ok, just ordered it...
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Kathy Lee Dickey <[email protected]>wrote: > Thank you, seems I will have my Mother do the family finder...keep ya > posted.Kathy Lee > > > On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 4:53 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Kathy Lee, >> >> It depends on your goal. Then you have to find the correct relative to >> test to match your goal. >> >> If you want a broad overview of ALL your lines back about 200 years, then >> you want the Family Finder test. You will want someone from the oldest >> generation you can find. My dad, born in 1934, is still alive, so I tested >> him because I can get results back to about the 1730s. I get ALL his >> lines, both his Portuguese half and his American half. If it was my mom >> who was Portuguese, I would have tested her to pick up her Portuguese half. >> >> If you want to focus on just ONE line and ONE line only, you would want a >> Y-DNA test, and you would have to have a male for that. So in my case, if >> I wanted my Mello line, I'd have to find a male with that surname. That >> would be my dad. So I would get my dad's line, his dad, his dad and his >> dad, all the way back in time. It's the top of the pedigree chart. But if >> I wanted to focus on my dad's mother's line ONLY (Blackburn), my dad's >> Y-DNA won't work. I had to go find cousin Alan Blackburn and get him to >> test, as his father's father's father's line winds up being my Blackburn >> line. The Y-DNA 37 or 67 is best for genealogical purposes. >> >> If you want to focus on your mother's mother's mother's line ONLY, you >> would have to find ANY person whose mother's mother's mother's mother is >> your ancestor. This is the bottom of your pedigree chart. This type of >> testing, mtDNA testing, is usually more anthropological in nature. That >> means you get more info on the "out of Africa" theory than you do on >> genealogy. It's a bit harder to find a cousin using this type of testing. >> It's best used in conjunction with a theory, such as we both believe we >> descend from the same mother's mother's mother's mother. However, the >> first DNA match in the project was with mtDNA because both people happened >> to have a rare mutation/difference. The paper trail then proved the match. >> >> Now, about those skeletons in the closet: This happens every couple of >> years. Let's say family story has it that the milkman had a thing for >> grandma. Make sure you think long and hard about doing a DNA test. It may >> show that the milkman story was true. >> >> If you just want to start somewhere but still unsure, do the Family >> Finder test with the broad overview. There are now enough of us that we >> are starting to figure out the connections. Barely scratching the surface, >> but we are connecting. >> >> >> Cheri Mello >> FTDNA Admin (volunteer) >> Azores DNA Project >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- 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.
