Two male relatives on two different sides of my ancestors have similar Y-DNA results-all Northern European. One has no matches for the YDNA-37 markers, only 12 and 25. The second has four 37 marker matches, all at 4 steps. Neither has matches with people with Portuguese surnames listed. Both are haplogroup R-M269. We have brick walls on both sides and hoped that we might break through, but nothing so far.
A third male relative has several fairly close matches at the YDNA-37 level, including a 0 level match, and his matches are all Portuguese or Spanish in origin. The haplogroup is J-M172 indicating North African, Middle Eastern and Southern European origins. We have identified the matching ancestor, but it appears that the births of the common ancestors were illegitimate which has greatly complicated the search. My cousin has been working diligently on doing the research, but so far lots of probabilities, no conclusions. At least we have advanced some in the quest. With my own FamilyFinder results, I have lots of matches. So far, except for my first cousin and one fairly distant cousin from Terceira, I have not been able to identify common ancestors. The match from Terceira confirms the information we have on that line as to its origins in Terceira as discovered on the NEPS database. I have had problems today with Y-DNA matches and the FTDNA site not responding. Diane George From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Vasconcelos Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 11:31 AM To: azores; azores Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Finder results in (through part of batch 527) I am pleased with the latest FF results but still remain totally confused with the Y-DNA results that I receive periodically. Recent family finder results indicate that Joan Freitas Estracher (sp?) and I may be as close as 3rd cousins. I have met Joan at "Amigos das Flores" in Fresno and we have speculated on how we might be related. Previous FF test results have indicated that George Mello (Cheri's father) and I maybe as closely related as 4th cousins although I have no known S. Miguel ancestors. These are people I have met. On the other hand, my Y-dna matches, seem to be totally off the wall. They usually seem to be Welch or other northern european, and very rarely portuguese. Could it be that one of my ancestors was a crew member on one of the Portuguese ships in the Spanish Armada that landed somewhere in the UK?? (BTW, one of my nieces married a Welchman. Wouldn't it be ironic if he turned out to be a distant relative. John Vasconcelos On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 7:30 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Family Finder (FF) results are in up through part of batch 527. They are behind on mtDNA. Some people are having a hard time with Y-DNA (finding the right region on that Y chromosome). If they are having problems with your DNA and the expected date has expired, there will be a note on your page. Right now, I can't get the FTDNA pages to load consistently. Everybody is probably checking their DNA. -- 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] <mailto:azores%[email protected]> . To post to this group, send email to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> . 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. 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] <mailto:[email protected]> . To post to this group, send email to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> . 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. 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.
