I have to say that growing up in Brazil, we have the same tradition. It is a sign of respect to ask for your grandparent's blessing whenever you see them. We usually ask for it by saying "Benção, Vó/Vô" and they reply "Deus te abençõe."
On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 12:41:16 AM UTC-5, Cheri Mello wrote: > > Repost for Henry Araujo, henryaraujo at yahoo.com > > i te abençoe was the reply that your vavó probably used > > -- For 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
