Thanks, Cherri- I tested through 23andMe & Family Tree DNA, so have those two covered. I had my brother test through Ancestry, to see what else we would pick up. I need to play around on MyHeritage still.
On Saturday, October 19, 2019 at 8:26:24 PM UTC-6, Cheri Mello wrote: > > Only about 20% of people from each company upload to GedMatch, to utilize > their advanced tools. So 80% of people do NOT upload to GedMatch. So if you > want to find 100% of your matches, you have to test or transfer to the main > ones: Family Tree DNA, MyHeritage, AncestryDNA, and to a lesser extent, > 23andMe. > > I have found the most Portuguese cousins on FamilyTree DNA. That may be > because the company was founded in 2000 and the Azores DNA Project was > founded in 2005, so there's some longevity there. However, my dad has one > Portuguese 1st cousin on Ancestry and I think one 2C. On the American > branches, I've found something with all the companies. > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, > Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada > > > On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 11:27 PM Bill Seidler <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hello Cecilia, >> >> Welcome: I hope you find this group as helpful as I have over the past >> several years. >> >> I have at least 350 years of ancestry from Ribeirinha so I thought we >> would match. There are others on this list from Ribeirinha that I connect >> with in several ways in very tangled trees. I did check GEDMATCH (my kit >> is T775218). There are many kits that match both you and I but >> surprisingly, we do not match each other. >> >> My ancestral names in Ribeirinha are Dutra, Vaz Dinis, Evangelho, and >> Rocha (among many others). They are mostly from Feteira and some of these >> lines cross between Ribeirinha and Porto Judeu parishes. >> >> Good luck on your search. >> >> Bill Seidler >> >> On Friday, October 18, 2019 at 7:49:26 PM UTC-7, Cecilia Lopes wrote: >>> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> New to this group, and researching my lineage (both parents from >>> Terceira) in regards to the family names in subject line. >>> >>> Is anyone here on GedMatch? My GedMatch number: RE1276480 >>> <https://www.gedmatch.com/OneToMany0Tier2.php?kit_num=RE1276480> >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Cecilia (Ferreira) Lopes >>> >> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/4218a321-e25c-44eb-a6f3-c363ef7711e2%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/4218a321-e25c-44eb-a6f3-c363ef7711e2%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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/5295e5bf-e92d-4a18-91c8-7fdf72e0aec7%40googlegroups.com.
