Doug,
We have talked before now I think you and my wife are distant cousins connected thru da Silva do Pumat born 1782 in Arco da Calheta, Madeira. He had two sons, my wife's line is thru Antonio da Silva do Pomar born 1828. Do you show this infomation to be correct? Thanks--I hope you had a great time skiing in Tahoe a few weeks ago. WILL CLINTON Researching Madeira and Pico From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2013 8:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy]. New Study--Percentage of Jewish ancestry among Iberian population I have heard about the 20% Jewish population estimation, so it's quite interesting to see that DNA studies are showing something similar. But what was most interesting to me is about the earlier forced conversions, not just to Catholic, but also to Muslim during the Moorish Spain centuries. In turn, that means we might not really be seeing settlers of the Azores were recently converted Jews. They might have been descendants from 300 years before that time. To spell it out more clearly, let's say a Jew in the Algarve in Southern Portugal was forced to be a Muslim. Then later his great-grandson is forced to be a Catholic. More Catholic descendants for 4 or 5 generations and then one of them takes a chance on settling on the far away islands to start fresh and make a better life. By 1525, his son is well established as a farmer and another son as a fisherman, who both supply ships as they return from the New World back to Spain. They make their fortune, become respected citizens in Ponta Delgada, move over to Angra in the middle 1500s, using the names Joao and Antonio Goncalves. We find them as our ancestors, but don't know their origins, except that they represent the most remote ancestor on our direct paternal line and we can identify them as having Jewish DNA, or maybe Moorish. What a fascinating story that would be if it could be discovered like that. Doug da Rocha Holmes Sacramento, California Pico & Terceira Genealogist 916-550-1618 www.dholmes.com -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy]. New Study--Percentage of Jewish ancestry among Iberian population This appears to be a new study based on Y-DNA, but the findings are hardly surprising. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/world/europe/04iht-gene.4.18411385.html?sr c=tp <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/world/europe/04iht-gene.4.18411385.html?s rc=tp&_r=0> &_r=0 Nancy -- 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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
