Fred & all others reading his post, Basically what you have written is true. However, as a registered nurse who cares for neonates in the ICU, I have to clarify what you said about cousins marrying rarely leading to birth defects or genetic diseases. While there may be many times that such problems do not occur, at some point the intermarrying does lead to "birth defects" or "genetic diseases" often in the form of inborn errors of metabolism or other obscure defects that are not obviously apparent to the casual observer. Sometimes these "defects" do not declare themselves for a couple of generations. Lisa In a message dated 11/4/2013 7:21:13 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, fsouz...@comcast.net writes:
this is basic science. Your DNA is only 50% from one parent, and that goes back forever. So the mixes keep happening. Just like one brother can have blue eyes and blonde hair and the other one green eyes and brown hair, none of us (except identical twins) have the same DNA. However, if the preponderence is of one and that is true of someone else, you are probably related through one parent (sometimes in Portuguese and other European lineages, through both because second and third cousins often married) which is not illegal (even in the US) and rarely leads to birth defects or genetic disease like cystic fibrosis (which comes from DNA that is too much alike and may carry recessive genes that when combined are no longer recessive but become dominant) Perhaps someone can clarify for me how the DNA genealogy test works since it would appear the only way to get much of a clear lineage is if there is a preponderence of "similar" genes. Fred On Nov 3, 2013, at 8:09 PM, _hisalv@aol.com_ (mailto:his...@aol.com) wrote: Cheri, Amusing and confusing! When I talked to you on the phone, I asked if it would be useless to test my brother with family finder, because I assumed we would be identical, and you said it might be different. You were right. I have 97.59% Western European and 2.41% Africa. My brother has 86.76.% Western Europe and 13.24% Middle Eastern (Northern Africa) On the map, my Africa is in the French West Africa including Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast Ghana and Nigeria. and the southern part including South Africa, Mozambique and Kenya. It even list the African tribes (if that's what their called?). Bantu Kenya, Bantu So. Africa, Biaka Pygmy and Mandenka. My brother doesn't list any of these, and I don't have any Middle Eastern. As far as I know all my grandparents were Portuguese, except I don't know about my grandfathers parents. I'm assuming his mother was Portuguese, but his father could have been some seaman on a ship that docked in Angra. My grandfather had blue eyes. I don,t think I'll every understand this DNA stuff. All I wanted was to find my grandfathers "incognito's" Helen Salvador Fremont, CA -----Original Message----- From: Cheri Mello <_gfscherim@gmail.com_ (mailto:gfsche...@gmail.com) > To: azores <_azores@googlegroups.com_ (mailto:azores@googlegroups.com) > Sent: Sun, Nov 3, 2013 10:39 am Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Tree Dna results Pat N, The 4 reference populations used are: French, Basque, Spanish, and Orkney Islands (off of Scotland). There is NO Portuguese in the reference population. I think Portuguese Azoreans get put wherever. Until they roll out the new Population Finder with more reference populations, there not much to say about the Population Finder, except that it is amusing. Cheri On Nov 3, 2013 10:34 AM, "Chuck Nostrome" <_cnsport@aol.com_ (mailto:cnsp...@aol.com) > wrote: 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 <_pico@dholmes.com_ (mailto:p...@dholmes.com) > To: azores <_azores@googlegroups.com_ (mailto: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. -- 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+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com_ (mailto:azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com) . To post to this group, send email to _azores@googlegroups.com_ (mailto:azores@googlegroups.com) . 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