myportuguesegen.blogspot.com
On Sunday, July 13, 2014 12:13:14 PM UTC-4, Antonio Faria wrote:
Hi Isabella
Do you mind sharing your myOrigins percentages? I am just curious because
of anthropological interests I have posted mine. Are you entirely of
Terceira ancestry?
Antonio
Hi Isabella
Do you mind sharing your myOrigins percentages? I am just curious because
of anthropological interests I have posted mine. Are you entirely of
Terceira ancestry?
Antonio
On Saturday, July 12, 2014 4:57:18 AM UTC-7, Isabella Baltar wrote:
I finally have my results on Family
I find this list fascinating. Has anyone been able to connect any of the 31
names on the list to specific genealogies from the island of Pico?
http://www.yourislandroutes.com/articles/picosettlers.shtml
Antonio
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Hi Guida
Azevedo is one of the surnames on the 1604 and 1623 lists for the Azores of
New Christians taxed for a General Pardon. I don't see any however listed
for Sao Jorge. If however you believe you have Jewish ancestry and have
done the family finder test by uploading the raw data to
Great article E,
This article talks about Joseph Silveys genealogy and includes a picture
of him with one of his native wife's.
http://portuguesepioneersofbc.blogspot.com/2011/08/portuguese-joe-early-vancouver-volume.html
Antonio Faria
On Wednesday, June 25, 2014 12:17:37 PM UTC-7, E Sharp
The study is interesting although I don't think it accurately represents
the population of the Azores for various reasons I will list a few of my
concerns. Terceira represents about 23% of the population of the Azores 8%
of the samples are from Terceira. The islands have never been studied
Hi E,
I have been utilizing the admixture feature on Gedmatch to get a better
understanding of the settlers to Pico Island my closest match was when 4
populations were used.
25% Norwegian
25% Portuguese
25% Spanish
25% Sephardic Jews
I think Norwegian in reality represents for the most
Hi Marilyn
Another popular name in the azores that starts with C is Costa. Some
surnames are popular in some islands and villages and not others I believe
the surname Luis is frequently found on the island of Faial and Madalena,
Pico. If I recall I don't think it is found very frequently in
I checked my wife's and my lines for Lajes do Pico and came up with an
average of 67 years the youngest died at 25 the oldest at 82. They were all
born between 1733 and 1788.
Antonio
On Wednesday, June 11, 2014 11:22:48 AM UTC-7, IslandRoutes wrote:
I'm working through the Achada marriages
Hi Cheri
I am curious has anyone in the Azores Dna Project tested for the Big Y yet?
Antonio
On Monday, June 9, 2014 9:57:08 AM UTC-7, Cheri Mello wrote:
(Cross posted to Azores, Madeira, and IslandRoutes lists)
OK, I guess Bennett changed his mind!
Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) will have a
Do you know if there a cheat sheet that identifies the old and new
Clade/Subclade designations of the Y-DNA tree on the same page?
On Monday, June 9, 2014 4:22:49 PM UTC-7, Cheri Mello wrote:
Out of 339 men, 7 have ordered the Big Y but only 2 of those men are of
Portuguese descent on
Doug,
What Village was Manuel Fernandes Machado born in?
On Monday, June 9, 2014 4:37:53 PM UTC-7, Doug da Rocha Holmes wrote:
I have received a request for DNA testing for a male whose end of line
direct paternal ancestor is Manuel Fernandes Machado, husband of Maria
Marques.
He was
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Pico
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Date: Mon, June 09, 2014 6:37 pm
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Doug,
What
line
likely Flemish I have also made many great contacts and learned so much
discussing results with my matches it's been a lot of fun.
Best Regards
Antonio Faria
On Sunday, June 8, 2014 1:34:02 PM UTC-7, João Ventura wrote:
Hi all,
It does make sense that they'll retire the mtDNA and y-DNA
Good Morning Patricia,
In order to have an mtDna match that is genealogically significant you
would need to upgrade to Full Sequence even then you could only verify
whether the match is is more recent or distant through comparison of
genealogical records an HRV1 match has a 50% chance of
Good Morning,
I don't have any information on a specific Monte family but I will
translate information according to the encyclopedia Familias Nobres Suas
Origens E Suas Armas written in 1961 by Antonio Machado de Faria, which
contains all the noble families in Portugal and their coat of
Hi Kathy,
I'm just curious if you are the kathleen Cardoza that I match on family
finder does that line trace to Prainha Pico?
