My ethnicity from ancestryDNA

 Brady, Burke, Cruice, Cuthbert, de Guehery, Downie, Giambrone, Millonzi, Palmeri, Parisi, Wilson  Comments Off on My ethnicity from ancestryDNA
Jun 242015
 

I recently completed a DNA test from ancestryDNA.com.

The DNA test largely confirmed what I knew based on my genealogy:
Italy/Greece 39%
Ireland 35%
Great Britain 13%

There was also trace evidence – meaning either a small amount or a spurious evidence – for the following:
Iberian Peninsula 2%
European Jewish 2%
Europe West 1%
Middle East 4%
Caucus 2%

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The most obvious region was Italy/Greece – Palmeri, Giambrone, Millonzi, Parisi. Sicily and southern Italy were settled by the Greeks in the 7th and 8th centuries BC; Magna Grecia – Greater Greece – referred to these areas. Today, some of the best Greek ruins are found in Sicily and southern Italy.

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Some of the trace amounts are also consistent with my Sicilian heritage. The three most common other regions seen in natives of Italy and Greece are Caucus, Middle East, and Iberian Peninsula. The Caucus and Middle East DNA could be explained by the Islamic control of Sicily from around 827 to 1061. Muslim Sicilians were living in central Sicily, in the region that includes both Montemaggiore and Serradifalco, well into the 1200s. And from the 1400s to the middle 1800s, Sicily was controlled by the Bourbons of Spain – the Iberian Peninsula.

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The other obvious component was my Irish DNA. The Cruice, Wilson, Brady, and Burke families all came from Ireland. This DNA could also include my Scottish heritage, from the Cuthberts and Downies.

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The remaining major portion of my DNA is from Great Britain. While I have no English heritage that I know of, the map includes areas of Scotland (Cuthbert and Downie) and areas of France (de Guehery). Also, the Wilsons, from Northern Ireland, who were Presbyterian, could have originally come from England or Scotland.

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The last trace amounts are listed as Europe West and European Jewish. Both of these maps cover portions of France (de Guehery) and Germany (Mack). The European Jewish is an interesting possibility. I wonder if there could be some Jewish ancestry, perhaps in the same family tree as the Macks from Germany.

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Next step in the jure matrimoni, things are moving now

 Palmeri  Comments Off on Next step in the jure matrimoni, things are moving now
Jun 232015
 

Jan 5, 2013: my wife applied jure matrimoni
Jul 25, 2014: faxed letter to Rome
Jul 25, 2014: “L’istruttoria è completa; la domanda è in fase di valutazione”
Aug 20, 2014: “L’istruttoria è completa; la domanda è in fase di valutazione”
Sep 9, 2014: “L’istruttoria è completa; la domanda è in fase di valutazione”
Oct 3, 2014: “L’istruttoria è completa; la domanda è in fase di valutazione”
Oct 3, 2014: faxed second copy of letter to Rome
Nov 4, 2014: “L’istruttoria è completa; la domanda è in fase di valutazione”
Dec 6, 2014: “L’istruttoria è completa; la domanda è in fase di valutazione”
Jan 4, 2015: “L’istruttoria è completa; la domanda è in fase di valutazione”
Jan 5, 2015: Contacted the Detroit Consulate by email, asking about status
Jan 6, 2015: Consulate responds that it takes more than two years and that once they receive her documentation, she will be contacted.
Feb 20, 2015: “L’istruttoria è completa; la domanda è in fase di valutazione”
Mar 22, 2015: Contacted the Detroit Consulate by email again, asking about status, no response yet
Mar 26, 2015: “L’istruttoria è completa; la domanda è in fase di valutazione”
Apr 27, 2015: “L’istruttoria è completa; la domanda è in fase di valutazione”
Jun 12, 2015: “L’istruttoria è completa; la domanda è in fase di valutazione”
Jun 12, 2015: still no response from the Detroit Consulate, despite a few emails
Jun 18, 2015: “Sono stati acquisiti i pareri – la pratica è in fase di valutazione finale”
Jun 23, 2015: “Sono stati acquisiti i pareri necessari ? il decreto di concessione è agli organi competenti per la firma”

Movement on my wife’s jure matrimoni

 Palmeri  Comments Off on Movement on my wife’s jure matrimoni
Jun 192015
 

Jan 5, 2013: my wife applied jure matrimoni
Jul 25, 2014: faxed letter to Rome
Jul 25, 2014: “L’istruttoria è completa; la domanda è in fase di valutazione”
Aug 20, 2014: “L’istruttoria è completa; la domanda è in fase di valutazione”
Sep 9, 2014: “L’istruttoria è completa; la domanda è in fase di valutazione”
Oct 3, 2014: “L’istruttoria è completa; la domanda è in fase di valutazione”
Oct 3, 2014: faxed second copy of letter to Rome
Nov 4, 2014: “L’istruttoria è completa; la domanda è in fase di valutazione”
Dec 6, 2014: “L’istruttoria è completa; la domanda è in fase di valutazione”
Jan 4, 2015: “L’istruttoria è completa; la domanda è in fase di valutazione”
Jan 5, 2015: Contacted the Detroit Consulate by email, asking about status
Jan 6, 2015: Consulate responds that it takes more than two years and that once they receive her documentation, she will be contacted.
Feb 20, 2015: “L’istruttoria è completa; la domanda è in fase di valutazione”
Mar 22, 2015: Contacted the Detroit Consulate by email again, asking about status, no response yet
Mar 26, 2015: “L’istruttoria è completa; la domanda è in fase di valutazione”
Apr 27, 2015: “L’istruttoria è completa; la domanda è in fase di valutazione”
Jun 12, 2015: “L’istruttoria è completa; la domanda è in fase di valutazione”
Jun 12, 2015: still no response from the Detroit Consulate, despite a few emails
Jun 18, 2015: “Sono stati acquisiti i pareri – la pratica è in fase di valutazione finale”

Found my fourth great-grandfather Palmeri

 Palmeri  Comments Off on Found my fourth great-grandfather Palmeri
Jun 082015
 

I found the death certificate for my third great-grandfather Giovanni Palmeri, who was born abt 1812 and died 18 Dec 1843, at only the age of 38. It lists him as a contadino – a “peasant”. It lists his parents as Giuseppe Palmeri (my fourth great-grandfather) and Diega Batera (my fourth great-grandmother); on the death certificate itself, I can’t really read the first name – it seems like it says Giuseppe, but I can’t be certain. On the index, it seems to be a common abbreviation for Giuseppe. “Giuseppe” would make sense, since the tradition is to name someone’s first son after their father – my grandfather was Giuseppe because his grandfather was Giuseppe, and since my second great-grandfather was Giuseppe, my fourth great-grandfather would then be Giuseppe as well. Following that tradition, my first name should have been Joseph (Giuseppe) as well – linking me directly to an ancestor born in the late 1700s.

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