Hi Anthony, Thanks for letting me know I think it's really neat that I share DNA with people from so many islands. I don't have as many matches with people with Terceira ancestry as I thought I would. I have one Moniz ancestor that moved to Angra after his wife passed away in 1768 and ended up passing away there I assumed he may have been born there. I was hoping to be able to confirm that with matches.
http://www.ghp.ics.uminho.pt/geneweb/gwd.exe?b=Lajes;lang=en;p=antonio;n=moniz;oc=2 On Saturday, December 27, 2014 6:40:04 PM UTC-8, Anthony Soares wrote: > > Hello Antonio, > > I noticed on Gedmatch that I match to both you and your mother. My > Portuguese side is from Terciera I have not found a Pico link yet. I will > have to see if you show up in my FF list on FTDNA. > > Tony Soares > > On Wednesday, December 3, 2014 8:34:18 PM UTC-8, A Faria wrote: >> >> Hello Everyone, >> >> >> I thought I would post an update now that I have my mothers myorigins >> results in l I have also ordered a kit for one of my daughters I will >> update when it comes in. >> >> My Results >> >> 69% Southern Europe >> 15% Scandinavia >> 12% British Isles >> 05% North Africa >> >> My Fathers Results >> >> 80% Southern Europe >> 08% British Isles >> 06% Scandinavia >> 05% North Africa >> >> My Mothers Results >> >> 67% Southern Europe >> 23% Western and Central Europe >> 03% Eastern Europe >> 05% North Africa >> 02% East Central Africa(I do share SNP's with people with origins in >> Eritrea) it is located very close to the Middle East. >> >> As I have posted many times my family is from Pico Island. One of the >> reasons that I chose to test all three of us was to get a better idea of >> our DNA. >> >> I have discovered some interesting things. >> >> As I expected most of the matches were to people from Pico, and quite a >> few with Faial and Sao Jorge, those are the nearest islands to Pico not >> surprising . But then it gets interesting I will list in order of >> frequency, next it jumps to Sao Miguel, then all the way to Flores, then >> Graciosa, Terceira, and Santa Maria we have no matches with Corvo. I really >> was expecting to have more matches with Graciosa and Terceira than Sao >> Miguel and Flores based on the recorded history and the proximity of those >> two islands with Pico. It really does look like we are one big extended >> family in the Azores. We also have many matches that appear to not have >> Portuguese ancestry. >> >> However I believe most of the Middle Eastern portion of our DNA is >> swallowed up by the Southern Europe category that issue will hopefully be >> resolved if FTDNA includes a Sephardic Jewish population in myorigins for >> comparison. >> >> Antonio Faria >> >> >> -- 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.
