Finding out what it means to be Boricua through a genetic & genealogical journey through my family history
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 […]
Where in the World is Luis (San Diego)?! Read More »
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
Travel Tuesday – Sóller, Mallorca Read More »
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
52 Ancestors – #32 Alonso Maldonado Read More »
It feels awesome to be back writing about my ancestors! I was a bit nervous at first that I would just get lazy and never get around to it, but I’m almost at the half way mark of the 52 Ancestor Challenge. This is definitely hard to keep up with, with the rest of live
52 Ancestors – #30 Pedro Fernández Read More »
Happy 10 Year Anniversary! Who would have thought that 10 years would have flown by this fast!? It feels like just yesterday I began talking to my relatives, asking them about my ancestors, and typing names into Ancestry.com to begin my search. I have definitely come a long way since then! Equally, this also marks the
Post #100 – Happy 10 Years of Genealogy! Read More »
Post #10 already!! Today’s ancestor I want to focus on I’ve talked a little bit about but in a different aspect. I’ve talked about his origins in my post “Travel Tuesday: Oh The Place I’ll Go“. This post will discuss more about my 11th great grandfather Hernán Pérez. I would have NEVER imagined that by
52 Ancestors – #10 Hernán Pérez (1508-1581) Read More »
I’m really loving these geneablogger prompts and one of today’s prompts fits perfectly well with a post I wanted to write! Inspired by Dr. Seuss’ book title “Oh the Places You’ll Go”, I decided to talk about some traveling I actually want to get done! I’ll be spending the next year studying in Spain to
Travel Tuesday: Oh the Place I’ll Go… Read More »
My 2nd great grandfather, José Avilés Magraner, has been to me the quintessential Puerto Rican ancestor. Growing up I had always heard José Avilés was tall, white and had blue eyes. Stories were passed down to me about him that turned out to be typical myths heard in stories passed throughout the generations in Puerto
52 Ancestors – #6 José Avilés Magraner (1891-1981) Read More »
A couple of months ago, I read this very interesting article written in the New York Times by Doreen Carvajal. In the article, she explores the idea of epigenetics, which she states: “is the notion that genes have memory and that the lives of our grandparents — what they breathed, saw and ate — can directly
Past Lives and Genetic Memories Read More »