Jungle Boy
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Any info on this guy? he plays for Portland Winter Hawks (WHL), had nice numbers last year. And his last name indicates that his family is from Brazil (home boy!).
The 8th pick in the NBA draft (2004). Toronto Raptors player.Jungle Boy said:That´s a brazilian name too, but I got no idea who is he.
You are right about Ribeiro (quite common here in Brazil) but not about da Silva, this last name was created here in Brazil, I´m pretty sure that his father´s family is from BrazilTJF said:He could be of Portuguese descent much like the Mike "I'm a faker/diver/crybaby/actor" Ribeiro. Da Silva is a portuguese name as well.
Jungle Boy said:Any info on this guy? he plays for Portland Winter Hawks (WHL), had nice numbers last year. And his last name indicates that his family is from Brazil (home boy!).
rebedom said:Or Portugal / Azores? Mike Rebiro and Steve Martins are both Portuguese decent and growing up I knew quite a few Portuguese da Silvas. Brazil was also first inhabited by the Portuguese and there are a lot of da Silvas there as well.
OK. da Silva is a brazilian last name and I will tell why it´s not a portuguese one.rebedom said:Or Portugal / Azores? Mike Rebiro and Steve Martins are both Portuguese decent and growing up I knew quite a few Portuguese da Silvas. Brazil was also first inhabited by the Portuguese and there are a lot of da Silvas there as well.
Jungle Boy said:OK. da Silva is a brazilian last name and I will tell why it´s not a portuguese one.
da Silva = da (de + a) selva, translation => from (de) the (a) jungle (selva) this lastname was given for the children that catholics men (landlords or people with status) had with indians or slayers. It was a shame for them, at the time, to be with an african or an indian and the catholic church didn´t aproove it, so the fathers wouldn´t give the children his last name and for the records some last name was created such as: da Silva, de Jesus (from Jesus), dos Santos (from the Saints), de Deus (from god)... I hope I made myself clear