Classify Genelia D'Souza

[RitinNair]

A Konkani actress and model.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Genelia_D%27Souza.jpg/419px-Genelia_D%27Souza.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Genelia_Dsouza_at_Ebay_Dream_House_%282010%29.jpg/403px-Genelia_Dsouza_at_Ebay_Dream_House_%282010%29.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Genelia_at_HDIL_India_Couture_Week.jpg/403px-Genelia_at_HDIL_India_Couture_Week.jpg

[GeistFaust]

Gracile Indid with an Indid influence, and she has a Portuguese name in an area where a decent amount of Portuguese settled, I wonder if she has any Portuguese bloodlines.

[2Cool]

Gracile Indid with an Indid influence, and she has a Portuguese name in an area where a decent amount of Portuguese settled, I wonder if she has any Portuguese bloodlines.

She might although it could just be the surname that the Portuguese gave her ancestors when they were converted.

[Sikeliot]

It's not a proper Portuguese surname though. Portuguese surnames do not use an apostrophe, ever. It'd be de Sousa or de Souza.

[Damião de Góis]

It's not a proper Portuguese surname though. Portuguese surnames do not use an apostrophe, ever. It'd be de Sousa or de Souza.

Some do, like D'Almeida but a name like de Sousa, never.

[2Cool]

It's not a proper Portuguese surname though. Portuguese surnames do not use an apostrophe, ever. It'd be de Sousa or de Souza.

Sure it got a bit bastardized after a few hundred years. But it's a name of Portuguese origin. Although some place names in Portugal do use the apostrophe and a couple of words too. But they are not super common.

[Sikeliot]

Some do, like D'Almeida but a name like de Sousa, never.

I've only ever seen Almeida by itself. But then again I live in the US.

[Damião de Góis]

I've only ever seen Almeida by itself. But then again I live in the US.

Seriously? :D

Almeida Garrett, writer

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Almeida_Garrett.jpg

Joaquim de Almeida, actor (you should know him)

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTtX_kwdkIwf0dQXtAzMd6tFJxmjZuzm vPKi_pfxrFXzVq73H_2C4pwf_wp

Marco D'Almeida, actor

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bOhlQEQ7Tuc/TSthQftWjaI/AAAAAAAAD20/4JA4fHDyYl0/s1600/marco_dalmeida.jpg

Hugo Almeida, footballer

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Mok8ziXt7kE/TRPJZuwB1yI/AAAAAAAACSo/Wt0r0OSyFu0/s1600/hugo%2Balmeida.jpg

Fortress in the town of Almeida, Guarda

http://www.portugalnotavel.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Fortaleza-almeida.jpg

João Pinho de Almeida, politician

http://cds.parlamento.pt/gp/images/stories/deputados/almeida.jpg

etc, etc

EDIT - Nevermind, i misread... i thought you said you never seen the name "Almeida"

[Sikeliot]

I meant i have never seen a Portuguese name use an apostrophe.

[Damião de Góis]

I meant i have never seen a Portuguese name use an apostrophe.

Well, it's used in our language in any case. Like in this famous almanaque. But it's not a common thing.

http://fotos.sapo.pt/36iv92kI3U6Q1zqUmIr1/500x500

[RitinNair]

She's also a christian, just to mention.

[Sikeliot]

She probably does have some Portuguese ancestry even if not much. She doesn't look it facially, though.