Hi Melinda My dad and your dad are showing up as possible 2nd-4th cousins but no mention of any Jewish Diaspora relationship. The first time I went on the my origins page when I clicked on the little balloons on the bottom right hand side of the page, nothing happened, but I went on today, lo and behold both my maternal and paternal most distant ancestors are showing up with balloons over extreme Northern Portugal and also above where the Azores or maybe Madeira are on the map. I don't know which group of Islands, the map doesn't show, but the balloons are located west of Portugal in what appears are either the Azores or possibly Madeira. It would be good to know which. Just as I suspected all along, I am Portuguese. LOL LOL. There is a smattering of other ethnicities but that is to be expected. European history and geography tells us that, so there aren't any surprises. In fact the results as far as I am concerned, don't tell me anything that I would consider as new or any new revelations. Also the total number is more than 100% but Cheri Melo explained that they probably round up, which would explain that as well.
I also show a match to another person on this forum. but I am not surprised by that because she and I had exchanged some information back a few months ago, and had discovered that we shared some common paternal ancestors. Herb On Sunday, May 11, 2014 10:11:09 AM UTC-4, Melinda Lopes wrote: > > I am unaware of any personal Jewish ancestry but my results came back with > 9% Jewish Diaspora. What is really notable is that neither one of my > parent's results show any Jewish Diaspora. I am trying to figure how that > happens. My results were: > > 47% North Mediterranean Basin > 28% European Costal Islands > 12% European Northlands > 9% Jewish Diaspora > > *My father's results (both parents from Azores):* > > 89% North Mediterranean Basin > 5% European Northlands > 5% Middle Eastern > 1% East African Pastoralists > > *My mother's results:* > > 55% European Coastal Islands > 24% European Northlands > 19% North Mediterranean Basin > 2% Eurasian Heartland > > Mostly I can understand the blending of my parents' result but I don't > really understand how I got the 9% Jewish Diaspora which was shown on the > map as centered over Poland. > > Melinda Lopes > -- 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.
