Fillos de Galicia () is a

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and

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that focuses on the Galician culture and

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. The site focuses on promoting unity between

Galicians Galicians ( gl, galegos, es, gallegos, link=no) are a Celtic-Romance ethnic group from Spain that is closely related to the Portuguese people and has its historic homeland is Galicia, in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. Two Romance la ...

and the Galician diaspora. The community is a hub that provides information about the Galician language or finding relatives in Galicia using the
Atopadoiro
'. Fillos.org is one of the most popular websites regarding Galicia and its diaspora.

History

Fillos de Galicia was started in 1997 by Manuel Casal Lodeiro, son of Galician emigrants. Since its inception, the portal has been growing. The supporting association spawned sister sites dealing with specific themes relating to Galicians.

Statistics

As of 2010, more than 6700 users had registered, from over 70 countries. MOst are between ages 30 and 60. Over 1500 live in

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, with sizable populations in

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and

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. Over half are either born in Galicia or children of Galicians. Another 1200 are grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Galicians. Of all the users, 60 are paying members called ''socios'' in Spanish. During 2012, the site experienced 339.499 visits. An average of 1.5 pages were visited each month by guests, coming from 29,000 visits per month.

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) * (social bookmarking) * (categorization of traditional Galician names) * (web portal for Galician organizations all around the world)
Rede Galega
(Internet services for Galician nonprofits)
Planeta Galego
(Galician diaspora

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project) Galician culture Web portals {{Galicia-stub