Cheri,
Amusing and confusing! When I talked to you on the phone, I asked if it would be useless to test my brother with family finder, because I assumed we would be identical, and you said it might be different. You were right. I have 97.59% Western European and 2.41% Africa. My brother has 86.76.% Western Europe and 13.24% Middle Eastern (Northern Africa) On the map, my Africa is in the French West Africa including Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast Ghana and Nigeria. and the southern part including South Africa, Mozambique and Kenya. It even list the African tribes (if that's what their called?). Bantu Kenya, Bantu So. Africa, Biaka Pygmy and Mandenka. My brother doesn't list any of these, and I don't have any Middle Eastern. As far as I know all my grandparents were Portuguese, except I don't know about my grandfathers parents. I'm assuming his mother was Portuguese, but his father could have been some seaman on a ship that docked in Angra. My grandfather had blue eyes. I don,t think I'll every understand this DNA stuff. All I wanted was to find my grandfathers "incognito's" Helen Salvador Fremont, CA -----Original Message----- From: Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> To: azores <azores@googlegroups.com> Sent: Sun, Nov 3, 2013 10:39 am Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Tree Dna results Pat N, The 4 reference populations used are: French, Basque, Spanish, and Orkney Islands (off of Scotland). There is NO Portuguese in the reference population. I think Portuguese Azoreans get put wherever. Until they roll out the new Population Finder with more reference populations, there not much to say about the Population Finder, except that it is amusing. Cheri On Nov 3, 2013 10:34 AM, "Chuck Nostrome" <cnsp...@aol.com> wrote: Doug, I keep trying to figure it out too. I came out 99.23% French. My fathers parents were from the Azores. His mother's side had some Flemish names. My mothers parents were Irish and English. I guessed maybe the Irish were from France. I heard a story that our Anselmo Vieiras had Basque or Spanish Jew in there from a distant cousin. Along that line the Basque provinces are in France and Spain. I now have kinder thoughts about the French. Genealogy is humbling. I guess it goes to what part of the DNA we inherited. Pat Nostrome Irvine, California -----Original Message----- From: pico <p...@dholmes.com> To: azores <azores@googlegroups.com> Sent: Sat, Nov 2, 2013 1:43 pm Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Tree Dna results My father's came up as 93% Spanish. Mine is 97% French. Since my mother is 50% German, about 25% Hungarian and 25% Slovak, I suppose when mixed with my father's Spanish, that equals French. Interesting math: Spanish + German/Hungarian/Slovak = French. -- 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. 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. 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. 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.
