Nelly Furtado does not have any Goan or otherwise Indian ancestry. I believe the source of some confusion on her heritage was some of the promotional material when she released her first album - which alluded to her being able to sing in Hindi. Some media articles embellished it to say that she was in fact "fluent" in Hindi which she has admitted is *false*.
Furtado grew up in Vancouver which has a huge Indo-Canadian population. During her teenage years, she was encouraged by some of her Indian friends to sing a few filmy songs and I believe that was the entire extent of her experience with Hindi until she got her record deal and started collaborating with Indian remix-artists and playback singers. Nelly's daughter however *does* have Indian roots. Her daughter's father is Jasper Gahunia - I'm assuming of Punjabi origin. For famous Canadians of Goan origin, check out Ian D'Sa - the brilliant guitarist from rock band Billy Talent - http://www.billytalent.com Neal Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pintomusic.com On 5/23/06, Jason Monserrate wrote: > > > Does Nelly Furtado have Goan roots?? > > _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list ([email protected])
