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Ambrose Meineke

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Apr 21, 2003, 2:10:56 AM4/21/03
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Just curious. Her name was Rocha, I believe, and she had a olve complexion.
I know there are a lot of Armenian -American's in central California. Anyone
know?
Ambrose


Tina

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Apr 21, 2003, 3:03:38 AM4/21/03
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"Rocha" sounds Hispanic to me....but don't quote me on that.

Little Flower

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Apr 21, 2003, 3:56:50 AM4/21/03
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It is. She was hispanic.
Little Flower

Kaiju

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Apr 21, 2003, 4:32:11 AM4/21/03
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Little Flower wrote:
>
> It is. She was hispanic.
> Little Flower

Scott Peterson always seemed to me to be Native American, at least a
large percentage thereof. Just an inner sense/gut reaction thang.

(Don't be a hatah. No one dimensioned stereotypes intended.)


Kaiju

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Anna

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Apr 21, 2003, 2:55:04 PM4/21/03
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Ambrose Meineke wrote:

Rocha (her maiden name) is a Portuguese surname.

Anna


starwars

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Apr 21, 2003, 4:12:05 PM4/21/03
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White mother, Mexican father.

For every Armenian in central California (or any other part of California)
there are 40 Mexicans.

I hope you know more about other important facets of life than you do
about this issue.

CRobin4564

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Apr 21, 2003, 5:08:57 PM4/21/03
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>White mother, Mexican father.
>
>For every Armenian in central California (or any other part of California)
>there are 40 Mexicans.
>
>I hope you know more about other important facets of life than you do
>about this issue.
>
>
White mother, Portuguese father. I hope you know more about other important

facets of life than you do about this issue.

CarolR

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Apr 21, 2003, 5:48:35 PM4/21/03
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On Mon, 21 Apr 2003 22:12:05 +0200 (CEST), starwars
<nob...@tatooine.homelinux.net> felt compelled by mysterious forces to
say:

jeez, who shit in your cornflakes this morning? lighten up, Francis.

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hepsut2

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Apr 21, 2003, 6:32:38 PM4/21/03
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Laci's maiden name is Rocha..which is of Portuguese origin..It means
"rock"...

hepsut2

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Apr 21, 2003, 6:40:58 PM4/21/03
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RE:
crobi...@aol.com (CRobin4564)

----------------------------------------------------
Carol R:
FYI Portuguese ARE white...don't know where you get your info
from...One may find olive complexioned individuals of Portuguese
ancestry...yet the Portuguese race as a whole is white..
Any of the Portuguese which are olive complexioned may harken back to
the Moorish invasion of Portugal ages ago.
I lived in the country...I think I have a pretty good handle on
Portuguese history, etc.

Zephyr8994

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Apr 21, 2003, 7:21:27 PM4/21/03
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>White mother, Portuguese father.

Most Portuguese are white too, unless they are from Brazil or Cape Verde.

Z


"Effie, we all got pain" from "Dreamgirls"

Anna

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Apr 21, 2003, 7:59:47 PM4/21/03
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hepsut2 wrote:

> Carol R:
> FYI Portuguese ARE white...don't know where you get your info
> from...One may find olive complexioned individuals of Portuguese
> ancestry...yet the Portuguese race as a whole is white..
> Any of the Portuguese which are olive complexioned may harken back to
> the Moorish invasion of Portugal ages ago.
> I lived in the country...I think I have a pretty good handle on
> Portuguese history, etc.

Well, I'm Portuguese and I think I'm as white as Salma Hayek but not as
white as Cameron Diaz.

Anna
(doesn't understand all these stupid labels)


hepsut2

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Apr 21, 2003, 9:10:52 PM4/21/03
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Anna (santo.mantua)
Wrote, re my post:

<<Well, I'm Portuguese and I think I'm as white as Salma Hayek but not
as white as Cameron Diaz.
Anna
(doesn't understand all these stupid labels)>>

