Eliseu, You can also run the "In Common With" feature with some of these "non" Portuguese. Under the name of your match are 4 icons: Email, Notes, Pedigree, and the twisting arrows. Left click the arrows and pick "In Common With." See if any other known Portuguese people show up on that list.
A couple of your matches I do see on other people's pages. I think that these people may have an early Portuguese settler and just don't know. Maybe there was a pirate or explorer that brought his DNA over to someone in your family. Maybe you had a line that left the Azores early on settled somewhere else. Maybe some of these matches are really Identity by State (meaning that we are all related in some way because we are all human beings). I hope more people take advantage of the next sale. I purposely asked some Graciosa researchers to test Family Finder. Since Graciosa has only 4 freguesias, it may be easier to sort out matches on that island. We'll see. Cheri On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 12:25 PM, A Faria <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Eliseu, > > I would say that I get less than a 50% response rate generally I only > contact them once if they don't respond I move on to a different person. I > am curious if you can share what types of people you are matching that > don't have any Portuguese in their lines. > > Antonio > > > > On Sunday, August 10, 2014 12:02:07 PM UTC-7, Eliseu Pacheco da Silva > wrote: >> >> Hi! >> >> My DNA matches are showing some curious results! Some of the matches show >> people without a single “portuguese” in their lines! (someone said may be I >> had a pirate going around J JJ… >> >> (So I have been busy sending “tons” of emails asking people to let me >> know if they want to share information or let me know if I better stop >> boring them!) >> >> >> >> So, is it common? Am I doing something the wrong way? Should I wait for >> more results? >> >> >> >> Any comments will be much appreciated! >> >> >> >> Thanks in advance J, >> >> *Eliseu Pacheco da Silva* >> >> *“Sharing is one of the most profitable human resources” * >> >> Researching Portugal: Açores (São Miguel and Graciosa) and Alentejo >> >> ( http://gw.geneanet.org/eliseumanuel ) >> >> >> >> >> > -- > 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.
