Elaine S, Correct, the BEST use of DNA is to find relatives - both distant and unknown! Yes, DNA can open doors and some of those doors are closets (with skeletons)! Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada
On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 10:15 AM "E" Sharp <[email protected]> wrote: > My nephew had his done by one company, original finding no French, and > they recently updated his DNA and somehow he was now 50% French....there is > NO French in the family to our knowledge!! I've come to the conclusion, > for now, the only thing DNA tests are really good at is finding relatives; > family members--cousins, an unknown daughter another nephew is the father > of.............................. > > "E" > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 8:28 AM Liz Migliori <[email protected]> wrote: > >> How can this be???? >> What if this were a paternity test done by all different companies? >> 😳😳😳 >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Nov 15, 2018, at 11:14 PM, 'Susan Murphy' via Azores Genealogy < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> Ok I’ll chime in.... >> I am 100% Azorean Portuguese >> >> FTDNA gives me: >> 48% Iberian >> 23% SE Europe >> 10% Scandinavian >> 8% British Isles >> 8% North Africa >> 2% Jewish >> >> Last Spring I did Ancestry sale and got >> 99% Iberian >> 1% Senegal >> >> Just got results from My Heritage this week: >> 45.2 %Iberian >> 13.6 %Ireland, Scotland, Wales >> 12.5 %Scandinavian >> 10.2 %Ashkanazi Jewish >> 18.5 %“three more ethnicities”.... and if you look at their map it is >> mostly Northern Africa. >> >> Not huge differences but wonder which has the biggest database at this >> point.... I would suspect Ancestry with all those Hallmark like commercials >> on TV. If so, it would make sense for me as it’s the closest to what I know >> I am. I’ve always rationalized all the many people who colonized the Azores >> explained the mix before, but when I got Ancestry results I thought “wow” >> that’s the closest to what I know to be true! >> >> Susan Vargas Murphy >> >> On Nov 15, 2018, at 10:37 PM, Rosemarie Capodicci <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> That is so funny,Bill! Both of us show no Iberian with FTDna and in the >> 40% range on MyHeritage! I'm half Portuguese and half Italian. MyH is >> showing Greek which FTDna doesn't show at all but then my Italian side is >> from Sicily and it was overrun by everyone! >> >> Rosemarie >> [email protected] >> Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, >> Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 10:25 PM <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I had previously tested with FTDNA and 23andMe. FTDNA had me 0% Iberia >>> and 23andMe had me as 42% Iberian. I just transferred my FTDNA data to >>> MyHeritage and they estimate my Iberian to be 40% (based on the same data >>> that FTDNA had at 0% Iberia) >>> >>> I am 50% Azorean with two grandparents from the Azores (Terceira and São >>> Miguel), one grandparent whose parents were German-Swiss, and one >>> grandparent from Ireland. >>> >>> Bill Seidler >>> >>> -- >>> 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.
