Thank you Rosemarie
> On Nov 26, 2013, at 9:08 PM, rcapodc <[email protected]> wrote: > > Laura, that is just great! I’m so happy that you have been able to make > connections with other researchers! Hope you have more good luck. > > Rosemarie > > From: Laura Gelvin > Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 4:28 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Positive DNA Results > > Hello List, > > I would like to encourage those of you who are still deciding whether or not > to have your DNA tested, or a relative's DNA tested. > I took the family finder test last year, on familytreedna.com. Last month I > received some more new cousin matches. > > After doing more research on my family tree, I am happy to share that I have > found a common ancestor with a 5th cousin remote match. > Our common ancestor was alive 250 years ago in Sao Miguel, Azores. > > I am happy to share my family's history with my daughter, and other family > members. It means a lot to my family to know their roots. > I am also very blessed to have a new sixth cousin. I'm very pleased with the > information I received from familytreedna.com > > Having your DNA tested is a small investment with long term results. I am > very glad that I chose to have my DNA tested. > > I would also like to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving. > > > Laura Gelvin > > > >> On Nov 14, 2013, at 2:53 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. 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