Plus you can’t be 33% of your dad is only 12% Iberian, lol. Your chart is crazy.
Is the French possibly because of the Flemish? Jesse had previously been tagged as more French. All 4 of his own grandparents immigrated to Hawaii from either São Miguel or Madeira, yet he is about 15-20% other. He has shown to be 3-5% Ashkenazi on several estimates with Ancestry and FTDNA. ITS FASCINATING! Debbie On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 5:13 PM Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ancestry uses trees for the "spot on" analysis. Imagine the poor person > who has a poorly researched tree and everyone copies without verification? > And they are on the wrong island(s)? People move around, so pinpointing a > location is going to be close to impossible with DNA. > > My dad is 50% Azorean (his paternal grandparents came from there). > Therefore, I am 25%. My mother has no Portuguese in her whatsoever. She has > long lines in the U.S. and based on the surnames, she's heavy English, > Irish, and Scot. > > [image: image.png] > > My dad does get readings from Africa, probably due to the Moors and all > that history. His French may be misread stuff from the Roman Empire, such > as the Franks. > > I find FTDNA's 33% Iberian really funny because I'm only 25%. Oh well, > we'll see what the next update holds. > > In the meantime, I'm going to work my matches and figure out connections > that I didn't have before. That's where the whole meat of this is at right > now. > > > On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 3:20 PM 'Lisa' via Azores Genealogy < > azores@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> The most recent update on AncestryDNA was spot on (finally) including >> correctly identifying my islands: 43% Portuguese—>Azores—>Pico & Sao Jorge. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Nov 26, 2019, at 1:47 PM, E. Sharp <bellema...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> The difference of DNA tests between FTDNA and Ancestry is impossible to >> understand. I traced a line very carefully. One brother used FTDNA, his >> sister used Ancestry. FTDNA results came out very closely to my research >> to the 1500’s Portuguese, Italian, Croatian and English. Ancestry says >> mostly French....I have found no French thus far in this family???????? Go >> figure. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Nov 26, 2019, at 11:03 AM, Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> 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? 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