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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 > >