L2a is the most common and widely distributed Sub-Saharan haplogroup almost as common in some areas of Africa as H in Western Europe, have you upgraded to FMS?
Antonio On Friday, January 23, 2015 at 2:39:50 PM UTC-8, Richard Francis Pimentel wrote: > > *My father’s MtDNA is L2a. I have been slowly chipping away at his > maternal line and the furthest back I have is Anna Fonsequa born abt. 1574 > wife of Joao Fonsequa. * > > > > *Rick* > > > > *Richard Francis Pimentel* > > *Epping, NH* > > > > > > *From:* azo...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> [mailto: > azo...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>] *On Behalf Of *A Faria > *Sent:* Friday, January 23, 2015 4:39 PM > *To:* azo...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > *Cc:* fishso...@hotmail.com <javascript:> > *Subject:* Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Study on Sub-Saharan African Admixture > in Europeans and Middle Easterners > > > > > > There has been an academic study done looking at the maternal lineages of > Macronesia(Azores,Madeira,Canary Islands and Cape Verde) I believe the > average for the Azores for Mtdna with origins in Sub-Sahara Africa was > 3.4%, paternal lineages with origins in Sub-Sahara Africa in the Azores are > extremely rare I believe only one example has been found, using that as a > guideline you would expect an average of 1.7% of the Azorean genome to have > origins in Sub-Saharn Africa. I don't believe that result is far off. It is > corroborated by myorigins results that are coming in, many people are not > showing 1% or higher which is my case but when I use the Gedmatch > calculators it definetely is present especially when I look at my 22 > Chromosomes in detail. > > > > Antonio > > > > > > > -- > 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+un...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > 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. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
