P.S. One ot the tricks to reducing the impact of endogamy in adoption searches is to focus on the matches that are 1/2 are 1/4 Portuguese.... this greatly reduces the impact! :-)
I am VERY excited about this new relationship we have discovered..... now we need to find them! On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 2:23 PM, Laura Flanagan <[email protected]> wrote: > Cheri, > I am working with a dna guru on this and we have triangulated 10 dna > matches to this couple. The strongest match shares 160 seg on one side, > and a 61 cmg match on the other, along with 8 others. This is a sure > thing. I am attaching a chart for you I have created regarding known > Azorean cousins v. dna relationships. As you get 4th and closer, you can > see that endogomy does not impact the results as much as one may think! > Laura > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 2:12 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Laura, >> >> Just beware because of our endogomy issue (intermarriage), what looks >> like an 2rd-3rd cousin may be more like 3rd-4th cousin. >> >> Cheri Mello >> Listowner, Azores-Gen >> Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das >> Tainhas, Achada >> >> On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 8:55 AM, Joanne Mercier <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> Hello cousin! >>> what little I have I can gladly share but I have more ancestry than >>> descendants for that branch of the family tree. It seems we are related >>> through Manuel Medeiros Grota & Maria Francesca Moura - he is the brother >>> of my 2x great grandfather Antonio de Medeiros. I have very little info on >>> that line so maybe between us we can fill in some gaps. >>> >>> One piece of information I was told when I began my genealogical >>> addiction about 15 years ago was that all the Medeiros Grota's from >>> Bretanha are related so that has been a huge help. I'll gladly share what I >>> have on them if it will be a help to you. Just let me know! >>> >>> Welcome to the family! >>> *Joanne* >>> >>> *Joanne Medeiros Grota Mercier* >>> Researching Bretanha (Medeiros Grota, Benevides, deSouza), Lagoa (Luiz, >>> d'Oliveira Homem) and Rabo de Peixe (Martins Gouveia) >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, April 28, 2016, Laura Flanagan <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> So, my dna results are indicating these folks were my 1st or 2nd great >>>> grandparents! Fantastic lead, but I am having trouble identifying >>>> descendants. Does anyone have this couple in their lines? Descendant >>>> information would be greatly appreciated! >>>> >>>> Joao Carvalho b. 11 May 1874 Ajuda Bretanha, son of Francisco Carvalho >>>> and Francisca Thomasia >>>> (maternal grandparents: Manuel Medeiros Grota and Maria Francisca / >>>> paternal grandparents: Manuel Carvalho and Maria Rosa) >>>> >>>> married in Ajuda Bretanha on 6 Sep 1897 to >>>> >>>> Antonia da Conceicao Travassos, daughter of Luis Travassos b. 26 Feb >>>> 1833 Ajuda Bretanha and Francisca de Jesus b. abt 1835. >>>> (maternal grandparents: Joao de Balhao (spelling?) and Maria Jacintha >>>> / paternal grandparents: Manuel Travassos and Maria Joaquina Carvalho) >>>> >>>> Joao and Antonia had the following children, all born in Ajuda >>>> Bretanha, (there are likely more born bet 1912 and 1920 that I have not yet >>>> found): >>>> >>>> Manuel, b. 21 Jun 1898 >>>> Maria, b. 15 Sep 1900 >>>> Anibal, b. 5 Apr 1902 >>>> Cecilia b. 11 Nov 1908, married Luis Arruda in Santa Clara, Ponta >>>> Delgada, on 3 Apr 1955 >>>> Luis Carvalho, 14 Mar 1912, married someone in Bretanha on 14 Nov 1953 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. 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