Pico ancestors. So due to this and for other other reason > I've ever been giving from existing records, I believe this part of my > Piedade ancestry must trace back to older Lajes area families. And I have > some leads now on just who they might link to in the middle or early 1600s > when there are no church records anymore for Lajes. > > Aside from that, I did notice several cases of other matches we have where > a third person was an exact match to someone else. If you have many matches > and not all are know just how, this could quite possibly lead you to the > answer. > > I'd love to hear what others find when using this chromosome browser. > > Doug da Rocha Holmes > Sacramento, California > Pico & Terceira Genealogist > 916-550-1618 > www.dholmes.com > -- 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.
