Sonia,
As far as the US in concerned, I believe a lot of it came when they arrived
in the US and wanted to assimilate with the American culture. I have done
much research in Lisbon at the Archives quite a few years ago but now those
records, as well as other areas of mainland Portugal, are slowly coming
online which it makes it a little easier for all of us. I do know my
Austrian Empire family who went to the Algarve with Napoleon and married
there changed the original spelling when the children came of age and they
changed it to a more Portuguese spelling. Interestingly, the ones who went
to Trieste, Italy after WWII changed it to a more Italian spelling. Since
the land went back and forth between Italy and Croatia, there maybe some
who remained in Croatia who consider themselves Croatia but the ones who
went to Italy consider themselves Italian...although I believe most of them
are loyal to their Italian heritage no matter where they live.
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