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Old 08-05-2011, 04:59 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles
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Has anyone ever heard of the last name Amalbert? I know someone with this last name from Puerto Rico, but the name does not sound like Spanish origin? Just curious!
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Old 08-06-2011, 07:24 AM
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Not everyone from Puerto Rico will have a Spanish origin name.
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Old 08-06-2011, 07:34 AM
 
Location: Bronx
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I know a puerto rican whoa last name is bonaparte which is corsican/genoese. Many puerto ricans do not have spanish last names unless spaniah authorites of the day hispanized, like french martineau to spaniah martinez. During the mid 19th century spain issued a decree for catholic europeans of other countries and possessiona such as british ireland and french corsica to move to cuba and puertorico. More then half a million european immigrants from, ireland, france, corsica, and germant migrated to puerto rico before the start of the spanish american war. This also explains why so many puerto ricans look white compared to other caribbean islands who look mostly african or mulatto.
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Old 08-13-2011, 06:37 PM
 
Location: Florida
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I know a puerto rican whoa last name is bonaparte which is corsican/genoese. Many puerto ricans do not have spanish last names unless spaniah authorites of the day hispanized, like french martineau to spaniah martinez. During the mid 19th century spain issued a decree for catholic europeans of other countries and possessiona such as british ireland and french corsica to move to cuba and puertorico. More then half a million european immigrants from, ireland, france, corsica, and germant migrated to puerto rico before the start of the spanish american war. This also explains why so many puerto ricans look white compared to other caribbean islands who look mostly african or mulatto.
Thanks so much. That gives me an idead of how my great-grandfather ended up in Puerto Rico. My grandfather was born in Puerto Rico in 1884 and moved to Hawaii. His census document in Hawaii shows his mother being born in Puerto Rico and his father was born in "Europe." I have reached a dead-end trying to find out info about my great-grandparents.

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