Finding out what it means to be Boricua through a genetic & genealogical journey through my family history
When researching families in Puerto Rico, something to keep track of that might be different in a lot of other genealogical searches is the idea of “consanguinity”. Consanguineous can be defined as “sharing the same blood or origin, specifically descending from the same ancestor” (Merriam-Webster). The term can broken down into “con-” and “sanguis” meaning …
If you’re stumbling across this post- you’re either a faithful reader (Thanks! ¡Gracias!) or you might be ready to bite the bullet to hire a genealogist but you might not exactly know how to go about it. Granted, I have only hired one genealogist twice myself, but having various years of genealogy under my belt …
Back in 2019, I had learned rather be chance that my Rivera family had spent some time in Guaynabo. Whether to only marry or not, José de Rivera and his wife Gertrudis Román married in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico the 2nd of March 1802. Discovering their marriage record allowed me to learn the name of their …
In a conversation with my grandaunt about our family and how my grandmother got to the United States, her uncle, my great-granduncle came up in the conversation. It seems like he played a vital role in getting my grandmother (or helping her to some extent) get part of her life started in the United States. …
To be quite honest, I had the idea of this post a long time ago and then I put it off from writing it for a long time as well. Mostly for two reasons: 1) the post seemed rather morbid and 2) I wasn’t sure if I was releasing information I didn’t want out there. …
It’s been quiet a while since I’ve posted on my blog! Taking a quick look, my last post was in March of this year (which sadly means I won’t hit my goal of posting at least twice a month for my genealogical resolution). However, it was not intentional and unfortunately genealogy had to take the …
In the past, when I discovered the origin of my mysterious “Gustavo” family, I was elated to learn the origins of my 4th great-grandparents with the help of two genealogists (one with connections to Guadeloupe and another to Martinique). You can learn more about these discoveries through these two posts: Sparks, Sparks, Sparks a flyin’!! …
A Guadeloupean Cousin in Puerto Rico: Emile Chaleau Read More »
Last July, 23andMe blogged about a recently (at the time) published article that looked at genetics and the legacy the transatlantic slave trade left on the New World (specifically countries like the United States, countries in the Caribbean and in Latin America which were main receivers of enslaved people). Their post (23andMe blog linked) offers …
23andMe Takes a Look at the Transatlantic Slave Trade Read More »
March 13, 2020 – my school had just gone on Spring Break. COVID-19 had made its way into the United States and things were slowly getting worse (nothing like what we would see months later). There was a case of a man in the Westchester area of New York who had contracted the virus and …
This past week was my late grandfather’s birthday and in wanting to honor his memory and family I decided to switch around some topics and blog today about his own father, Manuel Correa Rivera. My grandfather was fairly young and would like to preserve his anonymity for now and so I will focus on my …