Working on mine right now. One thing, I have an incognito. So, I assume the same ethnic group and country but not quite sure if same island. Or he may have been a sailor?
On Thursday, August 29, 2019 at 7:32:03 PM UTC-4, Cheri Mello 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) > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/24c10965-404d-4a11-b987-7e74d2f859d5%40googlegroups.com.
