Puerto Rico

Understanding Spanish Naming Conventions

Author: October 27, 2015 9 Comments

My husband is of Spanish descent. Because of these roots, I routinely find myself in another world when researching names in his family tree, as naming conventions for the typical Latin/Hispanic name are quite different from English-speaking naming patterns. For…
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Ancestors, Ancestry.com, Puerto Rico

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My Puerto Rican Family Members Have Native American and African Blood in Them. And Bulgarian. And Romanian. How Does That Happen?

Author: July 24, 2015 11 Comments

The use of genetic genealogy—in other words, DNA testing– has exploded in the past few years. Around the world, curious seekers are spitting into tubes and swabbing cheeks to help determine their heritage and find genetic cousins. Recently, three family…
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Ancestry.com, GEDMatch, Puerto Rico

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