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From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Francis Pimentel Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 1:14 PM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] 3 Types of DNA Testing Hi Linda. The best test to take would be the Family Finder. For the best results you should have your mother take the test. Be sure to order the test through the Azores DNA Project at Family Tree DNA here: http://goo.gl/jYvDfy At the top click "Join Request" and then click "Purchase a test to Join this Project" Rick Family Tree DNA Co-Administrator Azores DNA Project Azores DNA Project Co-Administrators All unpaid volunteers Cherri Mello - gfsche...@gmail.com <mailto:gfsche...@gmail.com> Rick Pimentel - rickredle...@gmail.com <mailto:rickredle...@gmail.com> Nancy Jean Baptista - fishsongf...@hotmail.com <mailto:fishsongf...@hotmail.com> From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Linda Jardin Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 2:00 PM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] 3 Types of DNA Testing My great grandmother was an exposta. My mother wants to take a blood test to see if we will find any matches to help us solve her mystery. Any suggestions on which test to take? Anyone out there related to Leonor de Jesus or Manuel Ferreira born in the Azores about 1871? Many Thanks, Linda From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cheri Mello Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 10:39 AM To: Azores Genealogy Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] 3 Types of DNA Testing I'm getting questions about matching. Most of the talk on the list right now is regarding the Family Finder testing. Once upon a time, there were only 2 types of DNA testing: Y-DNA and mtDNA. We talked about these tests from 2000 to about 2010. It was all that was available back then. Y-DNA tested a MAN's strict paternal line: His father's father's father's line, or top of the pedigree. If you were a female, you had to hunt a male relative down to do a DNA test for that line. Also available was mtDNA: this is anyone's mother's mother's mother's line, or the bottom of the pedigree. Most of the information from an mtDNA test is more anthropological in nature than genealogical (anthropological = like anthropology - deep roots, out of Africa theory, think the Flintstones for those familiar with that cartoon series). I guess the DNA community did a real good job of getting Y-DNA and mtDNA into everyone's heads. So in 2010, a new type of DNA testing was available. Autosomal DNA testing. Family Tree DNA marketed this test as Family Finder (FF). It's a completely different type of test. Family Finder (FF) covers ALL the lines of the testee (whether a man or a woman takes the test) back about 200 years. I was born in the 1960s. I should see results going back to about the 1760s. I should find matches that are Portuguese from my dad's half, matches from my dad's British Isles half, and matches from my mom's Ozarks lineage. I'm seeing my ENTIRE tree. But since I still have access to my parents, I tested them. They are born in the 1930s, so I should see matches on ALL their lines back to about the 1730s. I have identified one on my mom back to 1760. I've identified a couple of my dad that go back far - one to 1696, but that's an intermarried line, so the DNA did not get diluted. Those are the 3 types of DNA testing for genealogists on the market. Which one should you chose? That depends on your goal. A Y-DNA or mtDNA gives a restricted, narrow focus: One line only. Family Finder (FF) gives a broad overview of ALL your lines. It's presented to you as a plate of spaghetti and you have to untangle all the lines. Posting your Gedcom is necessary so you can see your matches' trees and your matches can see your tree. 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- 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. 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