Because the Azores, nor Madeira are countries. Portugal is the country. You
put Azores under "Other Group Affliate Details." I put "Born in Azores, Sao
Miguel island."

I'll do another one and screen shot it.
Cheri Mello
Listowner, Azores-Gen
Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente,
Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada


On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 4:56 PM Rosemarie Capodicci <[email protected]>
wrote:

> This is great except that they are not allowing Azores, Portugal, Azores
> Island, Portugal just Portugal!!! Still is not going to show our correct
> spot on the Portuguese ladder!!
>
> Rosemarie
> [email protected]
> Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores,
> Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 4:32 PM Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> (Cross posted to Azores, Madeira, IslandRoutes lists)
>>
>> A few years back (about 2013-2014), Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) did a survey,
>> asking for background information which they then incorporated into their
>> ethnicity estimates. Only 25 people of Portuguese descent answered. That
>> was all. "Portuguese" then had to cover Portugal, Azores, Madeira, and
>> Brazil. Only 25 people! And of course many people did not match those 25 in
>> the population sample. And of course people were disappointed with their
>> ethnicity estimates.
>>
>> If you would like more accurate results for the Azores, Madeira,
>> Portugal, Brazil (or any other country), NOW is the time. Family Tree DNA
>> has created a new Family Ancestry Survey. You need to have ordered Family
>> Finder, transferred over to FTDNA (from Ancestry, My Heritage, 23 and Me),
>> or you have a Family Finder test on order.
>>
>> 1) Open your genealogy program and have the main person be the same as
>> the test person (I did my dad because he's half Portuguese). It helps as a
>> reference if you are answering for someone else.
>> 2) Log directly into the kit with the kit number and password.
>> 3) Scroll down the left column looking for the survey and click it:
>> [image: image.png]
>>
>> There are only 4 questions. And it's clunky and not intuitive.
>>
>> It asks which ethnicity the test taker's father's father was from. So the
>> test taker's paternal grandfather. If you start typing "Portuguese" it will
>> suggest "Europe - Portuguese." Then it asks for the country. The Azores nor
>> Madeira is a country, so you pick Portugal. Then it asks for other group
>> affiliation details. Here you can put something like "Born in the Azores,
>> Sao Miguel island" or "Born in Madeira."
>>
>> It then repeats the process for the test taker's paternal grandmother,
>> maternal grandfather, and maternal grandmother.
>>
>> However, if you have something that's plain old American, it becomes
>> difficult. My dad's maternal half has been in America for a couple of
>> hundred years (at least). So when it wants his maternal grandfather's
>> ethnicity, that would be American. Nope, that was not an option. Neither
>> was Caucasian. I finally picked Europe - English even though he was a blend
>> of the British Isles (English, Irish, Scottish). For his birth place, it
>> allowed United States of America. Then for other group affiliation details,
>> I put "Born in Kansas."
>>
>> So please, Please, PLEASE answer the survey so we can have more accurate
>> results for our corner of the world. Don't let another 5 years (or so) go
>> by!
>>
>> (No, I don't know when the survey will end and they will stop collecting
>> results.)
>> Cheri Mello, Family Tree DNA Admin (volunteer)
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