Antonio Faria
On Thursday, June 5, 2014 1:34:52 PM UTC-7, Kathy Cardoza wrote:
I thought I’d share something with the list, and maybe help someone along
the way
Good morning,
I found this interesting link I want to share written in Portuguese I
found on the Nucleo Cultural da Horta site which lists the properties owned
on Pico by Jos Dutra. You really get a sense that he was in a business
partnership with Pero Anes do Canto who was also a big shot
I know this is going to sound real corny but can't we all just be kind to
each other. I've really come to appreciate all of you, you are ALL
wonderful people.
Antonio
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Seca, Ribeira Grande and Ribeirinha just like the county of Ribeira Grande
in Sao Miguel and placed in the same order. This could explain my family
finder matches to people from Sao Miguel.
Antonio Faria
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and see if you
find one born on Feb 25 1884
Antonio Faria
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Hi Herb,
Do you know if you are matching Melinda through her Pico side or her Sao
Miguel side of the family? What island is your other match from?
Antonio
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Cheri,
Looks like there is only three Mediterranan reference populations being
used Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. If they are using customers Dna for
the 25 Portuguese samples I bet most are from the Azores. That could be why
my Jewish Dna that population finder was picking up is now in
, because all
Jews in Portugal were officially converted by 1496, prior to settling the
islands.
Antonio Faria
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Melinda were from the Azores are your fathers parents? Which Islands and
Villages?
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Melinda you match me through Family Finder I can see that your paternal
grandmother is from Pico.
Antonio
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I am also posting my y-Dna and mtDNA results.
y-DNA Haplogroup J-P204 (formerly J2a4d)
mtDNA Haplogroup T2b-T16296C! (yes the exclamation point is part of the
designation)
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This graphic illustrates areas in Morocco under Portuguese control from the
15th to 18th Centuries.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Portuguese_Morocco.PNG
http://groups.google.com/group/Azoreshttp://groups.google.com/group/azores
NORTH MEDITERRANEAN 69%
EUROPEAN NORTHLANDS 15%
EUROPEAN COASTAL ISLANDS 12%
NORTH AFRICAN COASTAL 5%
Seven of my great grandparents were born in Lajes do Pico one in Sao Roque.
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Hi Laura,
Slaves were primarily utilized in the Azores to work in the wheat fields.
The Azores were initially settled and developed partially for the purpose
of growing and supplying wheat to
the Portuguese colonies in Morocco. Yes some people were wealthy enough to
own slaves, some that
15%
European Coastal Islands 12%
North African Coastal 5%
Antonio Faria
On Wednesday, May 7, 2014 1:37:17 AM UTC-7, Doug da Rocha Holmes wrote:
In regards the 1% of ancestry from Africa and another 1% from Asia, the
way I understand it is if we look at a family
Hi Erica,
Where exactly in the Azores was your husbands ancestor from?
Antonio
On Thursday, May 8, 2014 8:31:43 PM UTC-7, audiosourceinc wrote:
I recently found out that my husband’s 7th great-grandfather was listed
as a black slave in his marriage record according to Canto’s index. I am
Hi Herb. It does help, I should have more clearly stated that Joao Vieira
was and early settler to Pico from Portugal and that I think that Baltazar
my genealogical paternal ancestor was his descendant was born on Pico. I
can now identify three surnames found on both island Pico and Flores as
: [AZORES-Genealogy] Y dna Matches between Pico and Flores,
looking for a list of original Flores settlers.
