Re: Are formosa and formoso related?
The reason is simply that an Italian named Formosa emigrated to Malta at some point and nobody named Formoso from Spain (or anywhere else) ever did. This is evident from Cassar's The Surnames of the Maltese Islands, which I mentioned previously.
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Are formosa and formoso related?  ·  sean vella  ·  11/21/2013, 6:05 PM
Re: Are formosa and formoso related?  ·  Philidel  ·  11/30/2013, 8:59 PM
Re: Are formosa and formoso related?  ·  Marc  ·  11/22/2013, 10:56 AM
Re: Are formosa and formoso related?  ·  Sean Vella  ·  11/22/2013, 3:09 PM
Re: Are formosa and formoso related?  ·  Marc  ·  11/23/2013, 8:32 AM
Re: Are formosa and formoso related?  ·  Sean vella  ·  11/24/2013, 3:16 PM
Re: Are formosa and formoso related?  ·  Marc  ·  11/25/2013, 9:11 AM
Re: Are formosa and formoso related?  ·  Sean Vella  ·  11/27/2013, 6:04 PM
Re: Are formosa and formoso related?  ·  Marc  ·  11/27/2013, 7:17 PM
Re: Are formosa and formoso related?  ·  Sean  ·  12/14/2013, 3:42 PM