Finding out what it means to be Boricua through a genetic & genealogical journey through my family history
So being home all day bored leads you to a lot of genealogy. So a couple of days ago, I decided to write down all the slaves the Antonetti family owned according to the 1872 Central Registry of Slaves which can be found on ancestry.com. And boy did they have a good number of slaves; …
With the recent DNA Tribes SNP analysis/ update special (which is currently still going on), I decided to get my mother’s and my analysis updated to included the newer populations such as: Andalusia Spain. Germany and Austria, Greek Mixed, Italy General, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia General, Serbia and Croatia, Southern Italy and Sicily, Assyria and Tibet. The main ones for me of importance were the European populations …
The last four days I spent pouring through Puerto Rico’s Civil Registry Birth Records from 1894-1908 from Patillas, Puerto Rico in search of my 2nd great grandmother. 3,003 documents later, I haven’t found her. The reason why I decided to bite the bullet and search each document one-by-one is because in other documents where she …
I’ve been meaning to post about this a while ago and with some recent changes to the 23andme relative finder, I’ve decided to finally write this post! By testing with 23andme and testing several family members, I am able to narrow down where certain cousins are related to me in my family. Recently I was …
With the official indexed release of the 1940 Census, I’ve been searching endlessly for my ancestors hidden within these documents. Only one of my grandparents was born by 1940 and so I’ve only be able to locate all my great grandparents and some great great parents- those that were still alive. The 1940 Census doesn’t …
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 »
I usually post about a Finding Your Roots episode after it comes out but I’m SUPER excited for this one! This Sunday will feature both Michelle Rodriguez and Adrian Grenier. I’m excited to see Michelle’s family tree because one of her sides is Puerto Rican!! I can’t wait to see what they discover, where her …
This past Sunday there was another great episode on Finding Your Roots featuring John Legend and Wanda Sykes! (All of the episodes have been awesome though!) This episode was particularly interesting because it was able to trace their family back to free people of color that were able to break their families from slavery before the …
So this post was inspired by my grandfather’s results from 23andme and my conversation with him while I had him taking the test. During Spring Break, I visited my grandfather in Puerto Rico who I rarely see and built up the courage to ask him to take the DNA test. I had to semi-explain (and I …
So I originally wanted to post about this census a long time ago, but with school I never have the time to do it. Since there is only 1 day left before the 1940 Census is released, I think it’s about time I dedicate a post to it! Tomorrow at midnight the 1940 Census will …