Trevor C's questions/statements with response: 1) Y-DNA goes way back. Yes. Father to son.
2) The lack of importance the Azoreans gave to surnames is one way the names can end up being different, at the end of the day. Also, when these Y-DNA markers decided to show up, nations weren't, in general, using surnames. Thus your extended family could have been ascribed different names, in different locales. Well, I don't know if I'd call it lack of importance, but we do jump around with our surnames. And yes, Y-DNA was there long before the use of surnames began somewhere in the Middle Ages, I believe. 3) I have never found a Y-DNA match that matches my surname. Supposedly, my original surname is Fernandes. Doesn't help me when my Y-DNA matches are from1) the US (Weeks) ,2) Canary Islands (Rodriguez), and 3) Georgia, Europe. What's most important for me is that if I get a match, one day, I should be able to trace father after fathers line to them. Yes, and I KNOW I have male cousins not only with the name of Mello, but DeMelo, Rose, Silva, Pine, and I can't remember what else. These men are all genetically Mello but wound up with different surnames. And I'm waiting for 37 or 67 marker matches with someone who is Portuguese. Since my dad is R1b, the lower level (12 and 25 marker) matches will be something like Middle Ages or before. My genealogy doesn't go back that far. When my dad's DNA gets the 37 or 67 marker matches, I should be able to trace father after father to them. (By-the-way, I have turned off my dad's 12 marker matches. Being an R1b, he has soooo many of them and since he has the most common R1b, these matches are anthropological and I'm more interested in the genealogical). 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.
