Hi All,
Several years ago I had my dad's DNA tested. We tested his Mt-DNA and later on we did a Family Finder. Both my dad's parents were 100% Azorean from Sao Miguel. His mother had ties in Ponta Delgada and Bretanha and his father was from Ribeira Grande. When I got the results back there were a number of matches. It was then I realized that most likely the people that were from the Ponta Delgada Area were most likely related to my grandmother and the people that were from the Ribeira Grande area were most likely related to my grandfather. And the matches that were from an unknown area could be related to either grandparent. I then realized that there was a way to sort out the two sides of the family by doing another family finder test. What I needed to do was test one of my dad's 1st cousins. This was a big challenge. As my dad is 93 and most of his cousins are now gone. One of his cousins I ruled out because both his parents were related to my dad's parents. (Brother & Sister marrying Sister and Brother). Two other living 1st cousins were also 100% Azorean from Sao Miguel so there was a clear chance that there could be some crossover DNA. On my last trip to New England I attended a funeral of one of my Dads Cousins and with a sense of purpose I talked with his youngest 1st Cousin about DNA Testing. This cousin was the perfect candidate for testing as her father was my dad's Uncle (100% Azorean from Ribeira Grande Area) and her mother was 100% French Canadian so there was no chance of crossover of the two sides. I ordered a Family Finder test for her and it is now at the lab being processed. When I get the results back I will be able to sort the matches. All matches that are on both Family Finder tests (my Dads and his 1st Cousin) are from my Grandfathers family in Ribeira Grande. All matches that are on my Dads Family Finder test that are not on his 1st Cousins are from my Grandmothers family in Bretanha & Ponta Delgada. All matches that are not on my dad's that are on his 1st Cousins are from his 1st Cousins French Canadian Side of her family. Being able to split the two sides of the family will make it easier searching for the common ancestor in matches as I now cut the search area in half. This will be helpful to someone that does not know the village of has a parent unknown. The price of the Family Finder Test on sale makes getting a cousin to test a lot more easier. If you have NEVER ordered a DNA test before, order through the Azores DNA project here: <http://goo.gl/TyStn> http://goo.gl/TyStn If you HAVE ordered before and are adding on a different type of test, log into your DNA page and order from the "Order an Upgrade" (orange button in the upper right corner). And make sure you are in the Azores DNA project (look at your "home" page when signed in...left column will tell you if you are in the Azores DNA project). The admins CAN NOT help you if you are not in the Azores DNA project. We can't see your page. We can't plead on your behalf. We can't upload your Gedcom. We can't map you. Please, please, please make sure you are in the project! And for those of you with pedigrees stretching back about 200 years on most of your lines and don't think you need DNA testing....Please consider testing. Many of you look up stuff in your genealogy programs and help others on this list with the paper trail. You can help scientifically by testing your DNA as some of you can pinpoint where the matches are occurring. Those whose paper trails don't go back very far can be helped by the process of elimination. Rick Family Tree DNA Co-Administrator Azores DNA Project Azores DNA Project Co-Administrators All unpaid volunteers Cherri Mello - <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Rick Pimentel - <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Nancy Jean Baptista - <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] -- 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.
