Finding out what it means to be Boricua through a genetic & genealogical journey through my family history
Like my Avilés/Magraner line, I tested my Correa Y-DNA line while I was in Puerto Rico, this time with my maternal grandfather. Though I originally tested this line at Y-DNA67, I have upgraded the line to Y-DNA111 on FTDNA and with the recent Thanksgiving sales I have finally upgraded the line to Big-Y 700. The …
DNA tests ready to go! [Personal Photo] Just like that I’m back home from my spring break trip to Puerto Rico! Though it was a quick trip I was able to get a lot of genealogical work done, among one of those tasks was fulfilling my goal to get DNA testing done from various companies …
In the last couple of weeks, I’ve taken another stab at researching my Correa side of the family but as the title suggests I am going nowhere! Though I haven’t be able to move much further into the family tree, I’ve decided to post about them and what I do know about the family and …
Finally a prompt I can use on the actual day! This post is similar to Tuesday’s prompt so I want to focus on a specific town I visited back in March 2015. One of the main towns I wanted to visit while I was in Puerto Rico was Salinas in the southern region of Puerto …
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 …
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 …
52 Ancestors – #41 María Paulina Gustavo Lotten (1867-1948) Read More »
Okay, finally moving our way out of Toa Alta (just for a bit, since I have some more Toa Alta ancestors in the near future to write about). On this post I want to focus on my 3rd great grandfather, Cruz Rivera Collazo – another man of much mystery! I was first introduced to Cruz’s …
52 Ancestors – #38 Cruz Rivera Collazo (1860-19??) Read More »
This post will focus on my maternal 6th great grandfather Sebastián Rodríguez Rodríguez. Sebastián according to his death certificate would have been born around 1779 in Coamo, Puerto Rico. It was very exciting when I found his death certificate because Sebastián is part of a maternal line that took a VERY long time to crack, …
52 Ancestors – #27 Sebastián Rodríguez Rodríguez (1779-1819) Read More »
Today’s ancestor is a maternal ancestor who I’m kind of stuck on and would love to learn more about! He is my 5th great grandfather and his name is José de León Correa Carcaño. This ancestor is the earliest documented “Correa” on my family tree so far. Growing up, I was aware of my Correa …
52 Ancestors – #11 José de León Correa Carcaño (1778?-1856) Read More »
Post #5! I’ll dedicate this post to a man I knew soooo little about until recently. Literally, growing up I only knew his name and that was about it. Yet now with how much I know about him, I feel a strange connection to this ancestor. I wish I would have meet him, but unfortunately …
52 Ancestors – #5 Manuel Correa Rivera (1920-1993) Read More »