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Psi-Lord wrote:[...] I'm not totally sure on the proportions, but, on my father's side, there's some Dutch, some Italian, some Portuguese and, probably, some native blood; on my mum's side, there's some Italian, some African and, possibly, some Portuguese blood.
- The Dutch branch has probably arrived to Brazil by the time the Dutch invaded the Northeastern coast of the country, in the 17th century, but I've only got registers from the time [my ancestors had] already reached the Southeast, by the end of the 19th century.
- The Portuguese parts are more like supositions based on ancesters' surnames, as it's almost impossible to trace back the wheres and whens.
- The African part, though not easy to trace back either, is because one of my great-grandfathers was black himself.
- The native part is also on the supposition field, because by the time the Dutch arrived in Brazil, Europeans still commonly found wives among the natives (or just 'one-night stands', so to speak, hehe), and chances that one of my ancestors is a child of such relationships are pretty high.
- The Italian part is the easiest to spot. I don't have the details on my father's side (my parents are divorced and I rarely get to talk about this with my family on his side), but my grandfather's parents on my mum's side were both Italians—his father, Remo Cherubini (or Remolo Cherobino, as some papers have it) arrived in Rio with his parents in 1898, coming from Pistoia, Toscana. My grandfather even kept in touch with Italian relatives in the past, but the Second World War interrupted it and he never heard of them again. I don't have the details of my grandfather's mother, though, only that her name was Tereza Borsoni and that she arrived in Brazil around the late 19th century, too, with her parents.
Saaropean wrote:My case is quite boring.
Zoroa wrote:P.S. : By the way, I may have told you more than once, but when you refer to Basque, you use euskaldun, which refers to the language (the one who speaks basque). So anyone willing to learn and speak the language can say he is Basque !
Varislintu wrote:Depends on how far back you're willing to go.
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