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Hi Maarten,
At least up to mid-1940s the birth registries in Goa used to specify the
race. I have with me a xerox copy of a birth registry of 1920 which mentions
"of white race" ("de raca branca" in Portuguese) and another of 1944 which
mentions "of Indo-Aryan race" ("de raca indo-ariana").
Jorge
----- Original Message -----
From: Maarten en Els <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Goalist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 2:49 PM
Subject: [GOANET] Family-tree information
>
> Now I have another question. A few weeks ago one of my cousins told me
that
> a birth certificate seemed to proove: "that we are descendants from Aryans
> that means converts from the Hindus many many years back. The Hindus are
> descendants from Aryans and Dravidians , we belong to the Aryan group".
Does
> anyone know how an ordinary birth certificate can proove this???
>
> All the best,
> Martin Van Camp, the Goan-rooted Belgian
>
>
