Finding out what it means to be Boricua through a genetic & genealogical journey through my family history
With Fathers’ Day being this weekend, I decided to recreate a post from last year where I traced a haplogroup back as far as I can go through paper trail. The post I hyperlinked in the previous sentence focused on my father’s maternal haplogroup L2a1, which took me back to the 1600-1700s in Yauco, Puerto Rico …
Growing up in New York City, I was fairly removed from my Rivera side of the family. I knew the name of my grandfather, Felipe Rivera Ortiz, but that was about it. I had no real idea who his siblings were (I did know there was a brother who had lived in New York), but …
Investigating Issues of Fertility: Rivera-Ortiz Women of the 20th Century Read More »
So I’m not gonna lie — this is kind of a cheat post! Before the 52 Ancestor challenge was created I had gone about doing my own little series back in 2012 (has time flown by that fast already?), in which I would focus on ancestors’ stories via the records I had of them. I …
52 Ancestors – #44 Alejandro Rivera González (1883-1958) Read More »
So with college graduation and a break between my summer job I’ve decided to start a short series that I’ll add to sporadically and will depend on how much I have to post on here. I’ve titled it “Series I” because I don’t know how many I’ll actually end up doing- hopefully I’ll do more …
Series I, Part I: An Ancestor’s Story Through Records Read More »
Early I posted about how my dad’s cousin found me online through this blog (technology is awesome!). She was able to provide me with pictures, stories and more information about my dad’s side which I had no previous knowledge about. It’s so crazy to think that just 2 years I had no idea about my …