Beth R, You need to ask your project admin(s) about your matches. If you are in Haplogroup H, you need to ask Rebecka Canady and if you are in the Adoptees, you need to ask Dick Hill, CeCe Moore, or any other admin that assists with the adoptees.
In mtDNA, haplogroup H is the most common haplogroup in Europe. I can't remember the statistic. Around 33% to 40%?? It's A LOT. So you will have lots and lots of genetic "cousins." The matching for mtDNA has recently been updated. For people with a paper trail to a common ancestor, a mismatch of one base pair is allowed, so they are showing these on your matches page. It's really only applicable to those who tested the Full Genomic Sequence or Full Sequence Test or Full Mitochondrial Sequence test. The lower level tests are usually anthropological in nature. As for help with adoption, you really need to talk to CeCe or Dick. Their email addys are listed when you click on your link for the Adoptees Project. Cheri Mello Family Tree DNA 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.
