It is possible that, in order to be able to embark for Brazil fleeing the persecutions of the Inquisition, members of the Cohen family would have adopted the surname Coelho.
There are criteria that must be met for this to occur. The first is to go through the diploma revalidation process.
This type of naturalization serves children who are minors, whose father or mother has become Portuguese after their birth.
One of the most traditional families to settle in São Paulo, the Vaz de Barros have a considerable participation in Brazilian history.
A proposal to change the so-called “Portuguese Nationality Law by the Sephardic way” was recently made public