Linda J, it doesn't mean anything. An exposta or exposto left at the roda
was given to a family to raise for 7 years. This family received money to
raise the kid. At the age of 7 years, the kid could decide to stay with the
family or go make his/her own way. Maybe a real family member went to the
My cousin and I have been researching our exposta Leonor de Conceciao who was
born in December 1870 and left in the Rhoda at the Matriz Sao Sebastio, Ponte
del Gasa, Sao Miguel, Azores. It has long been passed down the although she
was left at the convent, her aunt came later to pick her up
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