Thanks for sharing this, Cheri. I can't wait to get back into the DNA side of research. I've been focused on gathering documents for Portuguese citizenship. That and this crazy job at NYU has taken up all of my time.
MaryAnn On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 1:09 PM, Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote: > (Cross posted to Azores, Madeira, IslandRoutes lists) > > Today, Judy Russell, The Legal Genealogist, blogged about the worth of a > DNA test. You can read more about it on her website here: > https://goo.gl/xG2i4M > > Last night I found someone who may be my dad's 2nd cousin from a line that > stayed on Sao Miguel. Someone that I had no way of finding except through > DNA! > > And, yes, it's great to confirm your paper trail. I see people's trees > where 2 full siblings (same mom and dad) have listed different grandparents > with different birth dates!! Apparently, each did their own research and no > one conferred with the other. DNA will let them fit their matches on their > tree and one sibling will figure out the error as the matches aren't > fitting! > Cheri Mello, Family Tree DNA Admin (volunteer) > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- *MaryAnn Santos* Senior Advisement and Student Affairs Administrator Department of Art and Art Professions NYU/Steinhardt 212.998.5702 m...@nyu.edu Follow us at *Twitter / @NYUart <https://twitter.com/NYUart>Instagram / @nyuart <http://instagram.com/nyuart>* *Facebook / NYU Art Department <https://www.facebook.com/pages/NYU-Art-Department/53833145389>* -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
