It's been a standing joke with my husband who always says I'm black because of my dark skin color and that we brought the slaves over from Africa so we have black blood. I let it go, but I always say we navigated the ships that brought them over, but never did the trade, it was the English that did that. Of course, he is Irish, Canadian French and English so I tell him it was the English who got slavery started in this country. He now has my youngest son who is pure white teasing me as well and I say to him, well that would mean you have black blood, too.
We all laugh about it. I think it's definitely the mix of the Moors and maybe black decent. My mother's side is very light in complexion with brown hair, but she always said some of her father's side had some red highlights. I now it's from my father's paternal side, Furtado's which would mean Rick it could be your father's paternal side since we are connected there and as you said your father's maternal side. Ha, ha. Linda -----Original Message----- From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azo...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sam Koester Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 12:45 PM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] negrete Just as an aside; I am Azorean Portuguese on both sides of my family. From what I have found going back to the early 1800's, late 1700's, I have no black blood. Back in the day when Afro wigs were in style, I wore them and I would tan so dark that I was mistaken for a black person by other black people. Perhaps that is the case for the record in question.... Sam in CA -----Original Message----- From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azo...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shirley Sereque Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 7:38 AM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] negrete A girlfriend's son-in-law is quite dark, almost dark brown. He isn't a "black" but a dark Portuguese with curly hair to die for. ;-) - Shirl - -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
