Finding out what it means to be Boricua through a genetic & genealogical journey through my family history
When I started researching my family, I was quick to figure out that various sides of my family were just…stuck. Not having access to the church records online meant that I could not research them easily like how I could with other towns such as Adjuntas, Toa Alta, Yabucoa, etc. My great-grandfather, Narciso Sánchez Meléndez, …
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 …
Recently, while searching the Adjuntas church records where I was able to distinguish and clarify the relationship between a set of couples (siblings marrying siblings) I also bumped coincidentally into another death record for a 6th great grandfather of mine. This death record belonged to Francisco Pérez de la Cruz, my ancestor along my father’s side …
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 …
I’m posting early since I won’t have a chance to write this weekend! Today I want to focus on my 3rd great grandmother Juana Arvelo Vera. She is another ancestress I don’t know much about and hope to learn more as I continue my research. Juana’s estimated year of birth is 1872 according to her …
52 Ancestors – #21 Juana Arvelo Vera (1872-1912) Read More »
When looking through records for my family in Puerto Rico, I have been fortunate that many of my ancestors have lived either in the same town or a neighboring town for many years if not generations. Some of the migrations across the island in my family happened early when many of the towns were being …
52 Ancestors – #16 Cayetano Mercado Cajigas (1855-1905) Read More »
I’ve noticed that I haven’t focused too much on my ancestresses that are scattered through out my tree, so I’m going to try and make more attempts to properly include them in this 52 Ancestors series. Especially seeing as they too are a part of my ancestry! My 4th great grandmother Bernardina Sepúlveda Román was …
52 Ancestors – #8 Bernardina Sepúlveda Román (1803-1893) Read More »
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 …