The Genetic Makeup of Azoreans Versus Mainland Portugal Population

["E" Sharp]

Here is an interesting site for all you DNA geniuses....which I am NOT..but what I did understand I found interesting.

http://cdn.intechopen.com/pdfs/21207.pdf

"E"

[Antonio Faria]

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 part Flemish ancestry. My Dna is also more proximal to the Spanish regions of Galicia and Extremadura than Portugal in general. Which really isn't surprising since most of the settlers to the Azores were from the Minho and Alto Alentejo regions of Portugal which border Galicia and Extremadura.

Antonio

[dad...@comcast.net]

Thank you so much for a very interesting reading of this subject, time well spent reading this.

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Sent: Monday, June 23, 2014 8:14:12 PM
Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] The Genetic Makeup of Azoreans Versus Mainland Portugal Population

Here is an interesting site for all you DNA geniuses....which I am NOT..but what I did understand I found interesting.

http://cdn.intechopen.com/pdfs/21207.pdf

"E"

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[Antonio Faria]

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 individually on their own these types of studies tend to cluster the samples in one category as Azores or split the samples into three groups of islands. The Azores were settled over a period of about 200 years from people from various parts of Portugal and other nationalities as well  and tended to cluster near others that were most similar to them. In the island of Pico we have 13 freguesias each with a  different accent and each has unique traditions. Until the islands are studied individually I don't think the information is very reliable. I personally share Dna with people from 5 other islands but when I take a look at the results for the various islands on the Azores Dna Project it is apparent to me that there are significant differences genetically between the islands. I think there are trends that have not been picked up yet by genetic studies are we also need more people to test before we get a clearer picture.

Antonio


On Monday, June 23, 2014 8:14:14 PM UTC-7, E Sharp wrote: