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
The family originated in the city of Bruges, currently the capital of the province of West Flanders, Belgium.
The ease of access to the collections thanks to digitalization allowed anyone to search the origins of the families.