Do you know who you truly are? Perhaps it’s time to do a different type of research

For years I wanted to know about my family’s history but kept putting it off because I thought it would take forever to learn something meaningful, that I didn’t have enough information to start, that I had to travel to a bunch of places to even learn a little… Man, was I wrong! I’m not … Continue reading Do you know who you truly are? Perhaps it’s time to do a different type of research

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Now it all makes sense… #DNA

What a ride! If you read my post about taking a DNA test a couple of months ago, you know I decided to learn a little about my ancestors. I expected, with some luck, to find out something about my grandparents or maybe even my great-grandparents. Maybe shed some light on the Rojas family legend … Continue reading Now it all makes sense… #DNA

Do you know where you come from?

Many people think that you cannot know where you are going until you know where you've been. I believe there is a certain degree of truth in that statement. My parents & their parents were born in Chile; my dad in the north and my mom in Santiago, its capital. From my mother's side, we … Continue reading Do you know where you come from?