Thank you Ângela,
I guess it's not surprising that my DNA is in large part from Iberia.  In
addition my full mtDNA exact match (gd-0) is of Spanish lineage.

On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 5:52 PM Ângela Loura <[email protected]> wrote:

> Both Frias and Faria(s) have separate toponymic origins, being Frias
> originated from a location in Spain (Leão & Castela) called Frias, and
> Faria from a portuguese parish located Barcelos (since the 12th century).
>
> Cheri Mello <[email protected]> escreveu no dia sexta, 21/12/2018 à(s)
> 22:15:
>
>> Yay, nice when DNA and the paper trail mesh together!
>>
>> On Dec 21, 2018 1:46 PM, "Joseph Mendonca" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you JR.  This Manuel de Frias is also known by the alcunha
>>> "Sineiro" in some of the records and his wife Antonia also bears an alcunha
>>> of "Lasquinha".  I think it means "a little bit or piece".  This "Sineiro",
>>> the bell ringer, also shows up in some of my other branches.  My
>>> 2g-grandmother was Maria de Jesus Mendonca (Sineiro) and a 1st cousin to
>>> this Manuel de Frias.  She was born in Furnas but her father was from
>>> Povoacao, Manuel de Sousa Mendonca.  She married Joao do Amaral Gago.
>>> There's no lack of alcunhas in my family branches!
>>>
>>> Thanks for the link to that marriage record.  You saved me some time as
>>> I was just about to go looking for it.
>>> This branch finally connects me to a DNA match I've been talking to for
>>> a little over a year and a half.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 3:26 PM JR <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The name of these ancestors is Frias, which was corrupted and became
>>>> Farias. The same has happened to this name in almost every village I have
>>>> researched where the name exists, circa the period 1800 or after.  Both
>>>> Faria and Frias were altered in this way. They sometimes became Farias and
>>>> sometimes stayed that way. Back in the time of the mainland Portugal List,
>>>> someone explained the culprit for the variations is the difficulty in
>>>> pronouncing the r's in certain names.
>>>>
>>>> This same Ferias (just a spelling variant) that Joe cited was married
>>>> as Manuel de Frias and this line goes all the way back to Povoacao. See
>>>> below.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-PV-FURNAS-C-1842-1858/SMG-PV-FURNAS-C-1842-1858_item1/P87.html
>>>>
>>>> Manuel de Frias casou com Antonia de Jesus
>>>>
>>>> There are large concentrations of Faria and Frias in, Rabo de Peixe,
>>>> Maia, Furnas, Povoacao, Ribeira Grande, and some in Ponta Garca, Vila
>>>> Franca, Lagoa and other places.
>>>>
>>>> JR
>>>>
>>>> On Thursday, December 20, 2018 at 6:31:24 PM UTC-5, jemendonca642 wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Vacation has an accent on the "e" férias.  "Ferias" is the way it is
>>>>> spelled in some of the records. For example:
>>>>> Left page, top, 4th line down
>>>>>
>>>>> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-PV-FURNAS-B-1860-1869/SMG-PV-FURNAS-B-1860-1869_item1/P161.html
>>>>>
>>>>> I've also seen it spelled "Frias".
>>>>>
>>>>> I think it is a different surname from "Faria" but I'm not 100% sure
>>>>> either.
>>>>>
>>>>> I just want to normalize the spelling of the name in my database.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 5:55 PM Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I think it's Frias. The Guill book has Frias. He doesn't have Ferias.
>>>>>> Doesn't that word mean vacation?
>>>>>> Cheri Mello
>>>>>> Listowner, Azores-Gen
>>>>>> Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira
>>>>>> Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 2:47 PM GENEVA COOK-GERVAIS <
>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My distant family from Sao Miguel used the spelling De Faria , Faria
>>>>>>> and Farias. Don't know if that is the same family or not....….
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On December 20, 2018 at 5:26 PM Joseph Mendonca <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am discovering ancestors with the surname of Ferias and sometimes
>>>>>>> I see it spelled Frias.  Can anyone tell me what the normalized modern
>>>>>>> spelling of this name is?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>>>>
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