Rob W, There is no way to give you any advise without me looking at your DNA page on FTDNA. I would be a lot of guesses and nothing concrete.
Here are the join instructions: Log into the FTDNA page with the kit number and password. Across the top is says: myFTDNA, DNA Tests, Projects....Point at Projects. When the drop down menu appears, click "Join a project." If the Azores Islands appears on the top, click the link and scroll down to the JOIN button at the end. If the Azores Islands is not suggested, scroll down to where it says "Search by Surname" and type: azores. When Azores Islands appears, click the link and follow the directions. ================== My guess is that "Du Coyte" may be "do Couto." After you join the Azores DNA Project, I can tell you more. Otherwise, it's just some wild guesses. Thanks, Cheri Mello, Family Tree DNA Admin (volunteer), Azores DNA Project Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 10:57 AM Rob Whaite <rwhait...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > One of my 2nd Great Grandfather's came to South Australia in 1848. > Unfortunately most shipping lists of the time have"not survived" to use > the official term.There are some Newspaper reports but they are notoriously > unreliable and misspellings abound. > He was born about 1808 and went by the name of Joseph Josephs which > unfortunately was not his real name. His real name was supposed to be Du > Coyte or something similar > When one of his daughter's died the obituary said that her father fought > in the Crimean war which is impossible of course because he was already in > Australia before that war began. > He may have fought in the Portuguese civil war as he would have been old > enough. > > He probably came to Australia via England. Very hard to find a name when > you don't know what name to look for? He was however Portuguese and spoke > very poor English. > > I have had my DNA tested with Ancestry and uploaded my info To "My > Heritage" FTDNA,Living DNA and Gedmatch. > Ancestry does not recognize my Portuguese ancestry although it did > originally, however "My Heritage" does!! > > I have been checking my Portugal matches on Ancestry and over 90% of them > have an ancestor from the Azores within 3-4 generations. I don't know how > common that is in the overall Portuguese population?? > I do know that Joseph was suppose to have come from an island and had a > brother that went to South America,Brazil?? > > I know this is a bit long winded but do you think it is reasonable to > assume that Joseph came from the Azores? At least at this stage? > > I'm just looking for an opinion and as I have explained I have next to > nothing to go on!!! > > Rob > > > > > -- > 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/97bc0e6e-c8ee-42dd-b3c8-7efdccd8f167%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/97bc0e6e-c8ee-42dd-b3c8-7efdccd8f167%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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/CAKUUw_F7N5TZCXQPifY2j73ih-z6GsnKqMRBvf49kHd8OyqXnA%40mail.gmail.com.
