L2a is the most common and widely distributed Sub-Saharan haplogroup almost as common in some areas of Africa as H in Western Europe, have you upgraded to FMS?
Antonio On Friday, January 23, 2015 at 2:39:50 PM UTC-8, Richard Francis Pimentel wrote: > > *My father’s MtDNA is L2a. I have been slowly chipping away at his > maternal line and the furthest back I have is Anna Fonsequa born abt. 1574 > wife of Joao Fonsequa. * > > > > *Rick* > > > > *Richard Francis Pimentel* > > *Epping, NH* > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] <javascript:> [mailto: > [email protected] <javascript:>] *On Behalf Of *A Faria > *Sent:* Friday, January 23, 2015 4:39 PM > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:> > *Cc:* [email protected] <javascript:> > *Subject:* Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Study on Sub-Saharan African Admixture > in Europeans and Middle Easterners > > > > > > There has been an academic study done looking at the maternal lineages of > Macronesia(Azores,Madeira,Canary Islands and Cape Verde) I believe the > average for the Azores for Mtdna with origins in Sub-Sahara Africa was > 3.4%, paternal lineages with origins in Sub-Sahara Africa in the Azores are > extremely rare I believe only one example has been found, using that as a > guideline you would expect an average of 1.7% of the Azorean genome to have > origins in Sub-Saharn Africa. I don't believe that result is far off. It is > corroborated by myorigins results that are coming in, many people are not > showing 1% or higher which is my case but when I use the Gedmatch > calculators it definetely is present especially when I look at my 22 > Chromosomes in detail. > > > > Antonio > > > > > > > -- > 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] <javascript:>. > 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.
