It goes back roughly 200 years from the birth of the testee. In your case, the mid-1700s.
You could have a sticky segment from the early 1700s. Maybe one of your ancestors had a couple of siblings who went out west to Pico. Just a couple of scenarios. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 2:52 PM, IslandRoutes < [email protected]> wrote: > Over the last year, I've been noticing 4th to remote cousin DNA matches > whose trees are entirely on Pico. I pretty much ignored them because my > tree several generations back is entirely on Sao Miguel Island. I didn't > really think much of it and thought maybe they are identical by state, > rather than true cousin matches. > > Then, last week I got a new match. This person is another 4th to remote. > But the difference is he matches my 3rd cousin on the Pacheco line > (primarily in Fenais da Vera Cruz, Estrela, Nordestinho, Conceicao) on the > same sequence on chromosome 2. My Pacheco cousin shares most of her DNA > with me on this block. > > My new match has 2 generations in Furnas and then the rest of the tree is > on Pico. I didn't see common surnames in his Furnas names and I have no > ancestry there that I know of. > > So, now I wonder if someone in my Pacheco line has roots in Pico. I am > back into the mid 1750s or earlier on many of the lines on this side of my > tree. There's no clues thus far. > > How far back can autosomal DNA predict a relationship? If it is a real > match, I think it's probably going to be in the 1600s. > > Mostly this is curiosity about how far the autosomal test can really > reach. I'll continue to work on this side of the tree, but I'm not going > focus on finding a link (unless it falls into my lap...LOL) > > > -- > 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.
