There seem to be more people of Azorean descent on FTDNA than My Heritage. FTDNA was founded in 2000 and the Azores DNA Project in 2005. I think My Heritage started DNA testing about 4 or 5 years ago. So it makes sense that more Azoreans are on FTDNA. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada
On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 4:13 PM Rosemarie Capodicci <rcap...@gmail.com> wrote: > FTDna is where the Azores Project resides. Most of the people on the Sao > Jorge FB page have tested FTDna and you should get many matches from there. > I would imagine that MyHeritage will also give you matches. > > Rosemarie > rcap...@gmail.com > Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, > Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily > > > On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 3:41 PM Brian Margarit < > analyticadvantag...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I actually just did the MyHeritage one last week. Is the Familyfinder a >> better option? >> >> On Monday, 18 November 2019 13:46:36 UTC-5, Brian Margarit wrote: >>> >>> Hi guys, >>> >>> I'm not sure if this is allowed, but I'm sort of at the end of my rope >>> on this search. I've been trying for years, but a combination of my >>> terrible reading of records and a lack of information have got me to this >>> point. My great-grandmother was an unmarried domestic worker who had 5 >>> children out of wedlock, so it's been tough. Here's what I have. Anything >>> highlighted is oral family history. >>> >>> Maria De Lurdes Dias >>> June 5, 1906 - 1947 >>> Born: Urzelina (Or Ribiera Grande/or Seca) >>> Occupation: Housekeeper >>> Children: Helena (1927) Laurentino (1929), Ilda (1930), Fernando (1931), >>> Raul (1947) >>> Buried: Sao Mateus Churchyard >>> >>> Parents: Manuel Jorge Dias, Josefina Dias (Victorino) >>> >>> Worked for Jaime Noronha Soares, Urzelina. >>> >>> Anything at all would be amazing. She's the reason I started this years >>> ago, and is easily both the most difficult and most important person in >>> it. Also, anything on Laurentino would also help. >>> >>> Thanks!! >>> >>> >>> -- >> 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. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/77873e22-c577-4d51-9615-653b3ff7a1d0%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/77873e22-c577-4d51-9615-653b3ff7a1d0%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > 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. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/CAKnzR7mMRSvxV0BOaiaZWy1mg0tf2yxRuR1Cwwt__h1yv1hCMg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/CAKnzR7mMRSvxV0BOaiaZWy1mg0tf2yxRuR1Cwwt__h1yv1hCMg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/CAKUUw_FKNcNPG3N423JFHhe0fT5JkvYiCMharquCEX5wGyRrpg%40mail.gmail.com.