Anna, well, sure...I don't get these stupid labels either...The thing
I tried to bring out was that...sure there may be some olive
complexioned Portuguese...as you can find in the white race. My point
was that some people are of the impression that all Portuguese are
"dark" so to speak..when they are not.
Lots of Italians may be olive or not "milky white" - complexioned,
yet people don't necessarily think of them as not being "white" as some
assume of the Portuguese..One can find the same in so many
nationalities..i.e...the French, English and others also have people who
are as "white as Salma Hyek but not as white as Cameron Diaz".
It can be sort of "sticky" attempting to explain skin colors;
nationalities and types...I am also of Portuguese ancestry...and white
as a sheet:) Meredith Viera is Portuguese and sorta "Cameron Diaz
white":)
Take care..

starwars

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Apr 21, 2003, 10:03:27 PM4/21/03
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On 21 Apr 2003, zephy...@aol.comkeepit (Zephyr8994) wrote:
>>White mother, Portuguese father.
>
>Most Portuguese are white too, unless they are from Brazil or Cape Verde.


Oh well, there goes that theory.

I thought Peterson woke up one day and said "Hey, what am I doing
getting hitched to this half Mexican bitch who's going to give me a
litter of little brown ones like the Bush family?"

I guess I better remove those bookmarks to Morris Dees web sites, they're
starting to affect my brain.


Dennis B

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Apr 21, 2003, 11:51:04 PM4/21/03
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Font of All Important Info <dez...@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message news:<top8avctq9nrk5569...@4ax.com>...

> On Mon, 21 Apr 2003 22:12:05 +0200 (CEST), starwars
> <nob...@tatooine.homelinux.net> felt compelled by mysterious forces to
> say:
>
> >On Mon, 21 Apr 2003, "Ambrose Meineke" <ambrose...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>Just curious. Her name was Rocha, I believe, and she had a olve complexion.
> >>I know there are a lot of Armenian -American's in central California. Anyone
> >>know?
> >> Ambrose
> >
> >
> >White mother, Mexican father.

Wonder if they'll try him under the hate crime statutes, then.

Little Flower

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Apr 22, 2003, 6:33:10 AM4/22/03
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Is it me? Or would Ben Affleck make a PERFECT Scott Peterson??


Looks just like him! IMHO
Little Flower

Zephyr8994

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Apr 22, 2003, 9:04:34 AM4/22/03
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>yet the Portuguese race as a whole is white..

There is no "Portuguese race". There are people of Portuguese ancestry who can
be of any race, depending on where they come from. The Portuguese were big
colonizers and exploreres and encouraged mixing with local populations, mainly
because there weren't enough Portuguese to settle anywhere.

There are 8 Portuguese-speaking countries in the world. With the exception of
Portugal, they are all third world countries: Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Cape
Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Sao Tome and Principe, and Timor. There is also Macau in
China and Goa in India, which used to be Portuguese colonies. Every one of
these countries has people with Portuguese surnames who are European, African,
Indian and Chinese and every conceivable combination in between.

Most Portuguese-Americans have ancestors who came from the Azores, Madeira or
Cape Verde. Fewer come from continental Portugal.

Rocha is a common name in every one of them. I don't know where Laci Rocha's
family came from.

Caroline Eves

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Apr 22, 2003, 10:09:16 AM4/22/03
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lilfl...@aol.communicate (Little Flower) wrote in message news:<20030422063310...@mb-m14.aol.com>...

> Is it me? Or would Ben Affleck make a PERFECT Scott Peterson??
>
>
> Looks just like him! IMHO
> Little Flower

He has to be the biggest victim in the entire world:

http://www.1st.shorturl.com

Little Flower

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Apr 23, 2003, 1:36:56 AM4/23/03
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Who's the victim? Ben Affleck? I doubt it.

Weeelll.....now that you mention it....he IS dating J.Lo.


Little Flower

jsette

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Apr 23, 2003, 11:37:34 AM4/23/03
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crobi...@aol.com (CRobin4564) wrote in message news:<20030421170857...@mb-m15.aol.com>...


just curious, where'd you get this bit about her father being
Portugese? In CALIFORNIA? Unusual... There's a Rocha on every other
block where I live and they are all Mexican. And her father had a very
Hispanic accent, which is quite different from a Portugese accent.

Zephyr8994

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Apr 23, 2003, 11:46:31 AM4/23/03
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>>just curious, where'd you get this bit about her father being
>Portugese? In CALIFORNIA? Unusual...

