Elaine S, Correct, the BEST use of DNA is to find relatives - both distant and unknown! Yes, DNA can open doors and some of those doors are closets (with skeletons)! Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada
On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 10:15 AM "E" Sharp <bellema...@gmail.com> wrote: > My nephew had his done by one company, original finding no French, and > they recently updated his DNA and somehow he was now 50% French....there is > NO French in the family to our knowledge!! I've come to the conclusion, > for now, the only thing DNA tests are really good at is finding relatives; > family members--cousins, an unknown daughter another nephew is the father > of.............................. > > "E" > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 8:28 AM Liz Migliori <lizmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> How can this be???? >> What if this were a paternity test done by all different companies? >> 😳😳😳 >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Nov 15, 2018, at 11:14 PM, 'Susan Murphy' via Azores Genealogy < >> azores@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> >> Ok I’ll chime in.... >> I am 100% Azorean Portuguese >> >> FTDNA gives me: >> 48% Iberian >> 23% SE Europe >> 10% Scandinavian >> 8% British Isles >> 8% North Africa >> 2% Jewish >> >> Last Spring I did Ancestry sale and got >> 99% Iberian >> 1% Senegal >> >> Just got results from My Heritage this week: >> 45.2 %Iberian >> 13.6 %Ireland, Scotland, Wales >> 12.5 %Scandinavian >> 10.2 %Ashkanazi Jewish >> 18.5 %“three more ethnicities”.... and if you look at their map it is >> mostly Northern Africa. >> >> Not huge differences but wonder which has the biggest database at this >> point.... I would suspect Ancestry with all those Hallmark like commercials >> on TV. If so, it would make sense for me as it’s the closest to what I know >> I am. I’ve always rationalized all the many people who colonized the Azores >> explained the mix before, but when I got Ancestry results I thought “wow” >> that’s the closest to what I know to be true! >> >> Susan Vargas Murphy >> >> On Nov 15, 2018, at 10:37 PM, Rosemarie Capodicci <rcap...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> That is so funny,Bill! Both of us show no Iberian with FTDna and in the >> 40% range on MyHeritage! I'm half Portuguese and half Italian. MyH is >> showing Greek which FTDna doesn't show at all but then my Italian side is >> from Sicily and it was overrun by everyone! >> >> Rosemarie >> rcap...@gmail.com >> Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, >> Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 10:25 PM <bsei2...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I had previously tested with FTDNA and 23andMe. FTDNA had me 0% Iberia >>> and 23andMe had me as 42% Iberian. I just transferred my FTDNA data to >>> MyHeritage and they estimate my Iberian to be 40% (based on the same data >>> that FTDNA had at 0% Iberia) >>> >>> I am 50% Azorean with two grandparents from the Azores (Terceira and São >>> Miguel), one grandparent whose parents were German-Swiss, and one >>> grandparent from Ireland. >>> >>> Bill Seidler >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> -- >> 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. >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> -- >> 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. >> > -- > 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. > -- 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.
