{"id":485,"date":"2018-11-24T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-24T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robertogreco.eu\/genetealogia\/mercieca-dna-match\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T13:16:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T11:16:30","slug":"mercieca-dna-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertogreco.eu\/genetealogia\/mercieca-dna-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercieca (DNA Match)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; da revisionare &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>(questa pagina \u00e8 in Inglese perch\u00e9 le persone con le quali sono in contatto risiedono nel Regno Unito e Canada.<br \/>\nDi seguito i nomi di persone viventi vengono indicati solo con le iniziali).<\/p>\n<h2>Content<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#mercieca\">The Mercieca Family<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#tanti\">The Tanti Family<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#conclusion\">Conclusion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"mercieca\">The Mercieca Family<\/h3>\n<p>The possible connection to the <strong>Mercieca<\/strong> family is assumed based to a DNA match with a member of <a href=\"https:\/\/famiglia-greco.eu\/onomastica\/cognomi\/the-portelli-families\/\">the <strong>Pisani<\/strong> family<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When I first looked at the DNA matches between my father and <strong>CME<\/strong>\u00a0I was surprised to see that he was looking among others for the surnames <strong>Bonnici<\/strong> and <strong>Galea<\/strong>.\u00a0These surnames are indeed in my family tree, through Laura, my 4th cousin from the <a href=\"https:\/\/famiglia-greco.eu\/le-radici\/nunzio-greco-detto-nello-e-concetta-ando\/famiglia-ando-aliotta\/famiglia-ferrante-ando\">And\u00f2-Ferrante<\/a> branch. Therefore I looked whether <strong>CME<\/strong> had a match with me too. Indeed!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1420\" src=\"https:\/\/robertogreco.eu\/genetealogia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/site\/\/4\/DNA-Match-on-MyHeritage-with-CME.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1363\" height=\"142\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Other surnames <strong>CME<\/strong> is looking for are <strong>Attard<\/strong>, <strong>Spiteri<\/strong>, and <strong>Mercieca<\/strong>. The first two are very common in <a href=\"https:\/\/famiglia-greco.eu\/alessandria-degitto\">Alexandria (Egypt)<\/a> and are said to come from Malta. For the third one I can&#8217;t do any statement as it is the first time I encoutered it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CME<\/strong>\u00a0and I share following DNA matches (only the first 10 are listed):<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\" width=\"33,33%\">Estimated Relationship with me<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\">Shared Match<\/th>\n<th colspan=\"2\" width=\"33,33%\">Estimated Relationship with CME<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Relationship<\/th>\n<th>% shared DNA<\/th>\n<th>% shared DNA<\/th>\n<th>Relationship<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Father<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">49,9% (3.537,2\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>My Father<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0,2% (11,5\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3rd cousin &#8211; distant cousin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Daughter<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">49,5% (3.512,3\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>My Daughter<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0,1% (10,1\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3rd cousin &#8211; distant cousin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">1st cousin twice removed &#8211; 2nd cousin twice removed<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">2,5% (180,3\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>BBU<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0,3% (23,5\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3rd cousin &#8211; distant cousin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3rd cousin &#8211; distant cousin<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0,3% (18,3\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>MZA<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0,8% (54,9\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3rd &#8211; 5th cousin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3rd cousin &#8211; distant cousin<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0,3% (23,8\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I\u00d8B<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0,6% (45,5\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3rd &#8211; 5th cousin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3rd cousin &#8211; distant cousin<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0,2% (15,8\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>JCA<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0,6% (43,8\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3rd &#8211; 5th cousin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3rd cousin &#8211; distant cousin<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0,1% (9,3\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>FCR<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0,6% (42,2\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3rd &#8211; 5th cousin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3rd cousin &#8211; distant cousin<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0,1% (9,1\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>RMA<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0,6% (41,4\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3rd &#8211; 5th cousin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3rd cousin &#8211; distant cousin<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0,1% (8,9\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>CMA<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0,5% (37,9\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3rd &#8211; 5th cousin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3rd cousin &#8211; distant cousin<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0,2% (10,5\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>JBE<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0,4% (30,8\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3rd &#8211; 5th cousin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Following surnames are included in the first 10 DNA matches shared with <strong>CME<\/strong> (in bold the surnames already in my family tree). Listed, in parenthesis, are also those surnames matching again with me):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Beals (also matching with my father, my daughter, Basinger, &#8220;I\u00d8B&#8221;, Micallef, Muscat, Reyes,<br \/>\nStephens, and Tanti<br \/>\nand looking for the surnames<br \/>\nAgius,\u00a0Azzopardi,<br \/>\nBessai \/ Bessey,\u00a0Blum,\u00a0Borg,<br \/>\nCailteux \/\u00a0Cailtuex,\u00a0Calleja, Cauchi,\u00a0Champion,<br \/>\nDebarnardi,<br \/>\nFenech,<br \/>\n<strong>Galea<\/strong>,\u00a0Grech,\u00a0Grimm,<br \/>\nHablizel,\u00a0Hildebrand,<br \/>\nKempf,\u00a0Kurz,<br \/>\nMezger,<br \/>\nPoiry,<br \/>\nRebmann,\u00a0Reyes,<br \/>\nScheking,\u00a0Summut,<br \/>\nVella,<br \/>\nWacker,\u00a0Wagner,\u00a0Woem,\u00a0W\u00f6rn)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Busuttil<\/strong> (see also <a href=\"https:\/\/famiglia-greco.eu\/ricerche-in-corso\/the-maltese-connection\/\">The Maltese Connection<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Caruana (also matching with my father, both my two daughters, <strong>Busuttil<\/strong>, Crowe, Grech, &#8220;I\u00d8B&#8221;, Mangani, and Tanti and looking for the surname Zammit)<\/li>\n<li>Crowe (also matching with my father, <strong>Busuttil<\/strong>, Caruana, Grech,\u00a0&#8220;I\u00d8B&#8221;, Mangani, Zahra)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Greco<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Mangani (also matching with my daughter, <strong>Busuttil<\/strong>, Crowe, Grech, &#8220;I\u00d8B&#8221;, Muscat, Tanti, and Zahra and looking for the surnames Bugeia, Muscat, and Sferlazzo)<\/li>\n<li>Zahra (also matching with my father, my daughter, <strong>Busuttil<\/strong>, <strong>Camilleri<\/strong>, Grech, Micallef, &#8220;I\u00d8B&#8221;, Scicluna, Tanti)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other surnames included in the DNA matches with <strong>CME<\/strong> are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Basinger<\/li>\n<li><strong>Camilleri\u00a0<\/strong>(see also <a href=\"https:\/\/famiglia-greco.eu\/ricerche-in-corso\/the-maltese-connection\/\">The Maltese Connection<\/a>),\u00a0Cancilla<\/li>\n<li>Falco<\/li>\n<li>Grech<\/li>\n<li>Malmst\u00f6rm,\u00a0Micallef,\u00a0Muzzonigro<\/li>\n<li>Schrouder,\u00a0Scicluna<\/li>\n<li>Tanti (see later)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Three surnames were masked.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"cme-branch\">The Mercieca Branch<\/h3>\n<p>Now let&#8217;s have a look at CME&#8217;s branch:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1508\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1508\" style=\"width: 1381px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1508\" src=\"https:\/\/robertogreco.eu\/genetealogia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/site\/\/4\/CME-Branch.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1381\" height=\"921\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1508\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CME partial family tree.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Two surnames in this branch are present in my family tree: <strong>Bonnici<\/strong> and <strong>Galea<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the other two surnames <strong>Attard<\/strong> and <strong>Spiteri<\/strong> are very common in Alexandria (Egypt): I saw a lot of them at St. Catherine books and at the Latin Cemetery of Holy Land.<\/p>\n<p>Because of my (so far indirect) relatedness with the Bonnici and Galea family, there is a <a href=\"https:\/\/famiglia-greco.eu\/the-maltese-connection\">dedicated page<\/a> for those families.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"tanti\"><strong>The Tanti Family (through the Mercieca and Peri Families)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>A special attention is dedicated to the Tanti family because this match (<strong>PTA<\/strong>) is shown also with a member of the <strong>Martello<\/strong> Family, who is a common match between me and <strong>AJP<\/strong>, see the corresponding section in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/famiglia-greco.eu\/the-possible-connection-with-the-peri-family#martello\">The Possible Connection to the Peri Family<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1441\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1441\" style=\"width: 1385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1441\" src=\"https:\/\/robertogreco.eu\/genetealogia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/site\/\/4\/DNA-Match-on-MyHeritage-with-PTA.