There are hundreds of thousands of Portuguese in California, particularly
northern California. Many of them arrived as whalers in the 19th century.
Others arrived later and planted vineyards in places like Modesto and Santa
Rosa. There were also a lot of Portuguese cowboys.

CRobin4564

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Apr 23, 2003, 4:41:58 PM4/23/03
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>just curious, where'd you get this bit about her father being
>Portugese? In CALIFORNIA? Unusual... There's a Rocha on every other
>block where I live and they are all Mexican. And her father had a very
>Hispanic accent, which is quite different from a Portugese accent.
>

Well that's weird. I've never met a Mexican Rocha in California! In Central
Ca. all the Rochas I know are Portuguese.

CarolR

jsette

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Apr 23, 2003, 10:01:26 PM4/23/03
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crobi...@aol.com (CRobin4564) wrote in message news:<20030423164158...@mb-m16.aol.com>...
for a Portugese immigrant, he sure has the accent of a wetback.

Michaela2525

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Apr 24, 2003, 1:22:48 AM4/24/03
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>From: crobi...@aol.com (CRobin4564)


The married name of a friend's sister is Rocha -- both she *and* her husband
are of Mexican descent. Last I heard, they lived about an hour away from
Modesto.

Michaela B.

Little Flower

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Apr 24, 2003, 2:05:13 AM4/24/03
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<< Well that's weird. I've never met a Mexican Rocha in California! In
Central
Ca. all the Rochas I know are Portuguese.

CarolR
>><BR><BR>

One of my classmates is from El Salvador and has a Mexican father and her last
name is Rocha too.

For the record, just because the last name is Portuguese doesnt mean the person
is too. The last names Santander and Guillermo are from Spain and that doesn't
mean that the people are Iberian....my cousin with the LAST name of Santander
is from the Dominican Republic (5-6 generations) and my best friend with the
LAST name Guillermo is from the Phillipines (born in Manila).
Little Flower

Zephyr8994

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Apr 24, 2003, 10:41:50 AM4/24/03
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All of this speculation is ....uh...interesting. However, hasn't any local
newspaper discussed this? Anyone form Modesto? Anyone really know, rather than
guessing by the surname and their own limited ethnic experience?

Michaela2525

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Apr 24, 2003, 10:53:39 PM4/24/03
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>From: zephy...@aol.comkeepit (Zephyr8994)

>
>All of this speculation is ....uh...interesting.
>However, hasn't any local newspaper
>discussed this?

You could always contact someone at the Modesto Bee newspaper, and pose the
question.

http://www.modestobee.com

There is a Contact The Bee link.

Michaela B.

jsette

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Apr 25, 2003, 3:01:44 PM4/25/03
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lilfl...@aol.communicate (Little Flower) wrote in message news:<20030424020513...@mb-m18.aol.com>...

> << Well that's weird. I've never met a Mexican Rocha in California! In
> Central
> Ca. all the Rochas I know are Portuguese.
>
> CarolR
> >><BR><BR>
>
>
>
> One of my classmates is from El Salvador and has a Mexican father and her last
> name is Rocha too.
>
> For the record, just because the last name is Portuguese doesnt mean the person
> is too.

THANK you for enlightening these people. People seem not to understand
that people COME from one place, yet the lineage of their name may be
another country. A simple concept. I'll say it again, if you've got a
Rocha in California, most likely they got there via Mexico, not
Portugal. You can tell the more recently-immigrated ones by whether
they speak Spanish (from Mexico) or Portugese, LOL. Portugese, for
those of you who claim to know Rochas, is a whole different language
from Spanish, ROFL

jsette

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Apr 25, 2003, 3:03:38 PM4/25/03
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zephy...@aol.comkeepit (Zephyr8994) wrote in message news:<20030424104150...@mb-m07.aol.com>...

> All of this speculation is ....uh...interesting. However, hasn't any local
> newspaper discussed this? Anyone form Modesto? Anyone really know, rather than
> guessing by the surname and their own limited ethnic experience?


uh, it's pretty much a given, in the western states, that a Hispanic
surname of a local means their family came from MEXICO. California,
Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, etc. Full of 'em.

Zephyr8994

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Apr 25, 2003, 3:07:37 PM4/25/03
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>
>uh, it's pretty much a given, in the western states, that a Hispanic
>surname of a local means their family came from MEXICO.

