Doug, This is indeed interesting. I find that Helen Cunha Kerner, Manuel Soares Cunha, Richard Greene and I have an almost exact match to each other with a Nelson Rios sharing the tiniest bit of the same match. Unfortunately, none of these people have posted their gedcoms but; Helen and Manuel both appear to have common surnames with me in the same villages so, that undoubtedly is the connection. Thanks for alerting us to this valuable tool.
Helen, Manuel; are you out there? Helen, I think we have emailed previously but; maybe we need to work harder at finding our connection. Sam in CA From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of p...@dholmes.com Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2013 11:22 PM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Chromosome Browser for Family Finder DNA results I have been studying the chromosome browser tool found on Family Finder results and realize that's what they were talking about when they did the updates to the new and better DNA results in early February. If you have had the Family Finder test and having used this browser, I think you'll really find it valuable. For instance, Mike Gilfilian, one of our list members, is a 4th cousin, once removed for my father (and 5th cousin to me). Since we have no other common ancestors and share only Piedade, Pico as our common village, it's a great place to start with these comparisions on this browser. You'll really need to look at this browser to follow me on this. No way you'll understand this message otherwise, I don't think. When I click on Mike's name and compare his DNA to my father's, the places that are colored are the exact locations and exact DNA that we both share. When I also click others of our matches, most of the time we don't find more matches to this exact segment of DNA where Mike and I match. But there is one case where another person does also match that same exact DNA and that's the amazing value of this browser. Since I know the exact place Mike and I match, anyone else who matches there must have these same exact ancestors. There is no way around it. It pinpoints it for this third person. I found two more people whose DNA matches this same DNA as Mike and I share. It's not 100% the same, but most of it is the same. What I mean is that the colored sections that represent each person is longer for one than for another. I suppose it means the ancestors we all share didn't always pass all their DNA on to each of us in the same amounts. So the surprise to me is just who these other people are. One is my friend with a lot of Sao Roque do Pico ancestry. I know all his ancestors for all four of his grandparents and I never would have suspected him to match me with these Piedade ancestors that Mike and I share. Since he also has a lot of Lajes do Pico ancestry, that might be how this happened. I'm guessing that some branch of his Lajes ancestry came over from Piedade before the records of Lajes now exist (so they came over in maybe the 1600s). Or maybe it's the opposite and some branch of my and Mike's Piedade ancestry came over from Lajes to Piedade before Piedade's records started (also in the 1600s). Looking at the ancestry of this 4th person who matches, they also have a lot of south side Pico ancestors. So due to this and for other other reason I've ever been giving from existing records, I believe this part of my Piedade ancestry must trace back to older Lajes area families. And I have some leads now on just who they might link to in the middle or early 1600s when there are no church records anymore for Lajes. Aside from that, I did notice several cases of other matches we have where a third person was an exact match to someone else. If you have many matches and not all are know just how, this could quite possibly lead you to the answer. I'd love to hear what others find when using this chromosome browser. Doug da Rocha Holmes Sacramento, California Pico & Terceira Genealogist 916-550-1618 www.dholmes.com -- For 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." --- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores?hl=en. -- For 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." --- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores?hl=en.
