Nationality is not easy to change. During the african Colonies of Portugal, all males were drafted at 17 to serve in Angola, Monzambique, Guine Bissau. Many emigrants Americanized their names because of discrimination from the Anglo-American.
EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me > Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 16:44:20 -0800 > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Great Britian citizenship? > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > > I have a question. Has anyone else found their ancestors changed their > nationality? On my Grandfather's Ellis Island Manifest he listed his > nationality as Great Britian, but his country of origin as Portugal. I > do remember my mother telling me he came the the US to avoid being > drafted. Apparently when you reached a certain age, you had to serve > in the military. Does any of this make sense to anyone? > Thanks, > Pat > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