From: Antonio Faria antoni...@gmail.com
Date: Wed, April 16, 2014 8:24 pm
To: azo...@googlegroups.com
No I haven't been able to find Volume VI it is the only volume that
references
Does anyone know if a list exists of the original settlers of Flores
island. I can trace my paternal line directly to Baltazar Vieira born in
Pico about 1580, I think he may be descended from Joao Vieira that settled
in Pico about 1509. I have 2 Y-dna matches from Flores island one of which
, 2014 at 4:36 PM, Antonio Faria
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Does anyone know if a list exists of the original settlers of Flores
island. I can trace my paternal line directly to Baltazar Vieira born in
Pico about 1580, I think he may be descended from Joao Vieira that settled
and Im not set up to scan it
so I'll just have to photocopy it and snail mail it. What is your snail
mail address?
Regards,
John Vasconcelos
On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 7:02 PM, Antonio Faria
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John, that would be wonderful I really would appreciate
Terceira Genealogist
916-550-1618
www.dholmes.com
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looking for a list of original Flores settlers.
From: Antonio Faria antoni...@gmail.com javascript:
Date: Wed, April 16, 2014 4:36 pm
To: azo
-Genealogy] Y dna Matches between Pico and Flores,
looking for a list of original Flores settlers.
From: Antonio Faria antoni...@gmail.com javascript:
Date: Wed, April 16, 2014 8:24 pm
To: azo...@googlegroups.com javascript:
No I haven't been able to find Volume VI it is the only volume
I have found two Iberian Jewish surnames that are very similar to Nazuque
but I still can't find any reference to Nazuque. The two surnames known to
be used by Iberian Jews are Usque and Zacuto.
On Friday, April 11, 2014 9:23:00 PM UTC-7, Antonio Faria wrote:
I have book that lists a Fernando
I have book that lists a Fernando de Nazuque as one of the first settlers
to the island of Pico in the Azores sometime between 1507 and 1509. That is
the only reference I have ever seen anywhere regarding that surname in the
Azores. I know that in the city of Andradina, SP Brazil there is a
refer. Have you not
seen the film Hawaii, nor read the book, by the same name, written by James
Michener - upon which the film was based? Perhaps you should.
On Saturday, April 5, 2014 1:40:45 PM UTC-4, Antonio Faria wrote:
The incest taboo among siblings has been exempt among royalty
The incest taboo among siblings has been exempt among royalty of various
cultures throughout history, one example being the royal Hawaiian families
in fact it was encouraged they believe such unions produces superiors
specimens.
On Saturday, April 5, 2014 8:57:25 AM UTC-7, Doug da Rocha Holmes
I have noticed that many people choose not to list any information about
their most distant ancestor on the Azores Dna project that is too bad. Some
of us share ancestors with them and we would all have a better
understanding of our DNA if more people would list their most distance
ancestor
There is a river in the north of Portugal by the name of Homem in the minho
region where many of our ancestors left from to settle the Azores islands.
On Saturday, March 15, 2014 10:21:13 PM UTC-7, Doug da Rocha Holmes wrote:
It just occurred to me that maybe some named Homem did change it by
I have done some research and the surname Homem comes from the river Homem
and it was a Pereira that took on that surname so it appears that the
Homem's were originally Pereira.
On Saturday, March 15, 2014 6:46:24 PM UTC-7, Doug da Rocha Holmes wrote:
HOMEM is common on Pico and Terceira.
further DNA
analysis. I have a Baltazar Vieira d. 1706 from Sao Mateus, obvious a few
year after the Baltazar you mentioned. Is my Baltazar in you tree? My
mother's grandfather was from Sao Mateus.
Best,
Manny
On Sunday, March 9, 2014 12:47:37 PM UTC-4, Antonio Faria wrote:
I have
During the Iberian Union which was approximately 1580 to 1640 Portugal and
Spain remained separate countries technically, but had one king during that
time I Azoreans immigrated to Puerto Rico I haven't done too much research
on Cuba but I suspect there as well. Also Cuba was heavily settled
The European portion of my population finder results match equally to
Basque/Spanish is anyone else matching to Basque. From what I have read the
Basques are somewhat unique genetically, and I thought I would have a clear
match to Spanish because it the population most similar genetically to
I have taken the family finder test match someone whose ancestors are from
Mexico particularly from Nuevo Leon I am of 100% Portuguese ancestry and
was actually born on Pico island. I know that it is well documented that
Sehardic conversos settled in Mexico starting in the 1560's some were
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