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MY PATERNAL GRANDFATHER:
Born in 1927 in Atotonilco El Alto, Jalisco (in Los Altos de Jalisco), moved to Michoacán with his parents & siblings as a young adult, passed away in October of 1982 in Nogales, Sonora, by the Arizona border, he was likely 90% European & 10% Native American, as shown by DNA matches & phenotypic analysis (he had blue eyes, light brown hair, olive skin, & Celtic features), his father (my great-grandfather) was born in May 29, 1904 in Totolan, Jalisco & he likely passed away sometime in the 1970s, & his mother (my great-grandmother) was born in October 19, 1906 in Atotolinco El Alto, Jalisco, & she likely passed away sometime in the 1980s.
REGIONAL MEXICAN ANCESTRY:
MY GREAT-GRANDFATHERS LINE:
Jalisco/Los Altos de Jalisco (Octolan, Totolan, Guadalajara, Arandas, Ayotlan, Tepatitlan de Morelos, Jalostotitlan, Lagos de Moreno, Jamay), on further/earlier lines Nayarit (on one earlier line), Michoacan (further/earlier lines back, including Ixtlan, Zamora, Jacona, Tlazazalca), Coahuila (Saltillo, on few early lines), Mexico City (on several early lines), Zacatecas (on few early lines), & Nuevo Leon (Monterrey, on several early lines), Puebla (on one early line), Durango (on one early line), Guanajuato (on several early lines), Aguascalientes (on one early line), Queretaro (on one line), & Veracruz (on one line).
GREAT-GRANDMOTHERS LINE:
los Altos de Jalisco (Atotonilco, San Juan de Los Lagos, Ayotlan, Arandas, Tepatitlan, Jalostotitlan, Lagos de Moreno, & Teocaltiche), on further/earlier lines, Aguascalientes, Guadalajara, Mexico City, Puebla, Octolan, Michoacan, Guanajuato, & Zacatecas.
SPANISH ANCESTRY:
⦁ Andalusia (395) - 35.2%
⦁ Castille (407) - 36.2%
⦁ Extremadura (144) - 12.8%
⦁ Basque Country (75) - 6.6%
⦁ Navarre (13) - 1.15%
⦁ Cantabria (2) - 0.17%
⦁ Asturias (49) - 4.3%
⦁ Aragon (7) - 0.62%
⦁ Galicia (22) - 1.9%
⦁ La Rioja (3) - 0.26%
⦁ Valencia (1) - 0.08%
⦁ Catalonia (4) - 0.35%
NON-SPANISH ANCESTRY:
⦁ Portuguese (26)
⦁ French (3)
⦁ Italian (9)
⦁ Belgian Flemish (8)
⦁ Chichimeca (2)
⦁ Tlaxcalan (1)
⦁ Bolivian (2)
⦁ Purepecha (19)
TOTAL GENEALOGICAL ANCESTRY:
⦁ 2.1% Portuguese
⦁ 1.8% Native American
⦁ 0.7% Italian
⦁ 0.6% Belgian Flemish
⦁ 0.2% French.
MY PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER:
⦁ Born in Michoacán on February 17, 1941, & immigrated to Fullerton, California in the 2000s, she is likely a Mestiza, as showed by my DNA matches & phenotypic analysis.
⦁ All known Regional Mexican ancestry has been traced to Michoacan (Piedra Gorda, Yurecuaro, Ecuandureo, Tanhuato, & San Gregorio)
⦁ Josefa Vasquez (my great-Great grandmother) (born in 1884 & died in 1919) Silverio Quezada Vasquez (my-great-great grandfather) (born in December of 1902)
⦁ Maria Quesada Vasquez (my great-grandmother) (born in 1912 in Michoacan, got married in 1928 at 16 years old in Yurecuaro, Michoacán & passed away sometime in the 1980s or 1990s in Michoacan), Felipe Chavez Alvarado (my great-grandfather) (born in 1915 in Michoacan & passed away sometime in the 1980s or 1990s in Michoacan).
MY MATERNAL GRANDFATHER:
Born in July 31, 1938 in Brisenas, Michoacán, & died in May 6, 2012 in Fresno, California, he immigrated to California in the late 1980s, but also immigrated in the 1950s or 1960s for a short while to the United States as part of the Bracero Program, he was likely a Mestizo, as shown by phenotypic analysis, my mother's estimated genetic ancestry & DNA matches, but his maternal grandmother had green eyes, so his grandmother (my great-great grandmother) was likely at least 70% European, his mother (my great-grandmother) died in the 1970s, & his father (my great-grandfather) died in the 1980s.
SPANISH ANCESTRY:
⦁ Had a Mexican Criollo ancestor born in Mexico City in 1631 to a Spanish Peninsular father from Castile (who was born in 1597 & settled in Mexico in the 1600s), & a Mexican Criolla mother (born in 1610 in Mexico City to Spanish Peninsular parents from Andalusia who likely immigrated to Mexico in the 1500s & possibly had very distant Irish ancestry), this is the only known documented Spanish ancestry of my maternal grandfather.
