It depends on the epoch. Before XIXth Century there's no standard in surnaming.
People got their surnames from parents (any combination, paterna+maternal,
maternal+paterna, only paternal, only maternal), from grandparents (any of
them), from uncles/aunts, and, and from godparents (not common). Sometimes they
add alcunhas ("tall", "fat", "white", "blond", "thin", etc), toponyms (Manuel
Fernandes from Lisboa turned adopting Manuel Fernands Lisboa as name) and
professions (mariante, sapateiro, ferreiro, etc).
JS Lopes
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De: Cheri Mello <[email protected]>
Para: Azores Genealogy <[email protected]>
Enviadas: Quarta-feira, 30 de Novembro de 2011 3:57
Assunto: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Portuguese Naming Traditions question
Pat,
The Medeiros comes from where ever she felt like. Most of the time
it's from the parents or grandparents. Sometimes it the godparents.
Here's a brief article on naming traditions on the Azores GenWeb:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azrwgw/naming.html
Cheri Mello
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