Yes…it’s pretty small amount Cheri. Dave is less than 2% but I know for sure his great-great-great grandmother was full Native American, the daughter of a Lakota Sioux Chief…..Crow Feather:) I have found paper on this….so I guess it does wash out:(
thanks, Susan Vargas Murphy > On Mar 24, 2018, at 9:13 AM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > > It depends on the definition of "small." Trace amounts are just that - they > make for cocktail party talk. To me, anything under 3% is questionable, as > the ethnicity estimates have quite a way to go still. If you've got the > ancestor documented, than it could be picking it up as "noise." Usually, the > Nat.Amer. ancestor needs to be 100% Nat. Am. and needs to be your parent, > grand, great, or 2-great. Otherwise, it washes out. People of South American > and Central American descent who still marry within their culture will show > it in good amounts. That's probably a Brazilian's screen shot that I > captured, from someone who has been there many generations, so the Native > gets mixed with the Native from the spouse. Cheri > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, > Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada > > On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 11:33 PM, 'Susan Murphy' via Azores Genealogy > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Hi Cheri! > > My husband has a little of that New World and he has a small amount of Native > American ancestry.... I thought maybe that is where it came from? Does that > sound right to you? > > Susan > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 22, 2018, at 2:38 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> People with "New World" get this on their map under their My Origins tab >> (ethnicity ESTIMATES): >> <image.png> >> >> I see it with the Brazilians and people who are part Mexican or part South >> American. Cheri >> >> >> Cheri Mello >> Listowner, Azores-Gen >> Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, >> Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada >> >> On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 2:29 PM, 'Vivian Christy' via Azores Genealogy >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Hi Cheri, I was asked the question about the break down on FTDNA where they >> tell you what percentage of nationality you have in your DNA. >> >> So if someone has New World in that break down what does that mean???? >> >> Thank you, >> Vivian Silva Christy >> >> >> >> -- >> 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] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores >> <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] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores >> <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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores > <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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores > <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.
