Finding out what it means to be Boricua through a genetic & genealogical journey through my family history
One of my goals with being abroad this year in Spain is to visit more parts of the country. When I lived here as a student I was able to travel a bit around Spain and I got to learn more about the various regions and cultural differences (accents, food, traditions, etc.). Amongst those regions …
Updated 23andMe Ancestry Reports – Spanish & Portuguese DNA [Personal Photo] Recently, after having a conversation with a friend about the new update to 23andme, he had figured out there were some new updated reports specifically to some of the populations – in this case the European Ancestry Reports. He realized that his Spanish & …
A Puerto Rican Look at: 23andMe European Ancestry Reports Read More »
Recently, I’ve been out of the “blog game”. And to be honest, with school starting up again I always find it hard to balance personal time and work time, though I try to continue searching here and there when I can. I also want to continue cataloguing towns as I was doing this summer and …
Tracing a Line to Spain – The Cantos Dávila Family Read More »
For most hispanic genealogist, at one point during our research, the question: Do I have Sephardic Jewish ancestors? has come up! Not only across Spanish speaking countries in the Caribbean, Southern and Central America can Sephardic Jews be found but even on islands such as Jamaica, Curaçao, and as far as the old territories of …
Hispanic heritage month came and went faster than I could blink an eye! I wanted to write a post and as you can see never got the chance; but while doing some research I came across someone I had not previously heard about from Puerto Rico and decided to find out some more information about …
As you can tell by now I’ve been away for a while but I’m happy to say I have finally completed my last semester and I officially have my Master’s degree! But enough about that, more importantly I am here to update something I have been searching for a LONG time now and I think …
So finally after being abroad for 8 months, I’m finally home in New York! Even though I’ve been home for about two weeks now, I think I’m finally hitting my “Okay, you’re settled and you have time for things now” phase. I’ve ignored this blog for a bit which I never like to do in …
This post will be about my visit to the island of Mallorca, specifically about the town of Sóller, where the Magraner family originally came from before arriving to Río Prieto, Lares, Puerto Rico. I came to Sóller to learn more about Damián Magraner Morell and his life before and after Puerto Rico. I believe that …
I know today is no longer Tuesday but I wanted to write this post and heck why not still post it even though it’s Wednesday! But I wanted to talk about my trip to Andalusia in the south of the Spain and the wonderful opportunity I got to visit a town in which I have …
Travel Tuesday – El Puerto de Santa María, Spain Read More »
Almost caught up, almost caught up!! Here is another post of a pretty old ancestor, this time my 12th great grandfather Alonso Maldonado. [Note: because these ancestors are so far back there is always room for error, for example: paper records were wrong due to a NPE (non-paternity event) that occurred somewhere in the family …