INDIGENOUS MEXICAN ANCESTRY:
⦁ Had a Purepecha ancestor born in 1650, who married a Mexican Criollo man from Mexico City (the only listed above), their Mestizo child was born in Michoacan in the 1665.
REGIONAL MEXICAN ANCESTRY:
⦁ Michoacan, on further/earlier lines La Barca (Jalisco), Manuel Doblado (Guanajuato), & Mexico City.
CASTE ANCESTRY:
⦁ Mestizo (4)
⦁ India (1)
⦁ Criollo/Espanol (1)
MY MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER:
⦁ Born in Brisenas, Michoacán in 1944, & died in July 25, 2023 in Brisenas, Michoacán at the age of 78, Her mother (my great-grandmother) died in 1997, shortly after my parent's wedding, & her father (my great-grandfather) died sometime in the late 1980s or early 1990s, Was likely in the Castiza range, as her mother was a Mestiza, & her father was a High-Tier Criollo de Vuelta.
⦁ Francisca Puga (my great-grandmother), born in Allende, Guanajuato (around 1926), but baptized in 1916 in Jamay, Jalisco, so there is some conflicting information there. but according to my grandmother she was born in Michoacán, so she was either born in Michoacán, Jalisco, or Guanajuato, but very likely she was born in Michoacán, her father (my great-great grandfather) was murdered, & her mother (my great-great grandmother) had green eyes & Italian or Jewish features, but according to my 23andMe results, I have a Native American (B2) haplogroup, so she had at least a small amount of Native American ancestry, but she was likely at least 70% European, & her father (my great-great grandfather) was likely at least 60% Native American, but it's unlikely that he was over 80% Amerindian, due to lack of Amerindian matches on 23andMe, & only two matches are over 80% Amerindian, & they are on my father's side, but there are a larger amount of matches that are around 60% Amerindian.
⦁ Juan Garcia Sanchez (my great-grandfather), born in San Juan de Los Lagos, moved to Michoacán as a young adult, he had blue eyes, dark blond or light brown hair, & pale skin, with Celtic features, he was likely 90% European & 10% Native American, based on phenotypic & DNA matches, as many of my mother's matches from Los Altos de Jalisco, are over 80% European, I couldn't go further back beyond him, so there is a brick wall there.
Born in 1927 in Atotonilco El Alto, Jalisco (in Los Altos de Jalisco), moved to Michoacán with his parents & siblings as a young adult, passed away in October of 1982 in Nogales, Sonora, by the Arizona border, he was likely 90% European & 10% Native American, as shown by DNA matches & phenotypic analysis (he had blue eyes, light brown hair, olive skin, & Celtic features), his father (my great-grandfather) was born in May 29, 1904 in Totolan, Jalisco & he likely passed away sometime in the 1970s, & his mother (my great-grandmother) was born in October 19, 1906 in Atotolinco El Alto, Jalisco, & she likely passed away sometime in the 1980s.
REGIONAL MEXICAN ANCESTRY:
MY GREAT-GRANDFATHERS LINE:
Jalisco/Los Altos de Jalisco (Octolan, Totolan, Guadalajara, Arandas, Ayotlan, Tepatitlan de Morelos, Jalostotitlan, Lagos de Moreno, Jamay), on further/earlier lines Nayarit (on one earlier line), Michoacan (further/earlier lines back, including Ixtlan, Zamora, Jacona, Tlazazalca), Coahuila (Saltillo, on few early lines), Mexico City (on several early lines), Zacatecas (on few early lines), & Nuevo Leon (Monterrey, on several early lines), Puebla (on one early line), Durango (on one early line), Guanajuato (on several early lines), Aguascalientes (on one early line), Queretaro (on one line), & Veracruz (on one line).
GREAT-GRANDMOTHERS LINE:
los Altos de Jalisco (Atotonilco, San Juan de Los Lagos, Ayotlan, Arandas, Tepatitlan, Jalostotitlan, Lagos de Moreno, & Teocaltiche), on further/earlier lines, Aguascalientes, Guadalajara, Mexico City, Puebla, Octolan, Michoacan, Guanajuato, & Zacatecas.
SPANISH ANCESTRY:
⦁ Andalusia (395) - 35.2%
⦁ Castille (407) - 36.2%
⦁ Extremadura (144) - 12.8%
⦁ Basque Country (75) - 6.6%
⦁ Navarre (13) - 1.15%
⦁ Cantabria (2) - 0.17%
⦁ Asturias (49) - 4.3%
⦁ Aragon (7) - 0.62%
⦁ Galicia (22) - 1.9%
⦁ La Rioja (3) - 0.26%
⦁ Valencia (1) - 0.08%
⦁ Catalonia (4) - 0.35%
NON-SPANISH ANCESTRY:
⦁ Portuguese (26)
⦁ French (3)
⦁ Italian (9)
⦁ Belgian Flemish (8)
⦁ Chichimeca (2)
⦁ Tlaxcalan (1)
⦁ Bolivian (2)
⦁ Purepecha (19)
TOTAL GENEALOGICAL ANCESTRY:
- 98.1% European
- 1.8% Native American
⦁ 2.1% Portuguese
⦁ 1.8% Native American
⦁ 0.7% Italian
⦁ 0.6% Belgian Flemish
⦁ 0.2% French.
