To answer the original question, I have noticed many people over the years who settled in various places in Central America and the Caribbean, including Cuba, who have a connection to the Azores.
Maybe the similarity of the language between Portuguese and Spanish was a factor. And who wouldn't like the warm climate?
Just this week someone in Panama has been in contact with me and I've done research for someone there with Pico ancestry.
My own cousin's connection to the Azores came as a big surprise, because it must come through his mother's Canary Island or his father's Mexico/Spain roots.
I think the Portuguese Islanders were just about in every possible country.
Silva, I believe, is a very Portuguese name, but I have seen many Hispanic people using the name. So did they have an ancestor from 200 or 300 years ago emigrate to Mexico?
Doug da Rocha Holmes
Sacramento, California
Pico & Terceira Genealogist
916-550-1618
Sacramento, California
Pico & Terceira Genealogist
916-550-1618
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Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Cuba
From: Nancy Couto <nvcouto...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, March 05, 2014 10:48 am
To: "azores@googlegroups.com" <azores@googlegroups.com>
My brother's few Y-DNA matches are mostly in Mexico, with one from Argentina, one in France (I think), and only one from the Azores. He is G2a. We have Family Finder matches from Mexico (with Nuevo Leon turning up more than once), Puerto Rico, Spain, and the Canary Islands. These matches are mostly at the distant-cousin level. I think it's not inconceivable that the common ancestors could go back as far as the Inquisition. I also suspect we might have ancestors from Galicia, which is in Spain but was once part of Portugal. The people there still speak a language that is very similar to Portuguese.NancyP.S. All four of our grandparents were born in the Azores.On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 11:21 AM, <p...@dholmes.com> wrote:Funny you mention that.My 2nd cousin h as a mother born in Cuba, but all her ancestry is from the Canary Islands.He also has some matches to some with Azores ancestry.
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Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Cuba
From: nancy jean baptiste <fishsongf...@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, March 05, 2014 9:02 am
To: azores group <azores@googlegroups.com>
Greetings Group,
My brother has a strong DNA (E-M35.1) match in Cuba. I'm curious if many Azorean people went to Cuba? Did whaling ships stop there?
Thanks,
Nancy Jean Baptista
Pico, Sao Jorge, Santa Maria
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