DNA-Matches with the Michetti family
I do match some of the Michetti family on ancestry:
- DMI: 15 cM, 1 seg., cousin 5th-8th degree;
- MMI: 12 cM, 1 seg., cousin 5th-8th degree;
- I match with her also on 23andme: 0,16%, 1 seg., 3rd to dist. cousin
- LMI: 7 cM, 1 seg., cousin 5th-8th degree;
- JMI: 7 cM, 1 seg., cousin 5th-8th degree;
- PMI: 6 cM, 1 seg., cousin 5th-8th degree;
- HMI: 6 cM, 1 seg., cousin 5th-8th degree;
- STM: 6 cM, 1 seg., cousin 5th-8th degree;
- SAM: 6 cM, 1 seg., 5th-8th degree.
I match also with other people, whose surname is not Michetti, but who has Michetti in their familiy tree:
- Louse R. (LRO), on myheritage, 0,2%, 15,6 cM, 1 seg., larg. 15,6 cM, 3rd to dist. cousin;
- Riccardo P. (RPA), on 23andme, 0,17%, 1seg., 3rd to dist. cousin.
As of today (Dec. 2019) I don’t know the relationship between each other of the above mentioned Michetti.
Moreover, because of the small amount of DNA shared, we should use another approach to find out the MRCA between them and me.
First of all, we should explore the relationships between the above mentioned people, so that we can choose the “nearest” to our MRCA.
As Michetti is a surname common in the region of the ancestors on my maternal side and it’s a surname present in the Acquasanta Vol. IV, we should then consider what Don Virginio says in his book about that Family.
Third we should see the matches the above mentioned people have in common with me and my mother as well as my daughters.
The Michettis’ family trees
… work in progress …
The Michettis in Don Virginio’s book
In his book Acquasanta Vol. IV, Don Virginio dedicates seven pages (from Pag. 249 to Pag. 256) to the genealogy of the Michetti family. Here a brief summary of the main facts reported in that book.
The Casalis/Michetti in XIII century
According to Don Virginio, the alias Casale (see next paragraph) appears in Matera’s area already in 1289, when Michele Casalis, procurator of the town Ascoli, bought on behalf of that city from the Guiderocchi family the Castle of Sasso Pisolis, i.e. Matera.
As of now, there is no certain evidence about the relation between the Michele above and Sante alias Casale (see next paragraph).
The Casalis/Michetti in XV century
The Michetti family appears already at the end of the XV century (1498) in notarial documents of Acquasanta (Matt 1°, 1498, c.55): Michetto di (son of) Marino di (son of) Sante alias Casale. Michetto is also said Michetto di Marino Casalis.
Michetto is probably a diminutive of Amico (Michetto ⇒ Amichetto ⇒ Amico = friend.), most probably linked to the name of Sant’Amico (in Italian), an hermit, to whom is dedicated a little church (in Italian) on the mountains near Matera, small town between Quintodecimo and Pozza, near Acquasanta Terme. It must not be confused with the city of Matera in the Basilicata region.
Looking at the diffusion of the Michetti surname in Italy as of today (total 688, in Dec-2019), we see many occurrences in the Marche and Abruzzo (121 + 139 = 260) regions.
Because of his fame, Michetto stopped using the name Casalis and his descendants started using the surname Michetti.
The Casalis/Michetti in XVI century
Michetto (son of) di Marino Casalis is said to be married to Nardolina Angelini from Quintodecimo (see below). Nardolina’s brother, Guerriero Angelini paid in 1508 “3 ducati e 10 bolognini” to Michetto as dowry for her syster (Matt 2°, 1498, c.71v).
In 1520 also a brother of Michetto (Antonio) appears in the notarial books (Matt 5°, c.26v).
Michetto and Antonio have also a syster (first name unknown), who married in Cagnano (Tull 1528, c.93).
