Pat, When we met Paulo in Funchal this past April, he was planning to return to college in mainland Portugal. He may be too busy presently to respond. David DeGrella Tennessee, USA On Thu, 8 Sep 2005 16:57:32 -0700 (PDT) Patricia Corbera <papagaia2@sbcglobal.net> writes: > Dear Luis, > You're probably correct in what you have written. With all the > research that I have done, I still keep coming back to this one > ancestor, knowing that I will probably never learn who his parents > were. It's like "saudade," something keeps telling me not to give > up. > I'm hoping that one day, I will be as successful as Cece in > learning the identity of my "incognito," ancestors, but with a very > common name of Antonio, there doesn't appear to be much hope of > finding who his parents were. > Do you know of anyone that has had their DNA tested for genealogy > purposes... If so what was learned ? > Is Paulo, from Madeira still active on this list? > Thank You, > Pat Silva Corbera.

David, Thank you ! Sure do miss Paulo. He was a fountain of information. April in Madeira, must have been beautiful. Thank You, Pat Silva Corbera California USA david-nancy.degrella@juno.com wrote: Pat, When we met Paulo in Funchal this past April, he was planning to return to college in mainland Portugal. He may be too busy presently to respond. David DeGrella Tennessee, USA On Thu, 8 Sep 2005 16:57:32 -0700 (PDT) Patricia Corbera writes: > Dear Luis, > You're probably correct in what you have written. With all the > research that I have done, I still keep coming back to this one > ancestor, knowing that I will probably never learn who his parents > were. It's like "saudade," something keeps telling me not to give > up. > I'm hoping that one day, I will be as successful as Cece in > learning the identity of my "incognito," ancestors, but with a very > common name of Antonio, there doesn't appear to be much hope of > finding who his parents were. > Do you know of anyone that has had their DNA tested for genealogy > purposes... If so what was learned ? > Is Paulo, from Madeira still active on this list? > Thank You, > Pat Silva Corbera. ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx Patricia Julia Silva Corbera A Journey of Discovery www.geocities.com/papagaia2