Discovering My Guanahatabey and Taino Ancestors

Discovering My Guanahatabey and Taino AncestorsThe author researched the Spanish side of his ancestry for over twenty years and published his first book about the genealogy of Juan Ponce de Leon. This book is the result of his work to discover his Indigenous ancestry. He had his mitochondrial DNA analyzed as well as his genome. The results of both those tests confirmed his mother and grandmothers stories about their Indigenous heritage. His genomes results came back 30. 5 percent Indigenous to

The author researched the Spanish side of his ancestry for over twenty years and published his first book about the genealogy of Juan Ponce de Leon. This book is the result of his work to discover his Indigenous ancestry. He had his mitochondrial DNA analyzed as well as his genome. The results of both those tests confirmed his mother and grandmotherÕs stories about their Indigenous heritage. His genomeÕs results came back 30.5 percent Indigenous to Puerto Rico and 31 percent Asian and Indigenous.

This book will begin in Coamo, Puerto Rico and share with you many generations. In the town of Guayama during the 1930Õs the author makes a direct connection to his grand uncle, his wife and their daughter who were listed in the civil registry as Indios when everyone else was being listed as white, mulatto, and black. Then the author makes several connections to an Indio who was a militia man in San German.
This body of work is for experienced genealogists as well as those people who are just beginning their research into their familyÕs ancestry. For the latter, this book should become a textbook because the author shares the process of genealogical search and discovery. The author has placed sources and important documentation below specific individuals in the family trees. You wonÕt have to shift to seek sources in the back of the book.

First edition, ISBN 978-1-304-93918-0