FTDNA calls the ethnicity estimates "My Origins." Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada
On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 9:31 AM JesseAndDeborah Mendonca < [email protected]> wrote: > Sharon and Kathy, > > My understanding is that the people of the Iberian peninsula had contact > with North Africa and the countries and islands in the Mediterranean. > There would have been interbreeding of course. > > Using FTDNA you get the cM of the segment length of shared DNA. I think > comparing the matches from there would help give some idea of whether > other families have the same thing and perhaps how recent the matches are. > > > Does FTDNA have a function that shows the origin countries of matches? > Something like Ancestries? I haven’t found it. > > In closing, my husband‘s DNA origins keep changing and fine tuning as it > gets more users to compare to. His earlier ITALIAN is gone and more > Iberian Peninsula is the result. I suspect a “full” Italian would have > similar changes. We haven’t found any links to the small but significant > bit of European he has. His grandfather (1869-1947) born on São Miguel was > quite tall and does not look very Portuguese. We thought we would find a > hint by now. > > Your thoughts? > > Debbie Shepherd Mendonca > > Researching > 1. LUIZ, SOUZA, PIMENTEL, PEREIRA on Sao Miguel: Sao Roque, Ponta Delgada, > later Hawaii and California > 2. MENDONCA, AGUIAR, ORNELAS on Madeira: Santana and Brazil: Sao Paulo > > > > On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 7:52 AM 'Kathy Cardoza' via Azores Genealogy < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Sharon >> >> The Iberian Peninsula consists mostly of Spain and Portugal with a little >> bit of south west France, as I recall. No Italian is considered to be from >> the Iberian Peninsula. >> >> Kathy >> >> ********************************* >> Sent to you from my iPhone >> ********************************* >> >> >> On Dec 8, 2019, at 9:22 PM, Sharon Reif <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Hello all, >> >> I have been following this group for awhile, and not contributing very >> much. >> >> I do want to ask a few questions. Do many of you have family trees that >> link our Azores genealogy with Italian, namely southern Italian families? >> My DNA shows that I have some Iberian connections, but it must go really >> far back in time. The ancestry that I am familiar with are all from Eastern >> Europe (Hungary, Austria, Balkland, etc.) and Southern Italy and the Middle >> East (Sicily, Greece, Northern Africa, Syria, etc.). With all of the >> conquering armies a long time ago, there must have been some mixed in with >> my ancestors. >> >> >> -- >> 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/db421ca5-69cf-4abd-bff3-c701cf5f4190%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/db421ca5-69cf-4abd-bff3-c701cf5f4190%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/77D9DD0C-B1FA-4185-BD7F-D49F8D0426FF%40me.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/77D9DD0C-B1FA-4185-BD7F-D49F8D0426FF%40me.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/CAJ7050uBEzjYtrtVC2zLhWPSVe%2Bv-CsPtTT5tS1ZBPOYE0wDrg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/CAJ7050uBEzjYtrtVC2zLhWPSVe%2Bv-CsPtTT5tS1ZBPOYE0wDrg%40mail.gmail.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/CAKUUw_EMz8UvsqwQ1nu7oS1WgX%3DMaF_2b8CW52gSkiNK65qNaQ%40mail.gmail.com.
