Between my dad and his double 1st cousin they show Middle Eastern 7% and African 2%.
My grandmother is Haplogroup L2a1c and I have traced her line to Ana Fonsequa b. about 1574. Her daughter married Joao Martins on 20 Jun 1621 in Ponta Delgada Sao Sebastiao. I have found no notations in this line about African Ancestry. In tracing another line I have a 5th great grandmother Susana Francisca de Amaral who married Antonio Torres on 3 Apr 1778 in NS Anunciacao in Achada and her mother is named as Victoria da Camara Slave of Captain Ignicio Manuel de Medeiros. You can see the wording here: http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-ND-ACHADA-C-1758-1787/SMG-ND-ACHADA-C-1758-1787_item1/P58.html LOWER RIGHT. Rick Richard Francis Pimentel Epping, NH Researching, Riberia Grande, Riberinha, Achada Grande, Bretanha, and Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel, Acores From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2016 10:35 AM To: Azores Genealogy Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Portuguese-African ancestry According to both FTDNA and 23andMe I have some African DNA in my family. FTDNA has my total at 2% African, while the 23andMe total is 1.5% Sub Saharan African. I have no idea if this is from my paternal or maternal side of my family. My paternal great grandparents were from the Azores (Silva-de Medeiros) and Madeira (Gomes-de Sousa). Maternal great grandparents were from Sweden (Berglund-Jonsson) and England (Matthews-Harvey). Besides O Africano, what are some of the other terms I should be looking for in the baptismo, casamento, or obito records? Paul G. -- 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.
