Finding out what it means to be Boricua through a genetic & genealogical journey through my family history
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 …
2021 has begun and of course the troubles of 2020 have come along as well for the ride. Political issues haven’t gotten any better and neither has the pandemic. However, there are glimmers of hope as well that we can begin looking forward to! With that being said, I am excited to get started with …
We all know it’s been quite and I mean QUITE a year. Not only the raging pandemic here in the United States but also issues on race, police brutality, and issues of politics have been flashing across our TV screens and phones for what feels like forever. Yet, somehow most of it has mainly been …
If I thought 2019 flew by… then 2020 was literally the blink of an eye! As we all know, the world has been suffering a global pandemic with COVID-19, which I myself unfortunately contracted in mid-April. Given the turbulence of the year and a lot of the uncertainty the year brought (especially as a teacher), …
Reflecting on my Genealogical Resolutions of 2020 Read More »