Hi Donald, I've run into something similar. I'm convinced something went awry with the new system FTDNA used. I hope they correct it.
MaryAnn On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 11:45 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, it looks like the geneticists children programmed the estimates. > From what I hear, *many* people are not happy and find them even less > accurate than before. > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, > Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada > > On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 7:22 PM, Donald Rodrigues <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> FamilyTreeDNA ethnicity estimates follow. My paternal grandmother was >> Portuguese, born on Madeira; as were her parents and her parent’s >> parents. The family was dirt poor and lived for generations in a remote >> hamlet in the countryside, seemingly far away from the influence of >> outsiders . My paternal grandfather was the son of a Spaniard from the >> Canary Islands. His wife, my great grandmother, was a Portuguese woman from >> Madeira, whose family similarly originated from a remote hamlet where >> her ancestors had lived for generations. One would think that these >> folks would contribute at least some percentage of Spanish/Portuguese >> ancestry, >> yet the Ethnicity estimate shows ZERO Iberian ancestry. It’s hard to >> make sense of this! >> >> Donald Rodrigues >> >> Old FTDNA Ethnicity Estimate New FTDNA >> Ethnicity Estimate >> >> European 99 * European * >> 90 >> >> Southern Europe 48 Iberia >> 0 >> >> Western & Central Europe 36 >> Western & Central Europe 76 >> >> British Isles 8 British Isles >> 14 >> >> Finland & Northern Siberia 4 >> Finland < 2 >> >> Eastern Europe 3 Eastern Europe >> 0 >> >> South East Europe >> < 2 >> >> * Middle Eastern * >> 5 >> >> North African >> 5 >> >> West Middle East >> < 2 >> >> African 2 * African* 0 >> >> West Africa 2 West Africa >> < 2 >> >> South Central Africa >> < 2 >> >> East Central Africa >> 0 >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: PRT-MADEIRA [mailto:prt-madeira-bounces+dr >> [email protected] >> <[email protected]>] On Behalf Of >> Cheri Mello >> Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2017 7:47 AM >> To: Azores Genealogy; [email protected]; >> [email protected] >> Subject: [PT-MADEIRA] New Ethnicity Estimates for Family Tree DNA >> >> (Cross posted to Azores, Madeira, IslandRoutes) >> >> For those who have tested with Family Tree DNA (FTDNA), it appears that >> they have released their new ethnicity ESTIMATES. This is version 3 of this >> interesting tool. >> >> Since it's brand new, I'll just start with looking at my family. The >> Portuguese was clustered into Southern Europe, a big purple swath from >> Portugal to Spain to Italy then Greece. Good news! They've split the >> western part (Spain and Portugal) into Iberian and the eastern part (Italy >> and Greece) into Southeast Europe. My dad, 50% Portuguese is now 12% >> Iberian and 13% Southeast Europe! His British Isles (the other 50%) is >> gone! I guess the key word is they are still ESTIMATES. >> >> It'll be interesting to see what others get! Cheri Mello, Family Tree DNA >> Admin (volunteer) Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen >> >> Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, >> Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "IslandRoutes" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/islandroutes. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > 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>* -- 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.