MY PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER:
⦁ Born in Michoacán on February 17, 1941, & immigrated to Fullerton, California in the 2000s, she is likely a Mestiza, as showed by my DNA matches & phenotypic analysis.
⦁ All known Regional Mexican ancestry has been traced to Michoacan (Piedra Gorda, Yurecuaro, Ecuandureo, Tanhuato, & San Gregorio)
⦁ Josefa Vasquez (my great-Great grandmother) (born in 1884 & died in 1919) Silverio Quezada Vasquez (my-great-great grandfather) (born in December of 1902)
⦁ Maria Quesada Vasquez (my great-grandmother) (born in 1912 in Michoacan, got married in 1928 at 16 years old in Yurecuaro, Michoacán & passed away sometime in the 1980s or 1990s in Michoacan), Felipe Chavez Alvarado (my great-grandfather) (born in 1915 in Michoacan & passed away sometime in the 1980s or 1990s in Michoacan).
- Her known Ethnic Ancestry was mostly Spanish & Indigenous Mexican (including Purepecha), with a smaller amount of Afro-Mexican.
MY MATERNAL GRANDFATHER:
Born in July 31, 1938 in Brisenas, Michoacán, & died in May 6, 2012 in Fresno, California, he immigrated to California in the late 1980s, but also immigrated in the 1950s or 1960s for a short while to the United States as part of the Bracero Program, he was likely a Mestizo, as shown by phenotypic analysis, my mother's estimated genetic ancestry & DNA matches, but his maternal grandmother had green eyes, so his grandmother (my great-great grandmother) was likely at least 70% European, his mother (my great-grandmother) died in the 1970s, & his father (my great-grandfather) died in the 1980s.
SPANISH ANCESTRY:
⦁ Had a Mexican Criollo ancestor born in Mexico City in 1631 to a Spanish Peninsular father from Castile (who was born in 1597 & settled in Mexico in the 1600s), & a Mexican Criolla mother (born in 1610 in Mexico City to Spanish Peninsular parents from Andalusia who likely immigrated to Mexico in the 1500s & possibly had very distant Irish ancestry), this is the only known documented Spanish ancestry of my maternal grandfather.
INDIGENOUS MEXICAN ANCESTRY:
⦁ Had a Purepecha ancestor born in 1650, who married a Mexican Criollo man from Mexico City (the only listed above), their Mestizo child was born in Michoacan in the 1665.
REGIONAL MEXICAN ANCESTRY:
⦁ Michoacan, on further/earlier lines La Barca (Jalisco), Manuel Doblado (Guanajuato), & Mexico City.
CASTE ANCESTRY:
⦁ Mestizo (4)
⦁ India (1)
⦁ Criollo/Espanol (1)
- His known ethnic ancestry was mostly Spanish & Indigenous Mexican (including Purepecha), with a smaller amount of Afro-Mexican, & possibly distant Filipino.
MY MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER:
⦁ Born in Brisenas, Michoacán in 1944, & died in July 25, 2023 in Brisenas, Michoacán at the age of 78, Her mother (my great-grandmother) died in 1997, shortly after my parent's wedding, & her father (my great-grandfather) died sometime in the late 1980s or early 1990s, Was likely in the Castiza range, as her mother was a Mestiza, & her father was a High-Tier Criollo de Vuelta.
⦁ Francisca Puga (my great-grandmother), born in Allende, Guanajuato (around 1926), but baptized in 1916 in Jamay, Jalisco, so there is some conflicting information there. but according to my grandmother she was born in Michoacán, so she was either born in Michoacán, Jalisco, or Guanajuato, but very likely she was born in Michoacán, her father (my great-great grandfather) was murdered, & her mother (my great-great grandmother) had green eyes & Italian or Jewish features, but according to my 23andMe results, I have a Native American (B2) haplogroup, so she had at least a small amount of Native American ancestry, but she was likely at least 70% European, & her father (my great-great grandfather) was likely at least 60% Native American, but it's unlikely that he was over 80% Amerindian, due to lack of Amerindian matches on 23andMe, & only two matches are over 80% Amerindian, & they are on my father's side, but there are a larger amount of matches that are around 60% Amerindian.
⦁ Juan Garcia Sanchez (my great-grandfather), born in San Juan de Los Lagos, moved to Michoacán as a young adult, he had blue eyes, dark blond or light brown hair, & pale skin, with Celtic features, he was likely 90% European & 10% Native American, based on phenotypic & DNA matches, as many of my mother's matches from Los Altos de Jalisco, are over 80% European, I couldn't go further back beyond him, so there is a brick wall there.
- Her known ethnic ancestry was Spanish & Indigenous Mexican (including Purepecha), with a smaller amount of Afro-Mexican, & possibly a small amount of Sephardic Jewish & distant Filipino.
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