Leonard, If you tested only for the ethnicity estimates, you're really not going to be wowed by any company.
Your sample is run against a population sample at each company and they decide how well you fit. At Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) the sample size was 25. Just 25 to compare Azoreans, Madeirans, Portuguese, Brasilians, etc. No company has a great Portuguese population sample. So you can keep on testing your ethnicity and you will continue to get various estimates. I think Judy Russell, The Legal Genealogist, says it best: https://goo.gl/ehzUxy If you want to see how you stack up against the 25 people at FTDNA, you can transfer and pay $19 to see your ethnicity estimates there. You won't be wowed though. But you'll get some nice tools to utilize for your genealogy and you'll be fishing for cousins in another pond. But if you only want the ethnicity estimates, I won't bother. And if you want a real in depth article, search Roberta Estes' blog: https://dna-explained.com/ She is quite scientific. Cheri Mello, Family Tree DNA Admin (volunteer), Azores DNA Project Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 11:54 AM, Leonard Silva <[email protected]> wrote: > I did my DNA through Ancestry and was surprised to see how small the > percentage of Iberian heritage was there. I discussed this with a > genealogist at my local library and she told me that for hundreds of years, > the Azores were a stopping point for all manner of ships from around he > world and that Azorian DNA is much more diverse than one might expect. > Any comments from those of you who have studied this? > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
