Martinique

When You Least Expect It…

ancestry, Eleuteria Eglantin, foreigner, Genealogy, immigration, Jean Charles Gustave, Juan Carlos Gustavo, Lotten, Martinica, Martinique, Pedro Pedro, Puerto Rico, Salinas, Santa Isabel /

I took a little hiatus from searching for my ancestors after I started working and since I was stuck at home due to Hurricane Sandy I decided to give it go again. (I can’t stay away from my tree for that long anyways!) I decided to glimpse through my line of potential Martinique ancestors. There’s […]

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Tracing a Surname

Guadeloupe, Gustave, Gustavo, immigrants, Lobben, Lote, Loter, Lotett, Lotis, Lotiz, Lotten, Martinique, Puerto Rico /

There’s a pair of 4rd great grandparents that have been the topic of a few of these posts and the point of some of my frustrations with searching for their information. They are Juan Carlos Gustavo and Julia/Balbina Lotten (and all their many alternations/alter-egos included) who according to documents immigrated from either Guadeloupe or Martinique

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ReConstructing/DeConstructing Race

23andme, ancestry, Correa, DNA, Genealogy, Guadeloupe, identity, labels, Martinique, Puerto Rico, slaves, Spain /

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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