Scot, J.P.de Sousa's mother was from Austria. But you are right about his father being born in Seville (Spain). >From "Revista da Armada" http://www.marinha.pt/extra/revista/ra_fev2004/pag_18.html : «Nascido em Washington, a 6 de Novembro de 1854, John Philip de Sousa era filho do português António Sousa e de uma austríaca, Marie Elisabeth Trinkaus. António era natural de Sevilha, onde os seus pais, João António de Sousa e Josefina Branco (que algumas fontes referem serem originários dos Açores), se terão refugiado (por motivos políticos?) durante a Guerra Peninsular. Servira nas Marinhas Britânica e Americana e participara na guerra entre os E.U.A. e o México, antes de se fixar definitivamente em solo americano, onde viera a casar. Possivelmente presenciou alguns combates da Guerra da Secessão durante a infância de John Philip. Na sua árvore genealógica figuram nomes como Tomé de Sousa, primeiro Governador-Geral do Brasil, e Martim Afonso de Sousa, colonizador do Brasil e Governador da Índia.» Luis K W Lisboa-Portugal ---------------------- MENSAGEM ORIGINAL ---------------------- I believe his father was born in Spain, he was potuguese, however, his mother was German. Scot luis_k_w@clix.pt wrote: Jose', John Philip de Sousa was born in the US. His father was from the Azores. I studied in Belgium in the 1970's. In that time there was a portuguese singer called "Linda de Suza" (deolinda de sousa) in the tops in every european country where there was a portuguese community of immigrants. (she was not as good and famous as Nelly Furtado, but our immigrants loved her, because she told their story in her songs) My mother's name includes "de Sousa". So, Belgians use to call me "monsieur de Sousa". Once, during an exam, a teacher told me I was from a family with a lot of musicians...! :-)) Luis de Sousa K. W. Lisboa-Portugal ------------- Clix ADSL até 24 Mb: a partir de € 29,90/mês A Internet mais rápida do mercado, agora com chamadas grátis e downloads ilimitados! Saiba mais em http://acesso.clix.pt/