Tony A, You also need to transfer your DNA to Family Tree DNA (FTDNA). Or test on FTDNA;s chip/platform of 700,000 locations (versus Ancestry's 200,000). FTDNA is having a sale through Aug. 31st: https://goo.gl/vTndP3
Only about 20% of people who DNA test upload to GedMatch. Or that used to be the statistic. Since law enforcement (in America at least) has figured out how to use GedMatch to solve criminal cases, some won't upload to GedMatch as they only want their DNA used for genealogy. So putting it out on GedMatch and trying to entice the other 80% to do so....well, you are missing a huge audience. If you want to transfer your Ancestry DNA to FTDNA, I will start a separate post. I told Gwen in another post that I would post the directions. Cheri On Aug 27, 2018 8:58 AM, "Azores Genealogy group" <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm looking for information about my Amaranté ancestry from Manadas, Sao > Jorge. > > To the best of my understanding, I believe my Amaranté ancestry most > likely originates from the Amarante family in Velas and starting with > a Gonçalo de Amaranté who married Francisca de Oliveira. I have no > information on the date of this marriage but it was probably around 1580s. > Again, based on no evidence, I would suggest this Gonçalo was possibly born > circa 1560s and was the son of Gonçalo de Amaranté. > > > > Gonçalo de Amaranté who married Francisca de Oliveira had a son Jorge de > Oliviera Amaranté who married Iria Vieira Azevedo and they had at least six > children, five sons and a daughter. Again, without clear evidence, I > believe one of these sons had a relationship with a woman by the name of > Catarina Simao (my 7th Great grandmother) and that from this relationship > Maira de Amaranté was born. While Maira de Amaranté's father is unknown > there is very strong evidence to suggest there is a connection to the > Amarante family in Velas, with several of Maria's children's godparents > being from or connected to the Amarante family in Velas. > > > Does any of the above mean anything to anyone? > > > Also, just as a matter of interest, my DNA results are on Ancestry as > well on the GEDmatch DNA website. My GEDmatch kit number is A231342. > > > Drop me line if you think there is a match. > > > Cheers, Tony Amarant > > -- > 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.