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1385\" height=\"177\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1441\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DNA match on MyHeritage between me and PTA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>PTA<\/strong>\u00a0and I share following DNA matches (only the first 10 are listed):<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\" width=\"33,33%\">Estimated Relationship with me<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\">Shared Match<\/th>\n<th colspan=\"2\" width=\"33,33%\">Estimated Relationship with PTA<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Relationship<\/th>\n<th>% shared DNA<\/th>\n<th>% shared DNA<\/th>\n<th>Relationship<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">1st cousin twice removed &#8211; 2nd cousin twice removed<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">2,5% (180,3\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>BBU<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0,3% (18,5\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3rd cousin &#8211; distant cousin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3rd cousin &#8211; distant cousin<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0,3% (23,8\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I\u00d8B<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">1,3% (92,2\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">1st cousin twice removed &#8211; 4th cousin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3rd cousin &#8211; distant cousin<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0,3% (18,3\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>MZA<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">1,1% (78,1\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">2nd &#8211; 5th cousin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3rd cousin &#8211; distant cousin<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0,2% (12,7\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>DCA<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0,8% (59,6\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">2nd &#8211; 5th cousin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3rd cousin &#8211; distant cousin<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0,1% (8,4\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>MMA<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0,9% (62,4\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3rd &#8211; 5th cousin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3rd cousin &#8211; distant cousin<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0,2% (15,8\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>JCA<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0,7% (51,1\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3rd &#8211; 5th cousin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3rd cousin &#8211; distant cousin<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0,1% (8,8\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>GGR<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0,7% (49,2\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3rd &#8211; 5th cousin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3rd cousin &#8211; distant cousin<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0,1% (9,1\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>RMA<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0,6% (43,9\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3rd &#8211; 5th cousin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3rd cousin &#8211; distant cousin<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0,1% (8,1\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>DMI<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0,5% (37,9\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3rd &#8211; 5th cousin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3rd cousin &#8211; distant cousin<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0,1% (8,9\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>CMA<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0,4% (30,0\u200e cM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3rd cousin &#8211; distant cousin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Following surnames are included in the first 10 DNA matches shared with <strong>PTA<\/strong> (in bold the surnames already in my family tree). Listed, in parenthesis, are also those surnames matching again with me):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Busuttil\u00a0<\/strong>(see also <a href=\"https:\/\/famiglia-greco.eu\/the-maltese-connection\">The Maltese Connection<\/a>),<\/li>\n<li><strong>Camilleri<\/strong>\u00a0(see also <a href=\"https:\/\/famiglia-greco.eu\/the-maltese-connection\">The Maltese Connection<\/a>),<\/li>\n<li>Caruana,<\/li>\n<li>Grech,<\/li>\n<li>Mangani, Micallef,<\/li>\n<li>Zahra.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other surnames included in the DNA matches with <strong>PTA<\/strong> are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arena (also matching with my daughter, Basinger, Beals,\u00a0<strong>Camilleri<\/strong>, Caruana, Giampietro, and Micallef and looking for the surnames Accardi and Cristallo)<\/li>\n<li>Basinger, Beals,<\/li>\n<li>Ferando<\/li>\n<li>Martello (see also <a href=\"https:\/\/famiglia-greco.eu\/the-possible-connection-with-the-peri-family#martello\">The Possible Connection with the Peri Family<\/a>),\u00a0Mercieca (see above),\u00a0Muscat,<\/li>\n<li>Pirillo (also matching with Di Diego, Holford, Micallef, Sones, and Zahra and looking for the surnames Accardi, Bordonaro, and Laiacona)<\/li>\n<li>Schrouder.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As one can see, between me and <strong>PTA<\/strong> are quite all the same surnames as between me and <strong>CME<\/strong>. This strengthen the hypothesis that this is a real match. And all the rest too, indeed.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"conclusion\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>As of now there are no other evindences supporting this hypothesis, although strong. More research has to be done concerning <a href=\"https:\/\/famiglia-greco.eu\/the-possible-connection-with-the-portelli-family\">the Pisani family<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(Deleted Tags: Corrispondenze-DNA, Ricerche)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; da revisionare &#8230; (questa pagina \u00e8 in Inglese perch\u00e9 le persone con le quali sono in contatto risiedono nel Regno Unito e Canada. Di seguito i nomi di persone viventi vengono indicati solo con le iniziali). 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