But the isssue is that "Rocha" is not only a Spanish surname. It is also
Protuguese and there are thousand of Portuguese in California.

jsette

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Apr 27, 2003, 8:44:24 PM4/27/03
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zephy...@aol.comkeepit (Zephyr8994) wrote in message news:<20030425150737...@mb-m29.aol.com>...

> >
> >uh, it's pretty much a given, in the western states, that a Hispanic
> >surname of a local means their family came from MEXICO.
>
> But the isssue is that "Rocha" is not only a Spanish surname. It is also
> Protuguese and there are thousand of Portuguese in California.
>

the issue actually is "what is Laci" and she isn't Portugese, neither
is her father. Via Mexico, maybe, but not from Portugal.

Zephyr8994

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Apr 27, 2003, 9:13:35 PM4/27/03
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>>the issue actually is "what is Laci" and she isn't Portugese, neither
>is her father.

And so i go back to my prior post: does anyone know for sure? Has it been
published anywhere? Does anyone know the family? All this speculation and
probability is silly if it isn't accurate.

Alex

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May 25, 2003, 6:12:35 AM5/25/03
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"CRobin4564" <crobi...@aol.com> schreef in bericht
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> >White mother, Mexican father.
> >
> >For every Armenian in central California (or any other part of California)
> >there are 40 Mexicans.
> >
> >I hope you know more about other important facets of life than you do
> >about this issue.
> >
> >
> White mother, Portuguese father. I hope you know more about other important
> facets of life than you do about this issue.

She looked a little more Native American to me. All the Portuguese
people I know look more Mediterranean/African to me.

Alex


Sharyn

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May 25, 2003, 12:04:00 PM5/25/03
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That's odd. I come form a big family of half-Portuguese people. Most of my
mother's sisters married Portuguese men. Since there are a lot of them in the
part of Massachusetts they're from. And, I can say with a certainty that none
of them nor their full Portuguese families look remotely African. I've been
asked if I am Spanish, Mexican, half Philipino, and Italian.

>
>She looked a little more Native American to me. All the Portuguese
>people I know look more Mediterranean/African to me.
>
>Alex
>




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those who mind don't matter,
and those who matter don't mind" - Dr. Seuss

AKA

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May 25, 2003, 1:31:57 PM5/25/03
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"Sharyn " <heavn...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> That's odd. I come form a big family of half-Portuguese people. Most of
my
> mother's sisters married Portuguese men. Since there are a lot of them in
the
> part of Massachusetts they're from. And, I can say with a certainty that
none
> of them nor their full Portuguese families look remotely African. I've
been
> asked if I am Spanish, Mexican, half Philipino, and Italian.
>
Why would anyone ask you if you're Spanish, Mexican, Italian and half
Philipino? They must really think of themselves as being an astute observer
of ethnic derivation.


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Sharyn

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May 25, 2003, 4:04:26 PM5/25/03
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I have NO idea! For some reason, since I have perpetually tan skin, people
feel the need to know "what I am". And it's amazing the amount of people who
have replied "Portuguese?" or "Portu-what?" Like it's some exotic nationality
that they just can't fathom. Now, most of time, when/if I am asked that
question I reply "American", if at all.
And, I didn't mean that I've been asked if I am a mixture of all of those. I
meant that over the years I've been asked if I were Italian or Spanish or..etc.

>>
>Why would anyone ask you if you're Spanish, Mexican, Italian and half
>Philipino? They must really think of themselves as being an astute observer
>of ethnic derivation.
>

Big J

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heavn...@aol.com (Sharyn ) wrote in
news:20030525160426...@mb-m18.aol.com:

> I have NO idea! For some reason, since I have perpetually tan skin,
> people
> feel the need to know "what I am". And it's amazing the amount of
> people who have replied "Portuguese?" or "Portu-what?" Like it's some
> exotic nationality that they just can't fathom. Now, most of time,
> when/if I am asked that question I reply "American", if at all.
> And, I didn't mean that I've been asked if I am a mixture of all of
> those. I
> meant that over the years I've been asked if I were Italian or Spanish
> or..etc.
>
>>>
>>Why would anyone ask you if you're Spanish, Mexican, Italian and half
>>Philipino? They must really think of themselves as being an astute
>>observer of ethnic derivation.

