I am also interested. When I was in the Azores a genealogist told me that the names Pimental and Branco were probably names of Sephardic origin.
On Feb 14, 2011, at 12:43 PM, lori pacheco wrote: > This question keeps coming up for me so I want to ask it here. Does > anyone know whether the roots of their azorean ancestors were Jewish > (Sephardic)? I was baptised Catholic;.however, this subject has > intrigued me for a while and I cannot find much informatioon on it. I > would love any feedback from you > > -- > 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." > -- 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."
