Hi Ubirajara, If your people left the Azores in the the 1500 or 1600 or 1700s, that explains why your Family Finder matches are in the more distant cousin range. The records for the Azores aren't very good in the 1500s. I think the earliest passaportes leaving the Azores start for the port of Angra in the 1700s, but I'd have to double check my notes. Some of the Brasilian researchers on this list may know of records from the centuries you mention coming into Brasil.
Your perfect FMS (Full Mitochondrial Sequence) test is interesting. But to match Todd B. on this (or anyone on your Family Finder results), you need to upload your Gedcom. Your "Most Distant Ancestors" aren't filled out either. It only says Portugal. It would help your matches if you could fill this out when you get a chance! Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- 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.