Antonio’s daughter, Donna Luchina, married Johannes Emindei from Pomaro (Lor 1557, c.119)
In 1540 Michetto registers his last will (Andr 1540, c 513) and asks to be buried in the S. Benedetto church making also many donations to all churches in Quintodecimo and to the Church of S. Maria Maddalena (in Italian) in Acquasanta.
Pietro Michecti Casalis, son of Michetto, appears in the notarial books in 1550 (Andr 1550, cc. 111, 112 and Andr 1550, c. 143), February 1552 (Tull, 1552, c. 102).
Pietro’s wife Jovanda (Giovanna), from Quintodecimo, registers her last will in 1561 (Batt 1561, c. 127), leaving some money to all churches of Quintodecimo.
Pietro’s daughter Donna Angelina, married to Pietro Tullij from Pomaro, appears in the notarial books in Sep-1590 (Matr 1590, 18 set.).
Pietro’s son Campilio sued Domenico Michetti
Pietro’s son Antonio appears in the books on 1593 (Anpol., ivi, c.84v) and later also in XVII century.
Domenico, Sante and Giovanni Michetti, from Novele, appear on the books in 1592 (Anpol 1592, c. 130) for having killed Gentile Laurentij and Sante Lauriti, from Capodigiro. It is not clear the relationship between these Michettis and Pietro.
The Michetti in XVII century
Another daughter of Pietro, Donna Augustina, married to Loreto Paris from Matera, registers her last will on 1616, leaving all her possessions to her children: Sante, Pietrangelo and Lucio.
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Summary of the former Casalis later Michetti ancestry
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| Name | Relationship / Notes | Cited in Years | |||||||
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| Michele Casalis | 1289 | ||||||||
| Two centuries long the name Casalis does not appears again in the documents analysed so far. | |||||||||
| Sante alias Casale | 1498 | ||||||||
| … | Marino Casalis | son of Sante | 1498 | ||||||
| … | Michetto Casalis | son of Marino | 1498 | ||||||
| … | Nardolina Angelini | wife of Michetto Casalis, syster of Guerriero Angelini, from Quintodecimo |
1508 | ||||||
| Pietro Michecti Casalis | son of Michetto | 1550-1561 | |||||||
| … | Jovanda (Giovanna) | wife of Pietro, from Quintodecimo |
1550-1561 | ||||||
| Donna Angelina | daughter of Pietro | 1590 | |||||||
| … | Pietro Tullij | husband of Donna Angelina, from Pomaro |
1590 | ||||||
| Donna Augustina | daughter of Pietro | 1616 | |||||||
| … | Loreto Paris | husband of Donna Augustina, from Matera |
1616 | ||||||
| Sante, Pietrangelo, and Lucio | sons of Donna Augustina | 1616 | |||||||
| Antonio | son of Pietro | 1616 | |||||||
| Domenico, Sante, and Giovanni Michetti | relationship to Pietro unknown | 1592 | |||||||
| Jeronimo, and Fiorano Michetti Casalis | sons of Michetto | 1572 | |||||||
| Santone Michetti Casalis | sons of Michetto | 1573 | |||||||
| … | Giulia | daughter of Santone | 1573 | ||||||
| Antonio Casalis | son of Marino | 1520 | |||||||
| … | Donna Luchina | daughter of Antonio | 1557-1574 | ||||||
| … | Johannes Emindei | husband of Donna Luchina, from Pomaro |
1557-1574 | ||||||
| (unknown) | daughter of Marino | 1528 | |||||||
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| Name | Relatives | Cited in Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michetto Casalis | son of Marino | 1498 | |
| Giulia | daughter of Santone | 1573 | |
My family’s common matches with the Michetti’s family
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The possible MRCA
Following table shows the possible relationship to our MRCA (Most Recent Common Ancestor). In parenthesis the less probable surnames, reported here just for sake of completeness and because DNA-matches and family trees are often not so precise or reliable.
