I know you've showed me these photos before. The ear structure is very similar, but not identical. The younger man's eyes appear blue or green, not brown. I'd say the younger man's hair was chestnut. Hard to tell if it has any gray...

Not necessarily "more" DNA, but certainly from a smaller gene pool. Not certain on the 5th cousin thing, perhaps on paper, at least. I think the sibling relationship might cancel that out.

This is probably a good question for a genetic scientist...

You could be on the right track. In our commune, the patron Saint was Aloysius of Gonzaga -- so the most common male name is Luigi (by far). The parish is Santa Maria Maggiore, so Maria tops the female list. I've seen the example you mention a few times. My guess is they were thinking of the Saint ...

None that I know of. On Antenati, there is a search page that will tell you whether a town/regions records are "complete" or "partial". If complete, expect no further revelations; if partial, more records SHOULD be forthcoming.

Example: The records for Rome are "partial"; I just noticed a few days ...

It is most likely a census/citizenship record, known as a Cittadinanze...

Fiandaca is found in many locales in Sicily, including Agrigento...

Calogero's father is Mario (a farmer), aged 32. Mother's first name I can't make out but second name is Domenica. I believe the first name starts with a 'P'. No age given. Her maiden name is Cuffaro.

My guess is the carrier (of the gene tied to the disease in males) is a female spouse on the husband's side. But that's merely a guess...

Can anyone shine any light on surnames that have similar (or identical) pronunciations but differ greatly in spelling..? Just as an example: The surnames Maceri, Moceri, Mauceri, Misseri, Macari and Massari. Is it possible that at least some (if not all) of these can have a common root but morphed ...

Can these DNA tests estimate how much DNA you've inherited from each grandparent? Would it require a DNA test for your grandparent too? If so, would a DNA test for a parent help? In my case, there's no one from either generation alive, but I'm curious for others sake.


Yes, it would require DNA ...

Well, first of all, there is a slight fallacy in your example. DNA is ONLY inherited equally from parents -- after that it gets muddy. There are possible instances where a grandchild might not receive ANY DNA from a specific grandparent due to random replication (ie: a GC might get approx 1/3 from 3 ...

I expect this to be the last in a series of Navy records to decipher.

Enlisted in and re-enlisted where 2nd Fl or F1 Division.

Is that FL for Florida or F1 for something else?

Any thoughts?


I believe it stands for "Naval District Florida". It may likely be the base in Pensacola, my ...

I'm trying to understand the middle section of this document under "Proofs Submitted". I read "Discharged U.S. Naval Hospital League Island PA, Dec 11/29". What does the writing above mean? Is it a reference to someone else, or does it refer to the applicant?


My guess it was his ship's admiral ...

I see the match to you when I lower to 3cms but it doesn't come up with any match to your cousin for me.

I wonder if the match we have is just identical by decent or if we have a shared ancestor from the 1600s or something.


Could be anything. My Ancestry makeups all show distant Sicilian, so ...

My kit is LG1484509 , looks like no match.


I dropped the threshold to 3cM, and came up with a match of almost 152 cM's to yours, so it appears there may be some distant relationships.

With the same threshold and using my cousin's kit, I get a 262 cM match to you -- even closer (mind you her ...