Laura I went to high school in Fall River and I remember a Carl Moniz and Lynn Moniz. A lot of my family is still in that area, and one of my brothers stays in contact with Carl. I will check with them in case they knew a Bobby Moniz. Good luck with your search
Herb On Wednesday, December 3, 2014 3:09:13 PM UTC-5, Laura Flanagan wrote: > My name is Laura and I was adopted at birth in 1969. I have been > attempting to identify my biological father and trace my paternal line. I > have taken the Ancestry.com dna test and uploaded my dna profile to Family > Tree DNA, as well as GEDMatch. > > My biological mother was of Irish, German, English and Scottish decent, so > I am confident that matches of Portuguese decent come from my paternal line. > My DNA matches indicate that my paternal ancestors were from the Island of > Sao Miguel, Acores. > > The only information that I have regarding my father is that his went by > the name Bobby Moniz. He was approximately 23 years old in 1968 and his > family was from the Fall River/Seekonk area. He met my biological mother > near her father's home in Riverside (East Providence), Rhode Island, where > they briefly dated. He was never told of her pregnancy. She described him > as a short/stocky man with dark, kinky curly hair. She remembers he drove > a blue Ford Farlane. They spent time together at Sabin Point Park in > Riverside, Rhode Island. > > I would be interested in any Moniz surname lines with ancestors from Sao > Miguel who may have immigrated and/or lived in the Fall River/Seekonk/East > Providence area between 1940 and 1970. > -- 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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
