Yes I think, its hard to tell because that person has New Mexico ancestry and on my side is New Mexico. The person has Flores, Azores ancestry
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 8:29 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Does he match anyone with Portuguese ancestry? > > It's no surprise there is a shortage of matches, since testing on someone > 75 or older would show more matches, in general, if they have a higher > percentage of pure Portuguese DNA. > > In fact, I was surprised that of the four latest matches for my father, I > got three of them to match me. Sandra and I match, as well as another list > member. And I match a Pimentel who might also be on the list, but this last > is not likely going to be possible to prove when they have so little > research done and will have to go back 400 years. > > Doug da Rocha Holmes > Sacramento, California > Pico & Terceira Genealogist > 916-550-1618 > www.dholmes.com > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Finder DNA match for Terceira > From: Pam Santos <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, June 19, 2013 7:59 pm > To: [email protected] > > Well I got my sons back and I havent seen that he matches too anyone on > the azores group hmm > > > On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 3:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes, that will be interesting. >> Luckily you do have a maternal uncle and even two male cousins. >> >> I looked at your gedcom and see you don't know about the ancestors I >> mentioned. >> I did more research last night on your Biscoitos lines and found a couple >> of them, just to confirm we are not related through them. I still have a >> few more from that area to rule out. >> >> Cheri always tells us the Family Finder test shows about 200 years back, >> but I keep repeating that for the Azores, I think it's way more, like >> 400-500 years. Because I know the vast majority of your ancestry back into >> the 1600s, if not the 1500s and I show just the three mentioned ancestors >> we share. And the CLOSEST was born 400 years ago. There is no other >> conclusion than what I keep saying - 400+ years for the Azores. >> >> I realize it's the people at FTDNA that make these estimates and Cheri is >> just reporting what they tell her. >> If I could, I would like to have them change or modify these estimated >> relations. What they said for us is about twice as close as reality. >> >> Doug da Rocha Holmes >> Sacramento, California >> Pico & Terceira Genealogist >> 916-550-1618 >> www.dholmes.com >> >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Finder DNA match for Terceira >> From: Sandra Valine Dauer <[email protected]> >> Date: Wed, June 19, 2013 10:17 am >> To: [email protected] >> >> Doug and Doreen >> Yesterday I received the Family Finder results and amazed on how many >> new matches I have received , including both of you. I have not begin to >> dug into the connections. My Berberea side in America is very slim, as my >> grandfather was the only one from his siblings immigrated to America >> (several went to Brazil). My Mom only had one brother and he had two >> children, both males. On my bucket list is to have my cousin Denis >> have his YDNA test taken. This is so interesting. >> >>> >>> >>> -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > > > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
