You mean some of them actually have Portuguese blood. I do recall when I was in college we had some Goan classmates who were very fair with blonde hair and light eyes. Of course even some Saraswat Brahmins look like that, so it can’t be attributed to Portuguese blood.
Bernice Perrira Sent from my iPhone > On 02-Apr-2021, at 2:55 PM, Antonio Menezes <ac.mene...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The Global Goan, April '21 issue edited by Frankey Fernandes > contains a very interesting article ''Luso Indians'' by > Philomena and Gilbert Lawrence. > It is a beautifully well written article about the contribution of the > Goan community to the British economy whether in India, > East Africa or Gulf from 1870 onwards. All Goans should read > this article and feel proud of their contribution to the British > economic wealth. > I am of the opinion that all Goans should not have been > described as ''Luso Indians '' The word Luso implies that > all Goans have some Portuguese blood in them which is not > true. I shall speak only of Salcete. Besides a small number of > families in Margao, Benaulim, Guirdolim, Macazana, > Curtorim, Raia, Rachol, Loutulim and Verna , the great > majority of families in Salcete are of pure Indic blood > who have nothing of Luso in them
