Birth Name: Catarina Cardoso Garcia da Fonseca Furtado
Place of Birth: Lisbon, Portugal
Date of Birth: August 25, 1972
Ethnicity: Portuguese, as well as 1/8 Indian (Goan)
Catarina Furtado is a Portuguese television presenter and actress.
Catarina was born in Lisbon, Portugal to Maria Helena Cardoso Garcia da Fonseca, a teacher, and Joaquim da Silva Furtado, a journalist. Catarina has stated in an interview that one of her great-grandfathers was from Goa, India.
Catarina’s parents are pictured here.
Catarina’s maternal grandparents were João Garcia da Fonseca and Maria Amélia de Mesquita Cardoso (the daughter of Francisco Vitor Cardoso and Amélia Teixeira de Mesquita).
Sources: http://www.lux.iol.pt (in Portuguese)
http://soitoimagens.blogspot.com.br (in Portuguese)
Genealogy of Catarina Furtado (focusing on her mother’s side) – http://geneall.net
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