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| % DNA | My family | MRCA | GSO’s family | % DNA |
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| The percentage of DNA shared between GSO and me is very small (just 12 cM, which makes about 0,16%) thus our possible MRCA could be more than 5 to 9 generations back. My tree goes back just 5 generations, thus it could be difficult to find our MRCA. Currently, the MRCA between the Michettis and me should be found most probably in the families: Massetti, Fazi, Di Lorenzo, Bellini, or some other ancestors whose surname is unknown to me as for actual status of my research. |
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| ~39,23% | My 9x-great-grandparents | siblings? | Michetti’s 9xgreat-grandparents | ~39,23% |
| ~23,08% | My 8x-great-grandparents | siblings or 1st cousin? | Michetti’s 8xgreat-grandparents | ~23,08% |
| ~13,58% | My 7x-great-grandparents | 1st or 2nd cousin? | Michetti’s 7xgreat-grandparents | ~13,58% |
| ~7,99% | My 6x-great-grandparents | 1st to 3rd cousin? | Michetti’s 6xgreat-grandparents | ~7,99% |
| ~4,70% | My 5x-great-grandparents | 2nd to 4th cousin? | Michetti’s 5xgreat-grandparents | ~4,70% |
| ~2,77% | My 4x-great-grandparents: Massetti + …, Fazi + …, Di Lorenzo + …, + Bellini + … (Cognoli + Sermarini, Cognoli + Del Grande, Cognoli + Guerrieri, Orsini + Quaglia) |
2nd to 5th cousin? | Michetti’s 4xgreat-grandparents | ~2,77% |
| ~1,63% | My 3x-great-grandparents: Massetti + …, Fazi + …, Di Lorenzo + …, + Bellini + … (Cognoli + Del Grande, Cognoli + Guerrieri, Orsini + Quaglia) |
3rd to 6th cousin? | Michetti’s 3xgreat-grandparents | ~1,63% |
| ~0,96% | My 2x-great-grandparents: Massetti (before 1846) + Fazi, Di Lorenzo (about 1833) + Bellini (about 1820, probably wrong because of a child when she was 50!) (Cognoli + Guerrieri, Orsini + Quaglia) |
3d to 7th cousin? | Michetti’s 2xgreat-grandparents | ~0,96% |
| ~0,57% | My great-grandparents: Massetti (1864) + Di Lorenzo (1870) (Cognoli + Orsini) |
3rd to 8th cousins? | Michetti’s great-grandparents | ~0,57% |
| ~0,34% | My granparents: Massetti (1911) (Cognoli) |
3rd to 9th cousins? | Michetti’s grandparents | ~0,34% |
| ~0,2% | My mother (1933) | 3rd to dist. cousins? | Michetti’s parents | ~0,2% |
| ~0,11% | Me (1961) | 3rd to dist. cousins? | Michetti | ~0,11% |
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Location
Looking at the common DNA matches between MPO and me, our MRCA should be from Acquasanta Terme (AP, Marche, Italia) and/or some town nearby.
Surnames in the common matches between us are present in the Acquasanta Vol. IV. However, the cited book reports the genealogies of Acquasanta and Cagnano only, so that our ancestors cannot be found there but for only the ones born in Acquasanta (e.g. my grandfather and his branch) but not for the ones born e.g. in Quintodecimo or Novele.
Common DNA-Matches
Following table shows the DNA-matches in common between the Michettis and me on ancestry as well as on gedmatch. Also the DNA-matches in common between the Michettis, my daughters (GIU and FLA) and my mother (ACO) are shown. In bold the surnames present in my tree, confirmed by documents.
| Site | Name | relationship to me | cM, segments with MPO | Notes |
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Looking at the surnames (and at the first names) in the common matches (on ancestry) and on my tree, we could restrict the area of research to fewer surnames:
More research on Angelina and Rosina Massetti as well as on the children of Pietro Di Lorenzo and Anna Bellini are needed.
Conclusion and Status of the Research
… work in progress…