Doug - Run the In Common With feature on the Aussie guy and you'll see if he has any other Portuguese matches. If he's not familiar with Portuguese names, he's likely to come back and tell you he doesn't have any.
Cheri On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 12:42 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Maria Natalia, > > I have something similar in my Family Finder matches. > One person seems to have nothing but Australian ancestors, but there is > one unknown father in their line. So I suggested to them the possibility > that somewhere in my ancestry there was a son or grandson who was a whaler > who traveled the world, stopping for a time Down Under. > > I'll have to look for this person and see if anyone else on this list has > a match. I think I asked them if anyone else seems to have mostly > Portuguese ancestry and I don't remember the response. If we can find > another who matches them, we might be able to at least narrow down the > likely island. > > Your story is really fascinating. Is there any way you can find a direct > male line descendant of your pai incognito who is living and can do the Y > test? That would be the ultimate proof, I think. > > Doug da Rocha Holmes > Sacramento, California > Pico & Terceira Genealogist > 916-550-1618 > www.dholmes.com > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Distant Family Finder cousin match to > Denmark on Family Tree DNA > From: mnk <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, March 03, 2014 1:29 pm > To: [email protected] > > Thanks for your reply Aaron! So far my roots are deep in the Azores and I > have not found when my ancestors arrived on the islands. Both of my parents > came from Sao Miguel so I know when they left and what villages they came > from, so I had a head start on my research as far as that is concerned. I > was just surprised to match someone from Denmark, because I had always > assumed I was 100% Portuguese from the Azores! So I'm glad I had my family > finder DNA done. > Maria Natalia > > -- > 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. > -- Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- 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.
