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Birth Name: Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos
Date of Birth: 26 September, 1945
Place of Birth: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Date of Death: 9 November, 2022
Place of Death: São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Ethnicity: Brazilian [Portuguese, possibly other]
Gal Costa, full name Gal Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos, was a Brazilian singer and songwriter.
She was the daughter of Mariah Costa Penna and Arnaldo Burgos. She had a son, who was adopted.
Gal’s paternal grandfather was Octaviano Barreto de Burgos (the son of Ezequiel Benicio de Burgos and Archanja de Sá Barreto). Octaviano was born in Machado Portela, Bahia. Ezequiel was born in Salvador, Bahia. Archanja was the daughter of Manuel dos Santos Barreto and Francisca de Sá Teles.
Gal’s paternal grandmother was named Durvalina Athayde Pereira. Durvalina was born in Bahia. She was a descendant of Major Capitão Antônio Policarpo de Ataíde Pereira, a notable figure from Chapada Diamantina, Bahia.
Gal’s maternal grandfather was Manoel da Costa Penna (the son of Luiz Galante Penna and Maria Thomasia Sanches). Manoel was born in Cerejo, Pinhel, Guarda, Portugal, and was a prominent businessperson, and the creator and producer of the internationally known Costa Penna cigar enterprise. Gal’s great-grandfather Luiz was born in Cerejo, the son of José Galante Penna and Francisca Souza. Gal’s great-grandmother Maria was born in Cerejo, the daughter of Francisco Sanches and Thomazia Maria.
Gal’s maternal grandmother was Adelina da Costa Ferreira (the daughter of Manoel da Costa Ferreira and Rita Maria da Anunciação). Adelina was born in São Félix, Bahia. Manoel was born in Portugal, the son of Luiz da Costa Ferreira and Anna Luzia. Gal’s great-grandmother Rita was born in Cruz das Almas, Bahia, the daughter of Antonio de Sousa Lopes and Alexandrina Maria de São José Lopes.
Source: Genealogy of Gal Costa – https://www.findagrave.com