Hi Donna, Yes, I have both names several times by the three Avo's - Furtado - one was my paternal grandmothers dad originally from Sao Miguel and moved to Faial. Others from north of the island. Dutra I have many. My maternal Vava has Dutra back to D' Ultra. She is from Castelo Branco and her family goes back to the Flanders Belgium folks. My other grandparents from Salao (before that Cedros) have Dutras as well. I want to add, my records may not be that helpful I only have a bit over 1000 and direct descendants (all my great grands so to speak) back to 15/1600s. I have none of their siblings and only some of my grts-grand children. I have been trying to fill in the siblings as it has been challenging to be contacted by a DNA cousin only to try and figure out how we connect. There are several hundred showing up as DNA cousins (my test was with 23andme) but we have to go back to 18-1500s to find who our mutual grandparents are. A person here native to Faial that works on genealogy told me I have "many, many, many cousins" all over Faial and the Azores because two of my grandparents are from original families that arrived. It became overwhelming. With my limited tree I will help if there is anything I can do but I don't go online much, or visit groups regularly. I pop on FB more often now in the Azores group, check my emai but even that sometimes a month has gone by before I logged on. I stay very busy with life in Faial but am willing to share! :) Di-
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