Hey Sam,
I don’t think Coelho is as such a common surname such as Smith or Jones.
I can only tell from my own experience, but I grew up in pretty much a
Portuguese ‘colony’ in Rio de Janeiro and never came across many then (most of
my classmates had a Portuguese parent and sometimes both.)
Though
Hi guys,
Just remember that Roballo or robalo as it is spelt now is the name of a fish,
sea bass in English.
One of my mother’s best friends married name was “Sardinha” (Sardine).
As in English we have surnames such as Salmon and Sturgeon.
Hope this helps,
Marcos
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Hi Leonor,
Could the men with the same name be first cousins?
I am also of Italian origin and apart from the names Saverio Saturno and Andrea
Saturno repeating 7 or eight generations (older son gets paternal grandfather’s
name), sometimes if a man had 3 or 4 sons they could all name their first b
de/da/do/dos is referring to a holy
name/saint, a location or a family. But; we all thrive on challenges, don’t
we!?
Sam (Mazatlán, MX)
From: Marcos Saturno<mailto:markus...@live.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 2, 2019 12:49 PM
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Hi everyone,
Maybe as I was born and brought up in Brazil and speak Portuguese as my first
language I could try to shed some light in issue of surname suffix.
As Cheri said, regardless of having the suffix or not the surname remains the
same.
In the past people added suffixes, such as da, de, d
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