Ok I just did the survey. Hope it helps. Sent from my iPhone
> On Oct 11, 2019, at 2:28 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > > > (Cross posted to Azores, Madeira, and IslandRoutes lists) > > Just a reminder if you have not yet done so, please fill out the Family > Ancestry Survey (for FTDNA customers) on your personal DNA page. Here's the > original post and where they now have placed the Family Ancestry survey under > the new design of your FTDNA page. > > 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.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. Neither the > Azores nor Madeira is a country (they are autonomous regions), 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! > > If you did the survey, the link on your page is gone. > > (No, I don't know when the survey will end and they will stop collecting > results.) > Cheri Mello, Family Tree DNA Admin (volunteer) > > > On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 4:31 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.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/CAKUUw_HanSsY%2BTLsme1a0Wm7SAFDpRp2m9av9nyKCjg3OMTfJQ%40mail.gmail.com. -- 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]. 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