Jean, Although there are 3 testing companies for genealogy as Eric mentioned, 23andMe really focuses on health. Ancestry has a lot of commercials (and sells your DNA to big pharmaceutical for $750). The last one, Family Tree DNA is where the Azores project is housed. They don't sell your DNA to a third party, they aren't focused on health either. And they are having a sale until December 31st: https://goo.gl/qr9d4u
Their autosomal DNA test is called Family Finder. It's on sale for $59 (+$12.95 S&H). However, DNA won't give you the name of Jose Dias' parents or the name of the ship he worked on. It will tell you who else you share DNA with, a range, their trees (if they uploaded it), a Chromosome Browser, and your ethnic and ancient origins. The records of the Azores are online. Even though you know Flores, you can probably find a Jose Dias born in 1833 in many villages: tombo.pt/en (stay in the left column and navigate to Flores). Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- 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.
