Lori, I'm not Katherine and I'm not sure how closely she's following this thread.
Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) has their Family Finder (autosomal DNA) test. This test is one way to get the percent testing for the ethnicity. It is under beta testing and states so. They have been able to sample only a few populations from each continent, so it's no where near comprehensive yet. Here are the reference populations that they are currently comparing the DNA against. Note: They haven't sampled the Portuguese population yet. http://goo.gl/8fXp2 Here is the whole list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about the Population Finder (the ethnicity portion of the Family Finder test): http://goo.gl/7yFl0 To be clear, this test will NOT tell you where the Jewish connection is. It will only tell you that it appears that there was some Middle Eastern in there. I'd have to check to see how many generations ago. If your Jewish ancestor was 10 generations ago and you have that on paper, it very well may NOT show up in this DNA test, as too much time has passed and the DNA became too diluted with each generation. Because this is an autosomal DNA test (a mixture of your 22 pairs of your autosomal chromosomes (your 23rd pair is the sex chromosomes - making you male or female), either men or women can take this type of DNA test. Now, if you KNOW that a certain ancestor was Jewish and you found the son of the son of the son of that male descendant, you could have his Y chromosome tested via one of the Y DNA tests. That's looking at the sex chromosome only which does NOT recombine (or shuffle). So you would know exactly where that DNA is coming from. Cheri Mello Family Tree DNA Admin Azores DNA -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
