Finding out what it means to be Boricua through a genetic & genealogical journey through my family history
With Mother’s day being this Sunday here in the United States, I decided to take a different and closer look at my DNA – I wanted to see how my X-Chromosome and those of my grandmother, grandfather, and great-grandfather were passed down; all exclusively inherited from my maternal side of the family. Since I am …
I’ve been seeing these style of pedigrees online for a while now and decided I should give it a go! Thanks to Zalewski Family Genealogy blog I was able to use the template and create my very own pedigree. Because my family has been on the island of Puerto Rico for over 200+ years, I …
It’s always crazy when something finds you serendipitously, especially in genealogy! So far throughout my searches I’ve come across some interesting things that have made me say “WOW! What a small world!”. I’ll talk about 3 different events that have happened to me that showed me that not only is this a small world but …