Hi Doreen,
This is part of what I posted last week
"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."
Is this what you had in mind?
First off I would do the same generation in other words 1st Cousin or 2nd
Cousins, by using a first cousin and a first cousin once removed you are
going to skew the results. The one further up on the tree may not show
matches of the one further down on the tree on the same line.
If you can do what I did above you will have some clear matches that you can
attribute to one or the other person tested. If all you have are from one
Island such as Sao Miguel I would try to use people from different villages
such as Mosteios and Achada that would lessen the chances of any crossover.
If you are dealing with any of the smaller islands then the chances of
crossover is much greater. I hope that helps in choosing who to test.
Rick
Richard Francis Pimentel
Spring, TX
Formerly of Epping, New Hampshire
Researching, Riberia Grande, Riberinha, Achada Grande, Bretanha, and Ponta
Delgada, Sao Miguel, Acores
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