FAMILY CONNECTION BETWEEN AARON LOPEZ AND THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF PORTUGAL Tree showing the kinship between the merchant Aaron Lopez (1730-1782) and the current President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.Part of presentation made yesterday at the 7th yearly Genealogical Meeting in the city Castelo Branco, Portugal - the capital of the district where the common ancestry comes from, and incidentally the exact birthplace of the Christian godfather of Aaron Lopez, the priest Pedro da Mota e Silva, later part of the Portuguese government headed by his brother, Cardinal Mota, during the reign of John V.Source for Aaron Lopez side: article by Maria Manuela Pereira and myself published in Raízes & Memórias number 34.Source for Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa side: article by Luís Cardoso de Menezes and Nuno Barata-Figueira published in Raízes & Memórias number 32.