Repost for Fernando Horn Batista, fehorn at gmail.com My great-great-grandfather was "Amaro José de Simas", but ... he was married to a Lady named "Maria Norberta da Conceição"(Surname equal to that of Rosa Joaquina Emilia Da Conceicao). They also come from the Azores and also say that the family came from England to the Azores because of religious persecution, which in fact the surname would be Simons (In English) and was translated on arrival in Azores. My great-uncle said that the family name was "Simão" (in Portuguese) and that they translated it wrong. As I'm a history teacher and seeing all the coincidences linked to the name, I perceive a GREAT chance of the family having Jewish origin and this would explain some changes of name, as the case of "Mendez" (Jewish name). I hope to be able to exchange information with everyone who wants. Thank you so much! See you
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