Finding out what it means to be Boricua through a genetic & genealogical journey through my family history
If you grew up speaking Spanish or speak the language with elders, then you have likely heard the terms “Don” and “Doña” thrown around. Don Juan, Don Cheo (nickname for José), Doña Pancha (nickname for Francisca), or Doña María are some examples of this type of title being used. Generally, it is used nowadays to …
This week I will celebrate what will be the 12 year anniversary of my blog! Which is a bit insane to think of since it feels like just yesterday that I was writing my first post on blogspot. My first post was published on July 4, 2011 titled “What Started It All – Part I” …
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 …
While browsing my 23andme profiles recently with a new update*, I noticed that various of my profiles would not be receiving said update given how long ago many of my tests were taken. I decided to check out when exactly they were taken and I noticed that some were as far back as 2011! Since …
Last week on May 23rd, I was able to attend an event in Paris just two days shy before leaving France. I had been living abroad teaching English the last eight months and my last wish was to attend this event hosted by CM98 (Comité Marche du 23 Mai 1998), a genealogical group I am …
Recently on Ancestry I was asked what I knew about Tomás Anzalota, an Italian immigrant to Puerto Rico who appears in my tree. Though Tomás is not a part of my main line of ancestors, whenever I find crossovers of people who married cousins or members of my family that are fairly interesting or a …
All photos of Sóller included in this post were I personally took during my genealogical visit to Sóller, Mallorca in February 2023. Researching is not just sitting hours in an archive, pouring over tomes of religious/civil acts, and deciphering old handwriting. It is also visiting the places your ancestors would have walked by, the squares …
Research in Mallorca (Part III): another visit to Sóller Read More »
Recently, on FTDNA there was an update to the way you can see your Y-DNA line, making the information a bit more understandable and digestible. This post will focus on my Correa line which I tested via my maternal grandfather (which has been very peculiar in regards to how uncommon the line is) and analyzing …
Back in the late fall last year, in one of the Puerto Rican Genealogical Facebook groups I am a part of, a link was shared to documents that could be important for genealogical research that had been updated at the time. The documents, however, are not your typical Puerto Rican Civil Registry or Registros Parroquiales …
Learning More About My Ancestors in 19th Century Maunabo Read More »
Recently with the help of David Quénéhervé, I was able to receive a bit more information about Gustave Jean Charles from non-genealogical resources. In an earlier post, I had learned about various records that mentioned Gustave Jean Charles and his wife, known in these records as Adèle Jacson, in the Archive de la Guadeloupe. In …
Gustave Jean-Charles via Notarial Records (Archive de la Guadeloupe) Read More »