Although this was already listed in the comment area, I still decided to published it as I believe it is very important to the Atendido Clan...

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Hi! nice blogspot for the Atendidos. I am also an Atendido, but my ancestry originated from Quezon of farming background. My research suggest the surname itself is of Portuguese origin and not Spanish. Because the Spaniards gave us Spanish surname doesn't mean we have a tiny bit of European gene to be proud of and the theory goes like this it is a very unique surname, when the Spaniards colonize the Philippines most of its crew were Portuguese origin so there was a blend of Portuguese influence when naming the indios. From history itself , Magellan discovered the Philippines and he was Portuguese commissioned by the Spaniards.

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