MELO (anc. MELLO) is a PORTUGUESE family name. In fact is one of the oldest Portuguese Family names!! On of my mother's family names also is MELLO and it goes back to 12th century... (often writen Merlo, Merles, etc., by mistake) Luis K W MPurplelover <[email protected]> wrote in article <[email protected]>... > I am looking for information about my maternal grandparents and their families > in order to construct my family tree. My grandmother's name is Rosa > Badillo-Carro and her mother's name is Juana Carro. My grandfather's name is > Winceslaw Suarez-Melo(Merles). His real name is Melo but Merles was a mistake > on his Birth Certificate transcription. My grandmother was born in 1907 and > grandfather 1903. They are both deceased. I think they are both from Rincon, > PR but I am not sure. My grandmother may be from Aguada. Please email me if > you have any information. Thanks. >