Do Brazilians know their ethnic ancestry?

Question

I am an American of German, Irish and Korean descent.

Of course, many of us(Americans) do not know our ancestry entirely but still we know at least a part of our ancestry.

I am just curious how things are going in Brazil.

1. Do Brazilians generally know their ethnic ancestry?

If they do, who are Brazilian people's major ancestries?

2. If you are Brazilian, do you personally know your heritage?

What is your ethnic ancestry? Please list them.

Answer 1

1.The most of Brazilians don't know their ethnic,but the major ancestries among Brazilians are Portuguese,Italian,German and African.

2.I'm Brazilian and i do know my heritage,i am Italian and Portuguese descendant.

Answer 2

1- The major ancestries probably are: italians, portuguese, africans and germans.

2- I have italian, german, irish and portuguese heritage

Answer 3

Magie do you look more European, Amerindian, or African ?

Answer 4

I'm Brazilian, and I'm of Chinese descent.

Answer 5

1-many people don`t really care about it.that`s because almost everybody here has mixed heritage,so it`s not a big deal and some people just ignore it. it`s really hard to find someone who is completely"pure".the mixture varies from region to region.in the south and south-east ,the majority of the population is of italian,german,spanish,japanese descent.in the northeast many people are of black descent.in the north,many people are of native indians descent.the portuguese descents are all around the country.i`m saying it in general,but of course there are many exceptions.2-yeah,i am brazilian ,from the north.and i`m of portuguese,black,french and native brazilian descent.maybe there`s some other ethnicities too,but i couldn`t tell you for sure.

Answer 6

It is difficult, we are very mixed.

Mine?

Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, native and African. If I have more I don't know.

Answer 7

1. Yes Sir, Portuguese of course, Africano, and Indios!!!

2.My Family that was from brasil, was African and Native Indian!!!!

Answer 8

I guess they do :P

Surely they descend from natives and portuguese

Answer 9

Brazilians are very turned on to ethnicity, I think.  I am Brazilian and going through school it was a major item that we studied.  Brazil is much like the USA, it is a real melting pot of ethnic groups.  In fact, Brazil may have even more melting than the USA.  There are large colonies of Italians, Germans, Japanese, Portuguese, Indian (native), and African origin.  Brazil was a major slave trade nation and I have heard it said that Brazil has more Blacks than any other country other than Nigeria.  I am from an Anglo background, my grandparents from both parents came from England at the in the 1920's to seek there fortune...  I am still looking.

Answer 10

First of all the country as a whole is basically made up of people from all corners of the globe and the people are quit mixed but can recite to you every last thing they have in side of them and makes thema unique brazilian.....they know there histories and are very proud to express them to people they arent ignorant they do have such a rich culture like not many other places in the world

Answer 11

pastor brazil is racially more mixed than the united states but they r not more ethnically mixed than the united states. the united states has at least 1 person from every country in the world. brazil mostly has italian german portuguese african japanese ethnicities.

Answer 12

I think most Brazilians know their ancestry...somehow, it's something that people there are proud of.

Me - Hungarian, African and Portuguese.

Answer 13

The most part of brazilians have portuguese ancestry, and many os us have mixed blood with africans and native americans. In São Paulo many people descend from italians, japanese, chinese, spanish, etc. In south of the country, there is a strong german, italian e polish herritage. My ancestrors are from north of Portugal. They came to Brazil at thirty decade of nineteeth century.