I received the following message privately, but I found it so fascinating, I asked the
author permission to post it to the list...
In it, Nelson raises the specter that the patrilineal line ancestor of Peter CARRICO I,
1674 immigrant to Maryland, may not be surnamed CARRIÇO (or the equivalent CARRISSO). If
so, we have to hope Y-DNA testing becomes a fad in Portugal because it's going to be
purely a matter of chance whether we American CARRICOs ever get a match with someone in
Portugal.
This does increase the need for the CARRIÇOs in Portugal, or those Portuguese with a known
CARRIÇO/CARRISSO in their ancestry, to get Y-DNA tested and share their paper genealogy,
for their own sake even more than for ours. This is going to be a much harder knot to
unravel than I ever imagined. But not to despair, with Y-DNA testing, it *can* be done.
Diana
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From: Nelson Carriço [mailto:nelson.carrico@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 2:57 PM
To: Diana Gale Matthiesen
Subject: CARRICO-DNA
Hi Diana,
I was surprised by my test results. Because I expected that some match with the other
Carriço from Porte would occur. I found out that he is my relative (it was confirmed to me
by his family).
I would refer some aspects that I found out during my research that may be important for
you.
When I started my genealogy I noticed that the Carriço surname doesn't follow the
actual tradition to pass the surname from fathers to sons. The Carriço from my grandfather
was passed by his mother family, namely by his maternal grandfather. I did some research
about that and found out that it was usual in some families to pass several different
surnames since they had several childs. So some family surname could jump one or two
generation and brothers could had different surnames.
In some archive records the same person had is surname written as Carriço and in others as
Carrisso. So Carriço or Carrisso were two possible forms of the same surname.
About Pedro (or Pero) Dias Carriço that was accused by the "Portuguese"
inquisition (at that time Portugal was ruled by the Spainish monarchy and during it the
Inquisition had more processes than its all existence) was son of Manuel Pires Carrisso.
This Carrisso were in fact old Portuguese families (called by the time old christian) but
Manuel Pires Carrisso married with Brites Fernandes and she is from jewish converted
family. Since the Carrisso's occupied several social high position Pedro Dias Carrisso
was accused of judaism and the sons fled away. In the followion link you will find out a
copy of the process:
http://www.joaodorio.com/Arquivo/2006/08,09/genealogia.htm
What I want to say to you is I believe that your roots came from Portugal but the DNA test
seeks the patrilineal line and the Carriço can be from the mothers side. By other words
the Carriço from Maryland can be child from any other portuguese surname and be grandson
from a Carriço from the mother side.
I hope that information can help you in some way.
Best Regards,
Nelson Carriço