I did the Ancestry DNA test when they have me a promotional amount of 9.00. It is surprising as I have 4 matches all portuguese and the ones that have large trees on Ancestry.com they will actually tell you the persons you match at on your trees. So I was surprised because they were correct in saying it was my 4th cousin on one match and it is my fourth cousin. We are now communicating through Ancestry. So the one advantage to Ancestry is they have my Tree and the Trees of the other people and they can find the match for you. Depending on how much information you have in your tree. So I might do both AncestryDNA for my family and also FTDNA that I have already. A lot of times names that you are looking for in your family can be so many it is to hard to put them all down. Also because of the naming practices of the Portuguese you never know what your going to come up with. I need to update my FTDNA sites with my Gedcom but have not done that yet. So chances are I might have more relatives to find.. I know I match a Bob Ross but have not heard back from him yet. He is on the Azores List. Thanks, Vivian (Silva) Christy Names: Silva, da Silva, Nunes, Machado, Madruga, de Brum, Brown, Mitchell, Jose, Joseph, Silveria, Souza, Rose, da Rosa, Netto, Ferriera, Perrry, Caramujo, Cardosa, Islands: Pico, Sao Miguel, Sao Jorge, Tereirca, Faial,
________________________________ From: "alrose...@aol.com" <alrose...@aol.com> To: azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 9:09 AM Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Anyone heard of AncestrybyDNA? In my own view, Genealogical DNA testing is best done through a company that has at least two factors in its favor: 1) a significant database of participants to use to compare to your own DNA sample, and 2) a proven track record. Family Tree DNA has been around the longer and has a larger participant database. In a message dated 9/25/2012 11:24:16 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, beso...@succeed.net writes: >Came across a promotion by AncestrybyDNA for $97 (regularly $195) for an >AncestrybyDNA test, with results available online. > >Here’s what is says: > >“Swab the inside of your cheek and send it in for analysis; your DNA sample >will be tested for your complete ancestral makeup based on your chromosomes, >giving you results of your full ancestry -- instead of just simple >information based on your direct maternal and paternal lines. Your ancestral >origins will be quantified in percentages across four population groups: >Indigenous American, European, East Asian, and African. With a personalized >ancestry test certificate and a detailed manual to explain and interpret your >results available online, you will have a clearer picture of where you come >from -- and possibly be able to close the book on some family mysteries.” > >Anyone know of the pros or cons with this one? Is the information interchangeable? From what I can see, it may be just a certificate with your percentages of where they show you’re from and that’s it, but I’m not for sure. > > >Robin Borba Besotes >Researching: Borba, Bettencourt, Matos, Da Rosa, Jacinto, Jorge, Souto >Islands: Terceira, Sao Jorge, Pico, Faial, Flores >California Towns: Turlock, Crowslanding, San Jose, Milpitas, Tres Pinos, >Hollister, Watsonville, Half Moon Bay > > -- >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." -- 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." -- 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."
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