There are also many people that have joined that have partial Azorean ancestry which creates for a collection of random DNA samples that isn't helpful for those trying to gain a better understanding of indigenous Azorean DNA it is especially evident looking at the MtDNA currently in the project some it is obvious don't have any connection to the Azores in particular the Amerindian maternal lines why aren't those filtered out it just creates confusion. I think the Azores project would be much more useful if it only included lines indigenous to the Azores. There are DNA projects that require substantiation that ask one to specify how the paternal line or maternal line connects to the said country if it doesn't meet the criteria that the project administrator establishes for substantiation then that sample isn't accepted. Although I do think that if they match someone in the project close enough but aren't sure of the place of origin of their maternal or paternal line they could possible be placed in a category identifying that they are a close match.
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