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Ed Case: “Portuguese, that's the easiest way back. Because, you know…”

Featuring: Ed Case, Democratic | U.S. House Hawaii, 1st Congressional District

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@RepEdCase Cruzin' with Congressman Ed Case and Councilmember Augie Tulba - May 'Olelo

Published | Video Starts at 53:17

And anyway, so I've researched all of that side in the family, too, for my kids, and now my grandchildren wrote from, from that line of my family. And Portuguese, that's the easiest way back. Because, you know why? Why Catholic Church. Yeah, they kept all the records. All the records. Yeah. I mean, he didn't sneeze in the Catholic Church in Portugal without, without the church recording it. (53:17–53:25)

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Asserts that Portuguese genealogy is easier to trace due to Catholic Church records.

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