Regarding the region of Viana do Castelo there is DNA evidence connecting that area to the Azores, Western Huelva and the South of France. The pre-Roman tribe in the Region of Viana do Castelo recorded by Pliny the Elder was the Grovii which he believed had a Greek origin unlike all the other 20+ tribes he described in the region of present day Portugal as being Celtic or Celtic like in addition he records that there are blood ties with the tribes in North West Iberia and those in present day Western Andalusia.
Ricardo the last paragraph page 98 of this study I find interesting but don't completely grasp the significance. https://www.academia.edu/3067514/The_Andalusian_population_from_Huelva_reveals_a_high_diversification_of_Y-DNA_paternal_lineages_from_haplogroup_E On Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at 6:39:51 AM UTC-7, Ricardo Costa de Oliveira wrote: > > Yes, you are correct. New researchers have found the same type of > Portuguese J1-M365 in Viana do Castelo. I think we can find other types > from the Minho in the Azores. We need more people to be tested and detect > the modal haplotypes and the SNPs ! > > Ricardo > > > Thanks Ricardo, Barcelos is a city where I've had my eye on for over a > year now as being a significant source of settlers to Pico island along > with Porto and Viana do Castelo just my gut and looking at various things. > Would have been a significant population center during the time of > settlement. The collecting of settlers I think would have been done along > the rivers on small boats, Barcelos is near the Cavado river very > convenient for recruitment. > > -- 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.
