Nelly Furtado
Furtado in 2009, photo by s_bukley/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Nelly Kim Furtado
Place of Birth: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Date of Birth: December 2, 1978
Ethnicity: Azorean Portuguese
Nelly Furtado is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her songs “I’m Like a Bird,” “Turn Off the Light,” “Powerless (Say What You Want),” “Promiscuous,” “Maneater,” “Say It Right,” and “All Good Things (Come to an End),” as well as her appearance on “Give It to Me” and collaboration on “Broken Strings.” She has released a Spanish-language album, and an album exploring her Portuguese heritage. She co-starred in the film Max Payne (2008).
Her parents are Portuguese, from Ponta Garça, Vila Franca do Campo, São Miguel Island, in the Azores archipelago. She holds Portuguese citizenship. Nelly was named after Soviet gymnast Nellie Kim.
Nelly has three children, including a daughter with her former partner Jasper Gahunia.
Nelly’s paternal grandfather was named Manuel Matos Furtado.
Nelly’s paternal grandmother was named Maria Paixão Costa.
One of Nelly’s maternal grandparents was named Virgínio Araújo Neto. Virginio was born in Ponta Garça.
Sources: Genealogy of Nelly Furtado – http://www.geni.com
Memorial page of Nelly’s paternal grandfather, Manuel Matos Furtado – http://www.findagrave.com
Memorial page of Nelly’s paternal grandmother, Maria Paixão (Costa) Furtado – http://www.findagrave.com
This photo is better, no make-up or fake tan. She’s very beautiful, I think she looks pan-Western European, like many Portuguese.
http://www.makeuptalk.com/f/gateway_redirect.php?act=img&id=509237
I think she looks very Iberian. Her sister, Lisa, looks more pan-European to me.
http://pic.inbooker.com/25099.jpeg
The most common eye colour in Portugal is brown, and by a large margin.
yes, most common. But there are many with blue eyes too, so as in Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Syria, etc.
I’ve also have added Nelly’s paternal grandparents’ memorial pages on findagrave.com:
Manuel Matos Furtado: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=158930681
Maria Paixão (Costa) Furtado: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=156306339.
Thank you,
Dustin Schrull
I’ve been doing some more research on Nelly’s ancestry, and for Ponta Garça, the latest records they have is in 1905, and since Nelly’s grandparents were both born in the 1910s, there’s no records of her grandparents, but I did find some other people who what the same last names as Nelly’s grandparents. I’ve just browsed through the marriage records between 1875-1905 and here’s what I’ve found that might be Nelly’s ancestors or relatives:
Araújo Neto:
José d’Araújo Neto (born about 1873 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America to Jacintho d’Araújo Neto and Rosa Luiza) and Marianna Augusta de Medeiros (born about 1876 in Ponta Garça, Vila Franca do Campo, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal to Francisco Marianno de Medeiros and Maria da Conceição) were both married on 8 Feb 1897 in Nossa Senhora da Piedade in Ponta Garça, Vila Franca do Campo, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal.
Manuel Araújo Neto (born about 1854 in Ponta Garça, Vila Franca do Campo, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal to Francisco Araújo Neto and Maria Jacintha) and Anna de Mattos (born about 1859 in Ponta Garça, Vila Franca do Campo, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal to José Furtado Monteiro and Maria de Jesus Mattos) were both married on 28 Nov 1883 in Nossa Senhora da Piedade in Ponta Garça, Vila Franca do Campo, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal.
Matos Furtado:
I couldn’t find “Matos Furtado” but I did find “Matos” and “Furtado” separately.
Paixão Costa:
José de Pimentel Calauro (born about 1861 in Ponta Garça, Vila Franca do Campo, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal to António de Pimentel Calauro and Claudina Rosa) and Violanta da Paixão de Jesus (born about 1844 in São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal to unknown parents) were both married on 17 Oct 1882 in Nossa Senhora da Piedade in Ponta Garça, Vila Franca do Campo, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal.
Thank you,
Dustin Schrull
Nelly’s ancestors were from Ponta Garça, São Miguel Island, Azores.
cwm85 will know think she’s non-Caucasian because I know Punjabi Sikh’s that look like her. LOL
Did you know that Urdu is indo-european language? It is because iranian people migrated to India and Pakista long time ago. There is a lot of blonde, blue eyed people in Iran, Pakistan. and north of India because of that.
Yes, that’s why it’s called “land of Nordic gods”. Oh dear..