I've been hired so many times to find a Native American ancestor in a family background that I give it a shorthand name,The Secret Squaw.
Eric Edgar On Mon, Mar 26, 2018, 8:39 AM E. Sharp <[email protected]> wrote: > Susan, > > Thanks for posting this. My husband swears he has Am. Indian ancestors. > His DNA shows none and I do not know his maternal DNA line past his GG > grandmother. I guess he might be right after all. Darn!! > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 26, 2018, at 6:18 AM, 'Susan Murphy' via Azores Genealogy < > [email protected]> wrote: > > 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]> 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]> 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]> 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]. >>> 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. >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
