Martinique

Dreaming in ‘français’…

It’s been quiet a while since I’ve posted on my blog! Taking a quick look, my last post was in March of this year (which sadly means I won’t hit my goal of posting at least twice a month for my genealogical resolution). However, it was not intentional and unfortunately genealogy had to take the […]

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Genetic Connections to Guadeloupe

Connecting to DNA Cousins from Guadeloupe [Google Maps]  DNA testing is something I initiated about 10 years ago, and I was fortunate to have stumbled upon it when I did. With testing, I have been able to make great discoveries – some of them thanks to the DNA itself and others to the people I

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52 Ancestors – #41 María Paulina Gustavo Lotten (1867-1948)

Yay for writing a new post (and on time!) Today I want to focus on my 3rd great grandmother who I’ve mentioned multiple times throughout my blog but I wanted to dedicate a section of the 52 Ancestors challenge to her. My 3rd great grandmother on my maternal side was María Paulina Gustavo Lotten, and

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52 Ancestors – #33 Eglantine Lautin (1821-1889)

I have talked about my 5th great grandmother, Eglantine Lautin, before in previous posts. Many actually when I think about it, since it’s only been a little close to two years since I found out about her. In one post titled “Tracing Eglantine Lautin” I discuss the possibility of discovering her ethnic origin through the

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Emigration/ Migration / Immigration (Book of Me — Prompt 43)

I bumped into this topic from the Geneabloggers emails which posts prompts (amongst other links) from a blog by Anglers Rest. Pretty much the prompts are created for you to fill out, that way you are building up some genealogical information about yourself as well! I think it’s a great idea, especially since we focus so

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Post #100 – Happy 10 Years of Genealogy!

Happy 10 Year Anniversary! Who would have thought that 10 years would have flown by this fast!? It feels like just yesterday I began talking to my relatives, asking them about my ancestors, and typing names into Ancestry.com to begin my search. I have definitely come a long way since then! Equally, this also marks the

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A Puerto Rican look at: FtDNA’s myOrigins

FtDNA myOrigins [FtDNA Email] Recently I received an email about the release of FtDNA’s myOrigins; this would replace the old version of the calculations given for ancestry breakdowns. I was pretty excited about this upgrade because it would add another view of my ancestral breakdown by another company. Currently I have 23andme’s Ancestry Compositon as

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Mystery Monday: Who IS the Father?!

One of the mysteries that I’m currently facing (one of the many, of course!) is the name of Julienne Malvina’s father. Since Julienne was born a slave in Martinique, I was lucky to have found the birth record of my 4th great grandmother in 1844. Julienne was recorded as a négresse which most likely means that

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