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Originally Posted by matt_s78mn
I don't know why anyone would want to dispose of their family history in such a way.
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There's also something even crazier than that happening here. There are people from humble backgrounds, who became rich, and now... well, let's say that they are ashamed of having poor ancestors, so... they want to have a more "presentable" ancestry to show in the high-society, so, what they do? They are BUYING old photos of families from the rural aristocracy of the "coffee barons" that ruled Brazil between 1850 and 1929 ( Brazil was the largest producer of coffee in the world during that period, and, until 1889, the country was ruled by Emperors, so many of these "coffee barons" actually were granted with titles of nobility; when the Great Depression came, the coffee economy ended abruptly, and most, if not the majority of these so-called "nobles" went bankrupt... today their grandchildren use the subway to go to work ) and are presenting those photos pretending that they are pictures from their REAL families!!! Now, THAT is sick!!!
Now, I think one must have the most futile of minds to do that kind of thing!!!
But, well, this craziness is really a Brazilian trait, I think. After the Emperor was dethroned and the Republic established, many millionaires here, even those who came as humble immigrants and founded factories, went to the Vatican in the first decades of the XXth century and bought titles of nobility... yes, during those days, the Pope SOLD these kinds of titles to whoever had the money to buy them!!!