Brazil
See also: British Brazilian, English Brazilian, and Scottish BrazilianThe Gracie family, famous for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, was founded by George Gracie, a nineteenth century Scottish immigrant.
Oscar Cox, son of a British diplomat, introduced football to his native city, Rio de Janeiro, a century ago. He founded one of the top teams in Brazil, Fluminense Football Club.
The Brazilian Bawden family branch was initiated by Thomas Bawden, an early nineteenth century Cornish immigrant, who was very successful in gold prospection in the region of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais province, in the then Brazilian Empire. Following his goldmining enrichment, his daughter Mary Angel Bawden was married to a Brazilian nobleman, the Second Baron of Camargos, whose father, the first Baron of Camargos, was a prominent political figure in the aforementioned province.
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