I agree and have my own story to share. I recently found a link to 
Anna Arellano (Jose Munos' wife).  Anna and I both descend from the 
same set of 7th great-grandparents (Manuel Castañeda and Maria 
Antonia de la Torre). We all live in Northern California and I had 
the pleasure of meeting them recently.  My feelings are just as 
Alberto said, blood relatives are forever.

Maria Cortez


--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Alberto Duarte <albertodua@y...> 
wrote:
> Congratulations.  Blood relatives are forever, no
> matter how many generations have past.
> 
> Alberto Duarte
> Santa Maria, California
> 
> --- Joseph Puentes <makas@n...> wrote:
> 
> > Donde va hacer la fiesta?. . .piñata, tamales,
> > mariachis, tragitos y 
> > bailando.
> > 
> > what a happy day it is! For more than a 100 years or
> > maybe more than 200 
> > years your families lost each other. People that
> > loved and cared for 
> > each other but through circumstances got lost and
> > forgotten. Now they 
> > are united and hopefully will never lose track of
> > each other again.
> > 
> > arturoramos2 wrote:
> > 
> > >Angie:
> > >
> > >We are most definitely related.  Joseph Cayetano
> > Grano's daughter 
> > >Rita Margarita married Pedro Gonzalez.  I am their
> > eighth generation 
> > >descendant via my father's paternal line.  I will
> > definitely take a 
> > >look at your file.  I have Covarrubias and Jara
> > interwoven throughout 
> > >my genealogy so I am sure there is a connection
> > there as well.
> > >
> > >Do you know how I would go about getting copies of
> > the books you 
> > >mention?  We can continue this discussion outside
> > the group if you 
> > >like... arturo.ramos2@v...
> > >
> > I wouldn't hear of it. . .maybe give us just a
> > message or two more. . 
> > .let us celebrate and wish you our happiness too.
> > You all can take it 
> > private after we have had our fill of your happiness
> > as well.
> > 
> > congratulations on this great find. . .its time for
> > much rejoicing!
> > 
> > joseph
> > 
> > ps: no one ever accused me of  not being a
> > sentimentalist.
> >