Yes, many Azores people show the Finnish/Northern Sibeiran. It's not unusual. But as to why...I'll have to do some digging to find out.
Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 10:50 AM, MaryAnn Santos <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, both my sister and I have 3% Finnish - both are parents are > Portuguese - my mother's family is from São Miguel, Açores going back to > late 1500s maybe earlier and my father's family is from mainland Portugal, > Moimenta da Beira. Our mtDNA Haplogroup U5a1c. > > MaryAnn > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 1:29 PM, Kawika322 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I was looking at my Uncle's Family Finder My Origins results map and was >> curious about how he has 4% from Finland and Northern Siberia. I am not >> sure where that would have come from. He is Portuguese on both sides >> (Azores on one half and Madeira on other). Obviously there were Azorean >> settlers who originally came from all over Europe, such as Italy, Germany, >> Flanders (Silveira), Spain, so I imagine that someone could have come from >> that far north in Finland/Northern Sibeiria and their descendants >> eventually made it to the Azores. >> >> Does anyone else or their family have Finland/Northern Siberian results >> from Azorean ancestry? I do have a few pai incongnitos in the records from >> the Azores, so it could come from that as well. >> >> Any ideas or thoughts or ideas would be helpful. >> >> Thanks, >> >> David >> >> -- >> 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores. >> > > > > -- > *MaryAnn Santos* > Senior Advisement and Student Affairs Administrator > Department of Art and Art Professions > NYU/Steinhardt > 212.998.5702 > [email protected] > > Follow us at > > *Twitter / @NYUart <https://twitter.com/NYUart>Instagram / @nyuart > <http://instagram.com/nyuart>* > *Facebook / NYU Art Department > <https://www.facebook.com/pages/NYU-Art-Department/53833145389>* > > -- > 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 https://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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
