Ralph- Thank you for the heads-up on your DNA match experience. I had my father's (german) DNA tested at ancestryDNA and got the same results with contacting others as you. Nothing. I just thought it was the German anal way of thinking. I figure the Azorean line would be more in touch.
I have an Azorean 2nd cousin...(for sure as both our grandfathers worked at the same factory in New Bedford for most of their lives)....did his DNA at 23andme and he was contacted by a Silva descendant with ancestry from Flores. The Silva guy I do not know but was told by my 2nd cousin that he spends half a year in Flores re-habbing the Silva family home. Since there is a bunch of Pimentels on Sao Miguel and Flores and Silva's on both islands, even though they are common names, perhaps there is an old connection. This Silva guy, he was able to connect our Pimentel family to his Silvas on Flores about 4-6 generations back but stops short of your date of 1780. So maybe we are all connected!! Cindy D Out here in Kansas where the chiggers rule. On Tuesday, July 2, 2013 11:29:46 AM UTC-5, Ralph Sellars wrote: > > God Bless you Cindy: > > Amen! > > You've said it all so poetically ! All of it ! > > I have been avoiding my Mothers Azores Lewis line since 1982 for the > obvious reasons. > > I had my wife's brother do the SMITH Y DNA test years ago. I get > reports periodically saying a new match. When I compare the numbers - > they don't match ? I use to write to the people and provide my history > and only ONCE, (THAT'S #1) did I get a response saying its not me but > good luck in your research. So I just ignore them now! > > Last year I hired Joao Ventura, a member of this group, a genealogist in > the Azores, and asked him if he could help. With the information I gave > him he identified an individual and his family line that may be my great > grand father. The name turns out to be Agostinho Jose' da Silveira, Capt.b: > c1780 Cedros, Flores Island, Azores, Portugal. > > HELLO COUSIN - yes? no? may be! *?* > > Well anyway nice hearing from you. If we live long enough may be the > pieces will come together. (will have to be sooner rather than later !) > > Keep the faith. > > *Ralph E. Sellars, Jr.* > ** > > > -- 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.
