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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)The families of both players share the surname Perez, stemming from ancestors who moved from Teruel to Poal in the 18th century. Ramon Perez Llobera, Messi's great-grandfather, Born in 1859 and his brother Goncal, Bojan's great-grandfather, Born in El Poal nine years later.
Resulta que Messi y Bojan (hoy en la Roma) son primos lejanos -de cuarta generación- y comparten raíces en El Poal (Lleida). El árbol genealógico revela que sus respectivos tatarabuelos, nacidos en El Poal en el siglo XIX, eran hermanos. [It turns out that Messi and Bojan (now at Roma) are distant cousins - fourth degree - and share roots in El Poal (Lleida). The family tree reveals that their respective great-grandfathers, born in El Poal in the 19th century, were brothers]