It's the French that gets misread. There was some French influence on Sao Miguel and my mom has some French as well. 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 6:45 PM JesseAndDeborah Mendonca < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> 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 < >> [email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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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