I think AKA was being funny - as in one person asking you "are you Spanish,
Mexican, Italian and half Philipino?" - which would make them indeed astute.

Big J

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Sharyn

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May 25, 2003, 8:23:06 PM5/25/03
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Oh, I see (woosh) LOL!


>
>I think AKA was being funny - as in one person asking you "are you Spanish,
>Mexican, Italian and half Philipino?" - which would make them indeed astute.
>
>Big J
>

maryanne kehoe

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May 25, 2003, 9:59:23 PM5/25/03
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>She looked a little more Native American to >me.


You *did* mean to say American Indian, didn't you?

Mids

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May 26, 2003, 7:40:41 AM5/26/03
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The tipoff was that when her page first came up, they had a link to the page in
Portugese. :-)

Mids
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On Sunday, April 20, 2003 at 11:10:56 PM UTC-7, Ambrose Meineke wrote:
> Just curious. Her name was Rocha, I believe, and she had a olve complexion.
> I know there are a lot of Armenian -American's in central California. Anyone
> know?
> Ambrose

My family lives up the street from Laci's father. I went to school with school with Laci's brother, Brent in Escalon Ca. My father and Laci's father and paternal grandparents were friends for decades until their passing. Laci's father is full blooded Portuguese. So is my family. They are not Hispanic.

andal...@hotmail.com

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For the love of God ROCHA IS A SPANISH SURNAME FROM SPAIN AS IT HAS BEEN IN MY FAMILY FOR YEARS...there are PORTUGUESE people with that surname as well. ARe you not aware that there are Portuguese that have surnames that are identical to Spanish? But the pronunciation may de different.

Here is some more information from the House of Names...

https://houseofnames.com/Rocha-family-crest

andal...@hotmail.com

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Jun 8, 2019, 12:08:54 PM6/8/19
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On Sunday, April 20, 2003 at 11:10:56 PM UTC-7, Ambrose Meineke wrote:
> Just curious. Her name was Rocha, I believe, and she had a olve complexion.
> I know there are a lot of Armenian -American's in central California. Anyone
> know?
>

ROCHA is a Spanish surname from Spain. My family is from Spain and that is one of our last names. There are Portuguese that have that name, but it originates from SPAIN>

Here is n overview from House of Names

https://houseofnames.com/Rocha-family-crest

andal...@hotmail.com

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Jun 8, 2019, 12:12:26 PM6/8/19
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On Sunday, April 20, 2003 at 11:10:56 PM UTC-7, Ambrose Meineke wrote:
> Just curious. Her name was Rocha, I believe, and she had a olve complexion.
> I know there are a lot of Armenian -American's in central California. Anyone
> know?
> Ambrose

PEOPLE WAKE UP...ROCHA IS A SPANISH SURNAME!! WHO CARES IF SOMEONE IS PORTUGUESE AND HAS A SPANISH SURNAME..many do!! THey just pronounce it different..thus LOPEZ become LOPES in portuguese and the pronounce it phoentically LOPESH...just as Alameda,,becomes Almeida...Silva is the same in both..Gonzales can be the same for both but Portuguese phonetics on it is Gozalesh..etc etc. THis is from the House of Names. My family is from Spain and this is a Spanish surname originally from Catalunya.

jennm...@gmail.com

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Mar 10, 2020, 8:20:43 PM3/10/20
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Hi,
This is years overdue but Lacy was actually 1/2 white (her mother's side) & 1/2 Portuguese (Her Dad's side)😉

andal...@hotmail.com

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Mar 11, 2020, 12:22:07 AM3/11/20
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On Sunday, April 20, 2003 at 11:10:56 PM UTC-7, Ambrose Meineke wrote:
> Just curious. Her name was Rocha, I believe, and she had a olve complexion.
> I know there are a lot of Armenian -American's in central California. Anyone
> know?


excuse me....ROCHA IS NOT A PORTUGUESE SURNAME BUT A SPANISH FROM SPAIN. MY family originates from there grandparents and that is a FAMILY NAME OF OURS! COULD be that her fathers family was Mexican or the such or even of Spanish origin..but ROCHA is SPANISH. Here is a link for you all!!

