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Birth Name: Antonio Carlos Liberalli Bellotto
Place of Birth: São Paulo, Brazil
Date of Birth: 30 June, 1960
Ethnicity: Brazilian [Italian, Portuguese, as well as Scottish, French, English, possibly other]
Tony Bellotto is a Brazilian musician and writer. He is one of the founding members of, and guitarist for, rock band Titãs. Paulo Miklos was also a member of the band.
He is the son of Heloisa Liberalli and Manoel Lelo Bellotto. He was raised in Assis, São Paulo. Tony has three children, including two with his wife, actress Malu Mader.
Tony’s paternal grandfather was named Antonio Bellotto.
Tony’s paternal grandmother was Carolina Maria Serrasqueiro (the daughter of Manoel Antonio Serrasqueiro and Maria de Jesus). Carolina was born in Portugal.
Tony’s maternal grandfather was Carlos Henrique Robertson Liberalli (the son of Carlos da Costa Liberalli and Daisy Blanche Robertson). Tony’s grandfather Carlos was born in Rio de Janeiro. Tony’s great-grandfather Carlos was born in Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, the son of Carlos Liberalli, who had paternal grandparents from Emilia-Romagna, Italy, and Portugal, respectively, and of Maria Teresa Bazin da Costa, whose father was from Liguria, Italy, and whose own maternal grandparents, Charles Henri Bazin and Adelaide Flore Fourau, were French. Tony’s great-grandmother Daisy was born in São Paulo, the daughter of Henry Robertson, who was born in Calcutta, West Bengal, India, to Scottish parents, with roots in Perthshire; and of Blanche Antonina/Antoninha Lowndes, who was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and also had English and Brazilian, including Portuguese, ancestry.
Tony’s maternal grandmother was Zélia da Cunha Menezes Monteiro (the daughter of Francisco Jorge da Cunha Menezes dos Santos Monteiro and Alice Pinheiro da Silva). Zélia was born in Rio de Janeiro.
Sources: Marriage record of Tony’s parents – https://www.familysearch.org
Immigration card of Tony’s paternal grandmother, Carolina Maria Serrasqueiro – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogies of Tony’s maternal grandparents, Carlos Henrique Robertson Liberalli and Zélia da Cunha Menezes Monteiro – https://www.familysearch.org