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From: sgapodaca
[mailto:sgapodaca@...]
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 7:08
PM
To: ranchos@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [ranchos] Re:
Cervantes DNA Surname Project

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
>
href="http://www.familytreedna.com/surname_join.asp?">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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