https://houseofnames.com/rocha-family-crest


>

andal...@hotmail.com

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On Sunday, April 20, 2003 at 11:10:56 PM UTC-7, Ambrose Meineke wrote:
> Just curious. Her name was Rocha, I believe, and she had a olve complexion.
> I know there are a lot of Armenian -American's in central California. Anyone
> know?
> Ambrose


ANd one more point, Portuguese people are WHITE...unless they are from BRAZIl that are mixed with Black of Cape Verde or Mozambique..Portuguese people are white..just like Spaniards. Where are some of you people getting your info?Just because someone is tan does not make them not white. Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Greek, French..all considered white caucasian.

Miloch

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Mar 11, 2020, 1:36:54 AM3/11/20
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In article <944e15e4-7b49-438e...@googlegroups.com>,
andal...@hotmail.com says...
>
>On Sunday, April 20, 2003 at 11:10:56 PM UTC-7, Ambrose Meineke wrote:
>> Just curious. Her name was Rocha, I believe, and she had a olve complexio=
>n.
>> I know there are a lot of Armenian -American's in central California. Any=
>one
>> know?
>
>
>excuse me....ROCHA IS NOT A PORTUGUESE SURNAME BUT A SPANISH FROM SPAIN. MY=
> family originates from there grandparents and that is a FAMILY NAME OF OUR=
>S! COULD be that her fathers family was Mexican or the such or even of Span=
>ish origin..but ROCHA is SPANISH. Here is a link for you all!!

Mmmm....looks like ya might have a Portuguese weed in your Spanish garden...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocha_(surname)

Rocha (Portuguese pronunciation: ['&#641;&#596;&#643;&#592;]) is a Portuguese
language surname. Its origin can be French, but it can be also a
Jewish-Portuguese Sephardic surname. It literally means “rock” or “boulder” in
Portuguese; for instance, “rochas sedimentares, metamórficas e magmáticas” means
“sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous rocks”. It is also a topographical surname
that is found in Portugal as “da Rocha” or simply Rocha, literally, "one who is
from/of the rock".



*


>
>https://houseofnames.com/rocha-family-crest
>
>
>>

Miloch

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Mar 11, 2020, 1:47:44 AM3/11/20
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In article <52533286-a571-4ca5...@googlegroups.com>,
andal...@hotmail.com says...
>
>On Sunday, April 20, 2003 at 11:10:56 PM UTC-7, Ambrose Meineke wrote:
>> Just curious. Her name was Rocha, I believe, and she had a olve complexio=
>n.
>> I know there are a lot of Armenian -American's in central California. Any=
>one
>> know?
>> Ambrose
>
>
>ANd one more point, Portuguese people are WHITE...

More of an 'olive' color...but definitely not WHITE.


*



unless they are from BRAZ=
>Il that are mixed with Black of Cape Verde or Mozambique..Portuguese people=
> are white..just like Spaniards. Where are some of you people getting your=
> info?Just because someone is tan does not make them not white. Spanish, It=

Hello Kiitty

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Mar 11, 2020, 3:37:25 AM3/11/20
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jennm...@gmail.com wrote:

>Hi,
>This is years overdue but Lacy was actually 1/2 white (her mother's side) & 1/2 Portuguese (Her Dad's side)?

White. And pretty.

jorgeca...@gmail.com

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Jun 24, 2020, 12:37:12 AM6/24/20
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Dennis rocha was Mexican. I don’t know why people want to be Italian, portuguĂ©s or Spaniard? Just be proud of what you are. Shame on all of you

jorgeca...@gmail.com

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Jun 24, 2020, 12:38:19 AM6/24/20
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Not I don’t think so, she was half Mexican

Norbert K

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Jun 24, 2020, 6:15:23 AM6/24/20
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On Monday, April 21, 2003 at 2:10:56 AM UTC-4, Ambrose Meineke wrote:
> Just curious. Her name was Rocha, I believe, and she had a olve complexion.
> I know there are a lot of Armenian -American's in central California. Anyone
> know?
> Ambrose

I knew a Rocha family, not directly related to Laci, and they were Mexican.

