Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] DNA Testing MyHeritage Transfer

2018-11-17 Thread Ms AVA
Hi List - Feeling a bit lop sided, and leaning heavily towards my Maternal side on Ancestry. Dad's families from the Azores, researched back to late 1680ish. Mom's families from Ireland, Scotland and England. >From Mom's areas, Ancestry ranks me at 72%; FTDNA at 54%; and My Heritage at 47.7%.

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] DNA Testing MyHeritage Transfer

2018-11-17 Thread Herb
Cheri thanks for that great explanation. It is the best explanation I have ever read regarding the differences in DNA test results, and the diffrent companies who test. Absolutely Outstanding! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy"

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] DNA Testing MyHeritage Transfer

2018-11-16 Thread 'Susan Murphy' via Azores Genealogy
Wonderful answer Cheri and thank you for the personal analysis on my Dna results!! Susan > On Nov 16, 2018, at 9:44 AM, Cheri Mello wrote: > > And Rosemarie didn't mention that she also got some DNA matches that she > doesn't have on FTDNA. New cousins to connect with! That's why we do this

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] DNA Testing MyHeritage Transfer

2018-11-16 Thread Donald Vasconcelos
Cheri, Thank you! Your clarification should help a lot of folks. It is a ‘process’. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 16, 2018, at 9:44 AM, Cheri Mello wrote: > > And Rosemarie didn't mention that she also got some DNA matches that she > doesn't have on FTDNA. New cousins to connect with! That's

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] DNA Testing MyHeritage Transfer

2018-11-16 Thread Mary Bordi
I just transferred mine and my mother’s. She passed away several years ago. I have regretted not having her test with Ancestry, so this was a no brainer! Of course we are both on Gedmatch, too. I had an account with MyHeritage several years ago so there is an existing tree. I didn’t renew with

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] DNA Testing MyHeritage Transfer

2018-11-16 Thread Cheri Mello
And Rosemarie didn't mention that she also got some DNA matches that she doesn't have on FTDNA. New cousins to connect with! That's why we do this :) Now that ethnicity ESTIMATE thing.. Each company has contracted with population geneticists who have gone out and taken samples from various

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] DNA Testing MyHeritage Transfer

2018-11-16 Thread Rosemarie Capodicci
Cheri needs to explain to you about each company and who has tested with them. It all depends on what that company is basing their info on. She can explain better than I can. Also, as Michael has stated, and we all know, the Azores were settled by many peoples from different lands. Europe was also

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] DNA Testing MyHeritage Transfer

2018-11-16 Thread Michael Giffin
I just got back from my first trip to Sao Miguel and my family village, Porto Formoso. My family left there in 1883 for Hawaii. Our guide said the archipelago began to be settled sixty years before Columbus sailed for the New World, the first settlers included the Flemish, and some were from

[AZORES-Genealogy] DNA Testing MyHeritage Transfer

2018-11-15 Thread Rosemarie Capodicci
Hi List, I transferred my FTDna raw data over to MyHeritage with Cheri's instructions, on Nov. 12th. I just now was notified that my ethnicity breakdown was available. Quite a few differences from FTDna! On FTDna I have *zero *Iberian ethnicity showing, on MyHeritage I show 47%! I show 84% Europe