Tag: family-history
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Where is Rafaela Mijon Y Rivera 1893 – 1910?
A Story of Survival in Puerto Rico In the mountains of Humacao, Puerto Rico, a baby girl was born on November 28, 1890. Her parents, Guadalupe Mijon and Juana Rivera, named her Rafaela. They lived in the rural barrio of Mabu, where life was measured by the rhythms of the land and the church calendar.…
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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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