Italy

The Strange Case of the Carcaño Branch

Carcaño, Coamo, Eugenia Carcaño, Genoa, Genova, Italia, Italy, José Carcaño, María Eugenia Carcaño, pardo, Pardo Libre, Puerto Rico, San Juan / By

About 7 years ago, I had discovered the names of my 5th great-grandparents and those of their parents in their marriage record in the year 1819. José de León Correa Carcaño, son of Juan Francisco Correa and María Eugenia Carcaño, said to be natives of San Juan and María de la Cruz Rodríguez Ruiz, daughter …

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A Puerto Rican Look at: 23andMe European Ancestry Reports

23andme, ancestry, Genealogy, Italy, Portugal, Puerto Rican, Spain / By

Updated 23andMe Ancestry Reports – Spanish & Portuguese DNA [Personal Photo] Recently, after having a conversation with a friend about the new update to 23andme, he had figured out there were some new updated reports specifically to some of the populations – in this case the European Ancestry Reports. He realized that his Spanish & …

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Cultural Exchange: The Italian Challenge, From Italia to Puerto Rico

Canello, Carmen Elena Mugno, De Lisa, Delisa, Domenica Cariello, Dominga Canello, Giuseppe Marotta, Italy, Jose Marotta, Mugno, Padula, Petrilli, Petrillo / By

So, a few good moons ago I challenged myself by searching a German family named Hess Klinger that had arrived to Puerto Rico. While searching for my family in Salinas I came across an Italian family and decided to challenge myself to finding more about their background. I had some experience with Italian records but primarily with …

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