I looked back at my and Shirley's GEDCOMs on Family Finder and I see may be related to an aunt of Constancia de Jesus (who married Antonio de Mello).
Shirley shows Constancia's grandparents as Joao Fagundes Rabello (1705-1780, Ponta Garça) and Thereza de Sousa Furtada (1707-1771, Vila Franca & Ponta Garça). I have that same couple as parents of my direct relative: Jacinta Furtado (1727-1797, Ponta Garça). So if this is right it would be another link with Shirley. I'm guessing there might be more links if I keep searching. I don't know if Ciprano is in my tree more than once, but wouldn't be surprised. So I think I'm related to Shirley through both my g-grandmother and my g-grandfather! This might help explain the fragmented DNA matches. This is interesting! On Saturday, July 27, 2013 2:37:06 PM UTC-4, Cheri Mello wrote: > > Hi Mary K, > > Since you assigned Shirley A as a cousin, I was able to run the filer. > Show Matches....then I chose "In Common With" and picked Shirley. You and > Shirley don't have any matches in common. So it's not Antonio de Mello b. > 1766 in Vila Franca m. to Constancia de Jesus Pimentel b. in Ponta Garca > (and m. PG). So yes, you are right about not having enough DNA. You share > 60 cMs (centoMorgan - a genetic unit of measure like a centimeter or > inch...but it's microscopic) with Shirley and have 20 segments, but they > are pretty fractured all over the place. The biggest block is on > chromosome 10 (use your Chromosome Browser) and you'll see 3 blocks there. > > Do you have Ciprano do Rego & Antonia Barboza more than once in your > tree? I wonder if this is contributing to the fragmentation. Once we > start making more and more paper trail connections, I think we will be able > to help the geneticists with our intermarrying ancestors. > > Yes, Ponta Garca was there first. Then Ribeira Quente. So you will a lot > of references back and forth between the 2 freguesias. > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das > Tainhas, Achada > -- 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.
