Hi Cheri,
Thanks for your patient help. I think you’ve supported the FTDNA suggestion: Y-DNA 37 is a reasonable place to start for males, coupled with Family Finder. Then, as you explained, people can go back and purchase upgrades as needed/wanted over time - especially when on sale : ). I did spend more time going through FamilyFinder matches, and found 11 pertinent surname matches leading to the sought after ancestor. So, in this instance, probably a lack of direct males testing via Y-DNA. FYI, suspect a website glitch: when searching from the main FamilyFinder Results page, just 2 surname matches were found. The other matches were revealed when searching trees attached to individuals within the master list. (I had saved emails re prior searches and was able to ‘re-find’ the additional ‘hits’ – this time making a master list of them.) Marsha Stringer strin...@mstringer.net ------------------------------ *From:* azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Cheri Mello *Sent:* Friday, August 12, 2016 3:12 PM *To:* Azores Genealogy *Subject:* Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] DNA "Basics" question Marsha,Either his Stringer family has not tested or this would be the case of an NPE (Non-Paternal Event, but I prefer to call it Not the Parent Expected). Cheri Mello Family Tree DNA Admin (volunteer) Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada . -- 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.
