Yes, William van der Haegan was from Flanders (Belgium today). I don't know the specific town. I'll leave that up to the history buffs!
But this thread is about Finland and Northern Sibreiran DNA, not William van der Hagen. Sorry! Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 12:00 PM, Shirley Allegre <shir...@digitalpath.net> wrote: > He is one of my ancestors. I have him from Bruges, Belgium. I believe > that I got the info from Rodrigo Rodrigues. > Shirley in CA > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Ângela Loura <angelalo...@gmail.com> > *To:* azores@googlegroups.com > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 21, 2016 2:32 AM > *Subject:* Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Finder My Origins Question - > Azores & Finland/Northen Siberia > > I always thought that William Vander Haegen was supposed to be from > Flanders > > 2016-09-21 3:49 GMT+01:00 luiznoia . <noblankt...@gmail.com>: > >> I also have Finnish/Siberan in small percentages in my Azorean family >> line. >> >> Eric Edgar >> >> On Sep 20, 2016 3:45 PM, "Marilyn Thompson" <mari...@jmtmlt.com> wrote: >> >>> William Vander Haegen was supposed to be Flemish. He was the one who >>> brought cheese making to the islands. He changed his name to Guillermo da >>> Silveiria. He is said to be buried in the Church in Topo, Sao Jorge. >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 12:58 PM, Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Yes, many Azores people show the Finnish/Northern Sibeiran. It's not >>>> unusual. But as to why...I'll have to do some digging to find out. >>>> >>>> Cheri Mello >>>> Listowner, Azores-Gen >>>> Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das >>>> Tainhas, Achada >>>> >>>> On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 10:50 AM, MaryAnn Santos <m...@nyu.edu> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Yes, both my sister and I have 3% Finnish - both are parents are >>>>> Portuguese - my mother's family is from São Miguel, Açores going back to >>>>> late 1500s maybe earlier and my father's family is from mainland Portugal, >>>>> Moimenta da Beira. Our mtDNA Haplogroup U5a1c. >>>>> >>>>> MaryAnn >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 1:29 PM, Kawika322 <oldschoo...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I was looking at my Uncle's Family Finder My Origins results map and >>>>>> was curious about how he has 4% from Finland and Northern Siberia. I am >>>>>> not >>>>>> sure where that would have come from. He is Portuguese on both sides >>>>>> (Azores on one half and Madeira on other). Obviously there were Azorean >>>>>> settlers who originally came from all over Europe, such as Italy, >>>>>> Germany, >>>>>> Flanders (Silveira), Spain, so I imagine that someone could have come >>>>>> from >>>>>> that far north in Finland/Northern Sibeiria and their descendants >>>>>> eventually made it to the Azores. >>>>>> >>>>>> Does anyone else or their family have Finland/Northern Siberian >>>>>> results from Azorean ancestry? I do have a few pai incongnitos in the >>>>>> records from the Azores, so it could come from that as well. >>>>>> >>>>>> Any ideas or thoughts or ideas would be helpful. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> >>>>>> David >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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. 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