Dear Luis K W, On my previous posting I had entered my comments within the text of your post, using the color blue text option... sorry it didn't post that way. Luis, when I think or refer to someone being a Jew, it's like saying "that someone is a Catholic," or a "Protestant." It's their religious preference, and not their nationality/race. Luis, As you wrote, is what I think, "Nowadays, portuguese Jews are simply Portuguese people following the jewish religion. It's completely different." "And again, most Portuguese of the 21th century feel like descending from Portuguese people (whatever that means), and not from "Jews" from before the 15th century (or moors from the 10th century, or visigoths from the 7th century, or romans from the 5th century, etc.). Is that clear now?" Perfectly clear... hopefully this explanation will limit the times someone writes "my name is Pereira, how will I find my jewish roots?". LOLOLOL" You also wrote - "Ok. My thoughts came out probably because i'm a Libra (Balança in Portuguese). :-)," As a very young child my Dad often read to me from the publication "Lunario Perpetuo," 1927 Perceira Antonio Maria Pereira - Rua Augusta, 44 A 54 Lisboa... Here's what it said about the male individual born under the "signo de Libra," " O varao que nascer debaixo do dominio d'este signo sera honrado e venturoso no que emprehender, e cuidadoso em servir aos amigos. Sera inclinado a ir a terras extranhas, aonde Ihe ira melhor que na sua patria, e sera homem do bom entendimento. Finalmente, tera com que passar a vida, padecera infortunios e trabalhos." And Luis, my comments came out because I'm an Aires (Carneiro in Portuguese)Represented by the lamb, the ram, and the meek person. A person born under this sign is often thought of as being the balance between the "strong," and the "meek." ;-)). Prima Pat