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 …
Post #50! Almost at the end of the 52 Ancestor Challenge! This post will be about my 2nd great grandfather from the town of Toa Alta, where all my ancestors seem to be from haha. Manuel de Jesús was born in Toa Alta on the 1st of January in 1855 and baptized on the 3rd …
52 Ancestors – #50 Manuel de Jesús Rivera Díaz (1855-1932) Read More »