Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] DNA info

2019-05-11 Thread Cheri Mello
Hi Gordon, The Portuguese genealogy conference is the 4th week of June. Although, that my be a lot of going and going in one month. AncestryDNA has a larger database than FTDNA so yes, you will have more 1st and 2nd cousin matches there. However, because of their customized chip, they have LESS 4

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] DNA info

2019-05-08 Thread Cheri Mello
I won't be home until late tonight. No you don't need to transfer again. Will explain more later. On Wed, May 8, 2019, 1:33 PM Gordon soares wrote: > Holy Carumba, Cheri…my mind is blitzed. Gonna take me a while to digest > all this. Wish I could go to your workshop but will be away first two we

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] DNA info

2019-05-08 Thread Gordon soares
Holy Carumba, Cheri…my mind is blitzed. Gonna take me a while to digest all this. Wish I could go to your workshop but will be away first two weeks of June. I did look at the Ancestry DNA and noted that there are more matches than what I have on FTMdna, particularly first and second cousins How

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] DNA info

2019-05-08 Thread Cheri Mello
Hi Gordon, That sounds like an AncestyDNA thing. You need a Chromosome Browser and you need to know the longest block (because of the Azorean endogamy problem). AncestryDNA does not provide you with a Chromosome Browser. You and the match both need to transfer to FTDNA and unlock the tools (Chr. B

[AZORES-Genealogy] DNA info

2019-05-08 Thread Gordon soares
What does: Shared DNA: 85 cM across 4 segments mean? Some of the matches say 8 or 6 etc segments. Gordon -- 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