On Pico, you will find Leals in Ribeirinha, but the birth records likely say Piedade because the priest did the record-keeping in Piedade. Ribeirinha because its own town separate from Piedade in the 1950s.
There are also Leals from Ribeirahs (Santa Cruz and Santa Barbara). There may be Leals in São Mateus, also. After a lifetime of thinking my Leal family originated on Faial, I discovered I have several genetic matches with descendants of Leals from Pico. I haven't made the connection yet, as it is most likely about 6 generations ago. Have you submitted your DNA for analysis? Uploaded to GEDmatch? If you have, mine is there and we might find some matches. Could be interesting. My number is F196772. Tomás Leal -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
