Let me pose a question to J. Colaco who is notorious for his responses after response. My query is further to his response i.e. Message: 1, Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 on the subject "Jewish Surname" (his response is appended here below)
I don't understand J. Colaco's responses to every messages appearing in the forum! But right now I am curious to know the SURNAME of our lord Jesus Christ!!!! I expect J. C. will answer this question without twisting i.e. just write the surname ..that is what I am expecting....from JC. Best regards, Dr. U. G. Barad J. C's RESPONSE Antonio has put forward an interesting theory. Here are two possibilities - one of which is scientifically verifiable i.e. the common maternal lineage can be traced back to Portugal or perhaps ...Spain: 1: The Menezes came from a part of Portugal called Menezes. The original surname (perhaps) being de Menezes 2: Genetic input during the period when the (expelled) Muslim rulers of Goa returned and surrounded (blockaded) it. The Old Goa Menezes sought refuge (et al) in Divar. Is this not the period when the "bund' to Ribandar was built ....and the origin of the tradition when a token of the first crop is handed over to the Governor by the local farmers? jc On 8 March 2010 00:44, Antonio Menezes <[email protected]> wrote: It is possible some rich Jews with immovable properties with Manases as surnames could have converted to Christianity and become Menezes one of whom came to Goa as a Christian missionary and bequeathed his surname to hundreds of Hindu converts.
