Finding out what it means to be Boricua through a genetic & genealogical journey through my family history
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 […]
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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
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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
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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
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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
1940 Census!! ONE MORE DAY!! Read More »
Being a part of 23andme I have been able to read wonderful stories about adoptees finding their families and long lost relatives and distant family members finding one another and sharing their stories and photos. A year ago, scratch that- a day before it happened, I wouldn’t have imagined what joy I would be receiving
Like most of us know, genealogy is both a blessing and a curse. It can be a nice side hobby, or it can eat up your holiday time like it is doing to me now. So this post I’ll dedicate to the tough part of genealogy, because we all know it exists! Mainly I want
So sometime last week I reached over 2,000 ancestors on my family tree. (That does include branches such as aunts, cousins etc. as well as married in branches). None the less it is very exciting to reach these numbers! I remember when all I knew was my immediate family and only about two sets of
Happy 2,000 Ancestors!! Read More »
So it has been a long time since I’ve posted but now that the semester is over I can add some posts to the blog! This post is about something I’ve been noticing and kind of just wanted to write about from my point of view as someone that has been doing genealogy for a
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I haven’t been posting really that much since I’ve gotten back to school with all the work and all but this is something worth blogging about! Sometime over the summer, a distant cousin found my tree on ancestry.com and contacted me about a potential relationship. According to our paper trails, my 4th great grandparents on
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