"Fernandes, Jose" <[email protected]> wrote in Fri, 8 Jan 2010 14:45:34 -0500: > Miguel, > It is a good story. But are you suggesting that someone married into > the family? > Yes, in fact Vaz says that Manuel de Gouveia Pacheco took the name > of Pacheco from his mother "pois que seus primos, filhos duma tia, > Isabel Ferreira Castro, irma de sua mae, tomaram também o mesmo > apelido Pacheco'. > > His mother was Ana de Castro, and her parents and Isabel's were Dr. > Diogo de Castro e Margarida Ferreira. So says the adulterated marriage record of Gaspar Rodrigues and Ana de Castro. But who knows, it may be correct, after all... The forgers act in mysterious ways... Paulo