Hello Kiitty

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Jun 24, 2020, 7:00:40 PM6/24/20
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On Wed, 24 Jun 2020 03:15:17 -0700 (PDT), Norbert K <norbert...@gmail.com>
wrote:
If there had been a wall that lovely woman might still be alive.

kelown

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Jun 24, 2020, 10:03:31 PM6/24/20
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> Whatever she was she was more attractive than that skank Peterson had an
> affair with IMO.

Scott Peterson's mistress, Amber Dawn Frey, wasn't responsible for what
happened to Laci. In fact, Amber helped police with phone taps and was a
key witness for Scott's prosecution.

Norbert K

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Jun 27, 2020, 2:40:13 PM6/27/20
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Yes, once Amber was on to Scott, she notified the police.

She really had Peterson squirming and making a fool of himself on those police tapes. Of course, sitting next to Amber, listening in, and passing her written suggestions was criminal behavioral profiler Sharon Hagan.

Rodrigo Freitas

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Feb 14, 2021, 10:21:03 PM2/14/21
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A quarta-feira, 24 de junho de 2020 Ă (s) 05:37:12 UTC+1, jorgeca...@gmail.com escreveu:
> Dennis rocha was Mexican. I don’t know why people want to be Italian, portuguĂ©s or Spaniard? Just be proud of what you are. Shame on all of you

I totally agree with you: You should be proud of your origins. That said, I must tell you that Dennis Rocha is from Portuguese ancestry not Mexican.

According to his wife Shannon Rocha in the book "For Laci: A Mother's Story of Love, Loss, and Justice":
https://www.amazon.com/Laci-Mothers-Story-Love-Justice/dp/0307338290 :

"During my freshman year, I started dating Dennis Rocha, the son of a dairyman whose Portuguese family had deep roots in Escalon. Dennis was already attending Modesto Junior College when a mutual friend introduced us at a dance in Turlock. We became serious very quickly. After I graduated from high school in 1969, Dennis and I married in a traditional ceremony at St. Patrick’s Church attended by four hundred people, most of them Dennis’s relatives, or so it seemed. We moved into a new three-bedroom home on the north end of his family’s 365-acre ranch."



Rodrigo Freitas

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Feb 14, 2021, 11:02:52 PM2/14/21
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Rocha is a surname that exists in both countries Spain and Portugal but I believe it's more common in Portugal . In Portuguese it means rock, but doesn't have the same meaning in Castilian the more widely spoken language in Spain (rock in Castilian is roca). It only has that meaning in Galician and Catalonian languages that aren't spoken widely in Spain.
Probably because of that it is listed in wikipedia as a Portuguese surname: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocha_(surname).

Regarding the "WHO CARES IF SOMEONE IS PORTUGUESE AND HAS A SPANISH SURNAME". I sure do. And you should also since you don't seem to know what you're talking about. Even though some surnames are the same, others quite similar like the Lopes and the Lopez, there are many others that have nothing to do like the Alameda and Almeida you mention. Better check up your Catalonian origins!

Maryland Alfaro

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Mar 27, 2021, 6:26:44 PM3/27/21
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Laci father was Mexican. Rocha is a very common last name in Mexico and all Mexicans have Spanish last names obviously because they are part Spanish (at least most of them) There is hardly anyone in Mexico with Indigenous last names. How many Portugués live in California!? None that I know of.

rachel vr

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On Saturday, March 27, 2021 at 3:26:44 PM UTC-7, Maryland Alfaro wrote:
> Laci's father was Mexican. Rocha is a very common last name in Mexico and all Mexicans have Spanish last names obviously because they are part Spanish (at least most of them) There is hardly anyone in Mexico with Indigenous last names. How many Portugués live in California!? None that I know of.

In full disclosure - she looks Mexican to me. I looked it up because I was watching a show on Discovery+ where they claimed that as a "white woman" she got a lot more attention than black and Hispanic victims and I never thought she was fully white. She's darker and more indigenous looking than I am and I'm half Mexican and yes part Portuguese (Galician and Spanish). There are many Portuguese in California. Most dairy families were originally from the Azores. Our evil congressman Devin Nunes (Nunes vs. Nuñez) comes to mind. He and Laci are from roughly the same place and went to the same college. Could her mom be part Native American causing her to look more indigenous? I agree with whoever said Scott looks part Native American.
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