You raise a valid point. No where, among the assorted Sephardic websites that are citing the Iberian Peninsula peoples living there is it implied that all of the people with surnames like Pereira, Mello, Reis, Rosa, Silva and Pacheco, just to name but a few, ALL had Jewish roots.
God forbid, when my Reis grandmother (she married a Mello) learned that her granddaughter (a Rosa and a Silva) was going to marry a Bernstein (a San Francisco banker), it through the entire family into a tizzy not soon to be forgotten. I applaud you for going through the DNA family finder process. My research and degree of interest has not yet reached your level. Cheers and best wishes, Duane De Mello --- www.duanedemello.com On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 4:40 PM, K Pimental <[email protected]> wrote: > Responding to the Jewishness of Pereira, I have had my DNA family finder > and mtDNA and y-64 done and have no definitive Jewish connection even > though my ggmother was a Pereira. I don’t think it is quite as clear cut as > a name.**** > > ** ** > > Keith Pimental**** > > (Costa, Vasconcellos, Pereira, Sao Miguel, Hawai’i)**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Duane De Mello > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 10, 2012 2:27 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Re: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Looking for Jewish roots**** > > ** ** > > Lou:**** > > ** ** > > From my experience to date, researching the Sephardic Jewish side is > difficult, to say the least. Up until somewhere around 1492 to 1497, when > the Spanish Monarchy forced Jews to convert to Christianity, our ancestors > in the Azores were probably practicing the Jewish faith. In my genealogy > pursuits so far, I am unable to take my ancestors back that far yet. **** > > ** ** > > If your Pereira ancestors were in the Porto Formoso area, they were very > close to where my family was at, in the Ribeira Grande area. The only ones > I can say I remember were those who came to the Bay Area from Hilo, on the > Big Island. Joseph, Manuel, Billy, Maria, Serafina, etc, were born around > the time of my father, in 1900, and immigrated to the Bay Area during > 1903-05, settling basically in Oakland and San Leandro. They were active > in the baking and steel working industries. By the time I came along, in > 1939, all that I can remember of their parents, is that they were old, and > were born in the Azores anywhere between 1848 and 1875. Our families were > close and were frequently together on the weekends for various > celebrations. That is when I can remember the Pereira, Pacheco and Silva > families and my own, the de Mello's and the dos Reis'**** > > ** ** > > Cheers, Duane **** > > On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Lou Henderson <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > They immigrated to the Sandwitch Islands, ( Hawaii ), in 1883 and after > that I cannot find anything on them. No census, nothing. I did not know > Pereira is a Jewish name. > Lou > > **** > > On Apr 10, 2012, *Duane De Mello* <[email protected]> wrote:**** > > After the Azores, where did your Pereira's end up? In the Azores, my > Pereira cousins came out of Sao Miguel. **** > > ** ** > > Duane **** > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Lou Henderson <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > Are either of you related to: Manuel Pereira and Maria da Conceicao > married 16, Out. 1872 in Porto Formoso? Manuel born, 1883 and Maria da > Conciecao > born 1854? They are my great grandparents. > Lou Henderson**** > > On Apr 8, 2012, *Duane De Mello* <[email protected]> wrote:**** > > One way to start is to do a Google search on Sephardic Judaism, followed > by its roots out of Iberia. You will find detailed descriptions of the > family surnames associated with the Jewish people, including the Pereiras, > of which I count as cousins of mine. **** > > ** ** > > Cheers, Duane **** > > On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 4:47 PM, kikas <[email protected]> wrote:**** > > My mother's side of the family are from Angra Terceira Azores. She has > a Jewish name "Pereira" > I have researched up to my great grandmother...with the name Maria > Guilhermina Pereira da Silva born in 1876 in Angra and died in > 1934...need to look further into her side of the family up to the 15th > century...to see if they came from a Jewish descent....anyone with > tips..or books that I can look up...is greatly appreciated. > > Thank you > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. 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