Good information.

If you have ever read a list of the first settlers
that the Spanish sent, you'll see a cross section of
many Europeans, north Africans, and some Asians
(mostly Filipinos), that evenly mixed together and
with the local inhabitants (Indians).

We are a composite of many peoples.

Alberto.

--- Victor Villarreal <vela_este@...> wrote:

> I join you, Alicia, in welcoming Joseph's "tocayo"
> José.
> 
> I don't know if you've heard this one, which I
> learned thru a 
> friend.  Paraphrasing Forrest Gump's memorable
> quote: "life is like a 
> box of chocolates...", our new quote is "Mexican
> genealogy is like a 
> big bowl of tamales, you never know what you're
> gonna get".  You may 
> pull out a pork tamale, or beef, or cheese, beans,
> coconut, sugar and 
> raisins.....
> 
> Victor
> 
> --- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Alicia Carrillo
> <alliecar@p...> wrote:
> > So well put Jose Munoz and welcome to this group.
> >  
> > I believe that anyone who is searching for their
> roots in Mexico 
> has to be open minded. One can't believe that we're
> 100% this or 100% 
> that. Just by virtue of the fact that we have or are
> descendants from 
> Mexico a land that was invaded by Europeans less
> than 5 centuries 
> ago. A land that was populated by many proud Indian
> tribes with such 
> rich cultures, languages and history. A land that
> because of it's 
> riches was invaded, pilfered, raided, raped,
> converted and yes even 
> conquered. A country that experienced slavery and
> servitude. An 
> Indian nation that fought to keep it's lands,
> languages, customs and 
> religions but was ultimately defeated through
> disease, wars and 
> greed. How can we not believe that we might be
> Spanish, Indian, 
> mestizo, African, Jewish, Sephardic, Moor, Irish,
> French and who 
> knows what else we may find.
> >  
> > That's the joy and the challenge of geneaology, to
> keep an open 
> mind, to evaluate the documents with a little bit of
> skepticism and a 
> little bit of joy at each new finding. To continue
> to learn, to ask 
> the questions that need to be asked and yes, even to
> look into our 
> DNA and let the evidence speak to us and be mindful
> and respectful 
> off all those that came before us whether it's what
> we expected or 
> not.
> >  
> > That's a little piece of my mind and I'm not 
> budging..............Happy Hunting.......Alicia
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 



		
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