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We accept Y-DNA results (as long as the strict paternal line is Madeiran), mtDNA results (as long as the strict maternal line is Madeiran), and Family Finder (or autosomal transfers) as long as a Madeiran line is somewhere in your tree.
A short history of the island of Madeira:
"The island of Madeira was discovered by Tristão Vaz Teixeira, Bartolomeu Perestrelo and João Gonçalves Zarco, two Portuguese explorers, in 1419, which dubbed the island ‘Madeira’ (“wood” in English) due to the abundance of this raw material.
Noticing the potential of the islands, as well as its strategic importance, the colonization of the islands began in 1425.
At the beginning of its settlement, some agricultural crops, such as cane sugar, were introduced, which quickly afforded the Funchal metropolis frank economic prosperity. This meant that, in the second half of the fifteenth century, the city of Funchal became a mandatory port of call for European trade routes.
The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were marked by the emergence of a new culture that would boost the Madeira economy again: wine.
Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Madeira flourished for the birth of the tourism sector, quickly becoming a mandatory reference for the European aristocracy that has set temporary residence here, attracted by the natural therapeutic qualities of the island.
In 1976, Madeira became an Autonomous Region of Portugal, thus having the power to legislate." http://www.visitmadeira.pt/en-gb/madeira/history
Breve história da ilha da Madeira:
Em 1976, a Madeira passou a ser uma Região Autónoma da República Portuguesa, ganhando assim poder legislativo." http://www.visitmadeira.pt/pt-pt/a-madeira/historia
We accept Y-DNA results (as long as the strict paternal line is Madeiran), mtDNA results (as long as the strict maternal line is Madeiran), and Family Finder (or autosomal transfers) as long as a Madeiran line is somewhere in your tree.
A short history of the island of Madeira:
"The island of Madeira was discovered by Tristão Vaz Teixeira, Bartolomeu Perestrelo and João Gonçalves Zarco, two Portuguese explorers, in 1419, which dubbed the island ‘Madeira’ (“wood” in English) due to the abundance of this raw material.
Noticing the potential of the islands, as well as its strategic importance, the colonization of the islands began in 1425.
At the beginning of its settlement, some agricultural crops, such as cane sugar, were introduced, which quickly afforded the Funchal metropolis frank economic prosperity. This meant that, in the second half of the fifteenth century, the city of Funchal became a mandatory port of call for European trade routes.
The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were marked by the emergence of a new culture that would boost the Madeira economy again: wine.
Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Madeira flourished for the birth of the tourism sector, quickly becoming a mandatory reference for the European aristocracy that has set temporary residence here, attracted by the natural therapeutic qualities of the island.
In 1976, Madeira became an Autonomous Region of Portugal, thus having the power to legislate." http://www.visitmadeira.pt/en-gb/madeira/history
Breve história da ilha da Madeira:
"A ilha da Madeira foi descoberta pelos navegadores portugueses Tristão Vaz Teixeira, Bartolomeu Perestrelo e João Gonçalves Zarco em 1419, que apelidaram a ilha de ‘Madeira’ devido à abundância desta matéria-prima.
Tendo sido notadas as potencialidades das ilhas, bem como a importância estratégica destas, iniciou-se, por volta de 1425, a colonização destas ilhas.
No início do seu povoamento foram introduzidas algumas culturas agrícolas como a cana-de-açúcar, que rapidamente conferiu à metrópole funchalense uma franca prosperidade económica. Este facto levou a que na segunda metade do século XV, a cidade do Funchal tenha se tornado num porto de escala obrigatório para as rotas comerciais europeias.
Os séculos XVII e XVIII ficaram marcados pelo aparecimento de uma nova cultura que impulsionaria novamente a economia da Madeira: o vinho.
Ao longo dos séculos XIX e XX, a Madeira floresceu para o nascimento do sector turístico, tornando-se rapidamente numa referência obrigatória para a aristocracia europeia que aqui fixou residência temporária, atraída pelas qualidades terapêuticas naturais da ilha.
Em 1976, a Madeira passou a ser uma Região Autónoma da República Portuguesa, ganhando assim poder legislativo." http://www.visitmadeira.pt/pt-pt/a-madeira/historia