Leonard, That's true as well, about ships from all over stopping in the Azores. However, the biggest problem is that they don't have enough reference samples in their database. FTDNA had only 25 samples at one point - and it was to detect all 9 Azores, all 8 or 9 Cape Verde islands, the 2 Madeira islands, Brazil and all its regions and Portugal and all its regions. 25 samples can't do that. I don't know how many samples FTDNA currently has in the current ethnicity estimate. Maybe the next one will have more.
In the meantime, work your matches. That's where the meat of the DNA is. The ethnicity estimates haven't even made it to side dish status yet. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 9:28 AM Leonard Silva <[email protected]> wrote: > I was surprised at how little of my DNA was Iberian Peninsula, considering > that my ancestors came from one tiny village on one small Island in the > Azores (Covas, Graciosa). > A genealogist explained to me that for thousands of years, ships from all > over the world stopped in the Azores, thus influencing the DNA from that > area. > > On Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 9:07:37 PM UTC-4, Cheri Mello wrote: >> >> (Cross posted to Azores, Madeira, and Island Routes lists) >> >> Melody Lassalle does a lot of research of Azoreans to the Hawaiian >> Islands. She has a blog where she shares a variety of research articles - >> some are of general interest and aren't necessarily Portuguese-Hawaiian >> based. Today, she blogged about some reasons people may be disappointed >> with their DNA results: https://goo.gl/hbZKNG >> Cheri Mello >> Listowner, Azores-Gen >> Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, >> Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada >> > -- > 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.
