This is quite true. Migration is in our genes. I do not know where exactly we originated, but from the banks of river Saraswati, we landed in Goa, destiny led some to south and even from Goa or south, it did not not stop us from further migration and many of us are partial to white skin.
Some of us who landed in Mangalore city, have somehow managed to record their genealogy and I give the below an example: Diego Aberau Prabhu was born about 1735, migrated from Goa. Noted Genealogists Marian Saldanha and Rao Sahib F. Lobo have both mentioned his children Anna Philippa Abreo and Salvadore Abreo. There may have been more children. The family name was changed to Abreo to Anglicize it. His 6th generation descendent, Mrs. Lucy Victoria D’Souza d’Abreu was born in Dharwar on May 24, 1892 and died on December 7, 2005 in Scotland at the age of 113 years!! She lived most of her life in County Wexford, Ireland, where her husband, who was a cousin by marriage to the Queen Mother, established a surgical practice. The Queen visited Stirling on May 24th, 2002 to present 'Letters Patent' which granted official city status to Stirling. Thousands lined the streets in the rain to greet the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. The presentation of the documents took place in the Municipal Chambers and they will now go on display. Scotland's oldest woman Lucy D'Abreu celebrated her 110th birthday by meeting the Queen at the Municipal Buildings. Mrs d'Abreu, who was given the middle name Victoria after the reigning monarch when she was born, chatted with the Queen for several minutes. Mrs Lucy D'Abreu attributes her long life to "my customary sun-downer of brandy and dry ginger ale". Great, from where to where!!! MD. Message: 11 Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:29:04 -0800 (PST) From: Samir Kelekar <[email protected]> To: Goanet <[email protected]> Subject: [Goanet] Mestisos of Goa , where are they? Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Must have immigrated, like you... samir
