Doug, I keep trying to figure it out too. I came out 99.23% French. My fathers parents were from the Azores. His mother's side had some Flemish names. My mothers parents were Irish and English. I guessed maybe the Irish were from France. I heard a story that our Anselmo Vieiras had Basque or Spanish Jew in there from a distant cousin. Along that line the Basque provinces are in France and Spain.
I now have kinder thoughts about the French. Genealogy is humbling. I guess it goes to what part of the DNA we inherited. Pat Nostrome Irvine, California -----Original Message----- From: pico <p...@dholmes.com> To: azores <azores@googlegroups.com> Sent: Sat, Nov 2, 2013 1:43 pm Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Tree Dna results My father's came up as 93% Spanish. Mine is 97% French. Since my mother is 50% German, about 25% Hungarian and 25% Slovak, I suppose when mixed with my father's Spanish, that equals French. Interesting math: Spanish + German/Hungarian/Slovak = French. What it might be saying is that the Germans are lumped in with French. And I suppose an English or Irish person would also be listed as Orkney. Anyone know? It would also seem that my Population Finder percentages should be more like 40% Spanish, 25% French (if the Germans are lumped with French), and maybe 23% Orkney (if Slovaks and Hungarians are lumped with Orkney), to equal my 97% Western European. And that designation alone is also in question, now that my wife's test is back - Slovakia and Hungary are not in Western Europe. They are in central. If someone from Moscow tested, would they be Eastern European? I don't believe they have Central European so they are lumped with western. But maybe should be lumped with eastern, since we're talking about Slavs. I'll have to look for a waiter to get another drink at this cocktail party. Doug da Rocha Holmes Sacramento, California Pico & Terceira Genealogist 916-550-1618 www.dholmes.com -------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Tree Dna results From: <p...@dholmes.com> Date: Sat, November 02, 2013 12:57 pm To: azores@googlegroups.com My wife's Population Finder results with her 100% Slovak ancestry came up as 90% Orkney. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Tree Dna results From: Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> Date: Sat, November 02, 2013 12:17 pm To: azores@googlegroups.com The 4 Western European populations in the database are Basque, French, Spanish, and Orkney Islands. So Portuguese are "fit" into one of those 4. Until they get a wider population sample, you can kind of think of it as a cocktail party conversation piece. Cheri -- 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. -- 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.
