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in reply to a message by Jim Young
Apparently, it is also an important Jewish name? http://www.saudades.org/namesfrombrazil.html (just search down)
Could it be that the surname refers to the people (Jews or Arabs, who were really common in Portugal, hailing from Syria/Palestine=dry places) or to a specific place in Portugal? This is also really confusing, because it makes no sense, especially considering my father is a very, very dark mistico/mulatto, most probably a descendant of slaves from Brazil! How could this be? Many slaves did come from Mali, which is also dry, so it could also be an adaptation of the surname, but I don't think the Brazilian descendants knew the meaning of Siqueira or their direct origins.
Could it be that the surname refers to the people (Jews or Arabs, who were really common in Portugal, hailing from Syria/Palestine=dry places) or to a specific place in Portugal? This is also really confusing, because it makes no sense, especially considering my father is a very, very dark mistico/mulatto, most probably a descendant of slaves from Brazil! How could this be? Many slaves did come from Mali, which is also dry, so it could also be an adaptation of the surname, but I don't think the Brazilian descendants knew the meaning of Siqueira or their direct origins.
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