Tag: family
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Barbie’s Easter Miracle ~ Finding Her Dad.
This story begins with a message my daughter, Lynda, received from someone assisting her friend Barbie in locating her father. Barbie has a DNA connection to Lynda’s paternal side. Barbie has not seen or heard from her father since she was two years old; she is now 33, and her mother has refused assistance. I…
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Puerto Rico Ancestry: Maria and Vicki: A Heartfelt Reunion After 40 Years
I started my Puerto Rico Ancestry Journey in August 2020. I regularly message cousins via the Ancestry DNA message system. Some respond, and most don’t. On November 26, 2020, I sent a message to Maria. I mentioned the shared cousin matches and my grandparents Etanislao Resto Y Lopez and Rafaela Mijon Y Rivera who would…
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Meeting My 1st Verifiable Maternal Marin Ancestry DNA Cousin.
Hello and welcome to my Puerto Rico Ancestry Journey. This journey into my past has taken me down several paths. It all started with finding out why my paternal grandmother, Rafaela Mijon Y Rivera, was an orphan which I wrote about in an earlier post. Then I started wondering why I had never met any cousins on my…
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