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in reply to a message by gilles
The surname appears to be from the placename Chões in Portugal. There is no indication of a Jewish connection.
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dos choes
when my father came to canada in 1956 he met a jew man is name was cohoes very simular to dos choes or choes could my name come from the celtics who lived with the lusitanios 2000 years ago thank you for your comeback apreciate...
when my father came to canada in 1956 he met a jew man is name was cohoes very simular to dos choes or choes could my name come from the celtics who lived with the lusitanios 2000 years ago thank you for your comeback apreciate...
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The Celts didn't have surnames, so no. Also, many (if not most) European Jews have non-Hebrew or non-Yiddish surnames, so your story is just a coincidence.
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