Hello Angel, I apologize for not answering your emails right away. I 
have been really busy now that I came back from Mexico. Hey, this DNA 
Cervantes project sounds interesting. Tell me more about it. How much 
does it cost to be part of the project? I believe the expenses are 
probably worth it if we are going to know more about our ancestors.

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "Angel R. Cervantes" 
<angelrcervantes@y...> wrote:
> I would like to invite viewers of the Ranchos forum
> with the Cervantes surname from Mexico to join the
> Cervantes DNA Surname Project at
> http://www.familytreedna.com/surname_join.asp?
code=L97208&special=True
> 
> The Cervantes surname in Mexico has its roots as far
> back as the early 16th Century. You have two
> important individuals with this surname.
> 
> The first one is Leonel de Cervantes, he came with
> Hernan Cortes in the conquest of Mexico in 1521.
> Leonel de Cervantes was born in Burguillos del Cerro,
> Spain and was a member of a noble family. He was also
> a Commander of the Santiago Order of Knights. Leonel
> de Cervantes escorted Moctezuma out to address his
> people who were in revolt against the Conquistadors.
> Moctezuma was then stoned by his subjects. He died
> later of these wounds. Just after the conquest Cortes
> allowed Leonel to return home to Spain upon which
> Cervantes promised he would return to Mexico with his
> five daughters and marry them to Conquistadors. He
> kept his promise. He settled in Mexico City and also
> had a son and another daughter born in New Spain
> (Mexico). His wife was the former Leonor de Andrada.
> He died on September 20, 1561. He was buried in the
> Monastery of San Francisco, Mexico City. A descendant
> was governor of Oaxaca in 1981.
> 
> The second person with the Cervantes surname is Juan
> Cervantes Casaus El Factor, he came to Mexico City in
> 1530 from Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain. He was sent by
> Carlos V King of Spain to help reorganize the Spanish
> colony in New Spain (Mexico). What is interesting
> about Juan Cervantes Casaus El Factor is that he
> married one of the daughters of Leonel de Cervantes
> and Leonor de Andrada in the middle 1530's. His wife
> was the former Luisa Andrada y Lara. He acknowledged
> a distant family relationship to Leonel de Cervantes.
> Juan Cervantes Casaus El Factor had 12 children with
> Luisa Andrada y Lara, many of which were male with
> this surname.
> 
> Most modern day Mexican historians such as Jose
> Ignacio Davila Garibe and Jesus Amaya claim that 70%
> of people with the surname Cervantes are descendant
> from either or both these two individuals.
> Nevertheless, there is the problem of how many other
> trunks there are for this surname.
> 
> The project goals are to clarify the problems that the
> gap in the paper trial has left the Cervantes history
> in Mexico. Such as:
> 1) Do most Cervantes' from Mexico descend from a
> single progenitor?
> 2) Where there are gaps in the paper trial, hopefully
> sibling relationships can be made that can enable one
> to follow the records of a sibling that are more
> clear.
> 3) Were there name changes, are there people with the
> surname Cervantes that are descendant from other
> surnames or visa versa.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Angel R. Cervantes
> Administrator of the Cervantes Surname Project
> 
> 
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