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Cavalcanti is an Italian surname, used by people of ancient Italian origin. In Italy and Brazil mostly in the northeast states of Pernambuco and Paraiba. The variant Cavalcante is also used. The family came to northeast Brazil in 1560[ citation needed ].

See the Cavalcanti family branch starting from Severino Cavalcanti and involving all his direct and indirect descendants referring to the period from 1947 to 2023, Episode 32 of the series Memórias de Vida by José Elmano and Thereza Cavalcanti on the YouTube channel @elmanopc.

See also the other episodes of Life Memory by José Elmano and Thereza Cavalcanti, which until April 2023 already have 32 episodes, on this same YouTube channel.

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