(Cross posted to Azores, Madeira, and IslandRoutes lists) I had this question about DNA in my inbox and the person was confused about which DNA projects to join.
The Azores, Madeira, and Cape Verde islands are 3 separate locations. No one of them owns, rules, or oversees the others. The Azores and Madeira are autonomous regions of Portugal. Cape Verde used to be too, but now is its own African nation. The Azores are made out of 9 islands: Santa Maria, Sao Miguel, Terceira, Graciosa, Sao Jorge, Pico, Faial, Flores, and Corvo. Madeira is made out of 2 inhabitable islands: Madeira and Porto Santo Cape Verde is 10 islands: Santo Antao, Sao Vicente, Santa Luiza, Sao Nicolau, Sal, Boa Vista, Maio, Santiago, Fogo, and Brava. If your paper trail goes to one archipelago, that is the DNA project you join. No need to join all 3 unless you have a paper trail to all 3. You can kind of think of it being as different as Hawaii and Alaska. Both are American states. Neither owns the other or is under the jurisdiction of the other. They are separate states with their own laws. If you had your genealogy paper trail lead you to Alaska, you wouldn't need to be part of the Hawaii project too, just because Alaska and Hawaii are not part of the contiguous 48 states. Hope this helps clear up some confusion Cheri Mello Family Tree DNA Admin (volunteer) -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
