That seems to be what's happening to me on my mother's side (not Portuguese). I have a lot of matches, but almost nobody has done any research. And if the 200 year mark is not really that valid for other areas, maybe they will need to revise it to 300-400 years for other countries, too.
I look at my mother's side as practically impossible to connect to anyone. So it makes me appreciate the resources we have for Portugal and the ability to connect with a very high percentage and also document it.
Doug da Rocha Holmes
Sacramento, California
Pico & Terceira Genealogist
916-550-1618
Sacramento, California
Pico & Terceira Genealogist
916-550-1618
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Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Finder DNA match for Terceira
From: Pam Santos <pamsanto...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, June 19, 2013 8:35 pm
To: azores@googlegroups.com
Odd There is ALOT of matches on my mothers New Mexico ancestry on my sons matches though. But then some matches on names I have no ideaOn Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 8:33 PM, Pam Santos <pamsanto...@gmail.com> wrote:
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 ancestryOn Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 8:29 PM, <p...@dholmes.com> 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.
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