Asturian-American Migration Forum

Hello Art:

My husband and I have set up a genealogy web site.

The name of the web site is www.myvaldezgenealogy.net.

This web site was very therapeutic and at the same time intimidating.

I hope your readers would be interested in my little piece in this wide world.

Hello Art: It's been awhile since I wrote anything about our DNA Project. I never know whether anyone is interested or not so I neglect updating. Well, for those that are interested, I have been in contact with the sister of the participant that matched 25/27 to my Brother's DNA. She was unable to g...

Hi Terechu: Thanks. Yes, I've seen that website. That line is very long and has had a great deal of information written about it. I connect to the one that hasn't had that much written about. Both lines have Jose Ruiz de Valdes as the progenitor. My line has the matriarch, Micaela Lucero de Godoi/Go...

Hello Terechu: If you go on to the New Mexico DNA Project website and under Kit 69557, Valdez, you will find my Brother's Information. After my sister Rose worked on our genealogy she found that Jose Ruiz de Valdes is our link to Asturias. Before he made the trek from New Spain ( Mexico) to the New ...

Hello:

That article was very interesting.

I'm forever greatful to my brother for his participation in the New Mexico DNA Project and I hope there will be many from your area who will participate in the Asturian DNA Project.

Art: I have been a member of various Hispanic Genealogy Associations for many years. The Genealogy Society of Hispanic American yearly conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico had a speaker that took the time to really explain to us what the New Mexico DNA Project was all about. After listening to the ...

Art: We found this genetic cousin through the Family Tree DNA testing and we both used our Brothers as the participant. When there is a mutation match, and we agree to being contacted, it opens up that avenue. I contacted her via e-mail and asked if she wanted to share genealogy information. She has...

Art & Bob I just received an e-mail from a genetic cousin. This cousin is related to me from my Mother's side of the DNA tracks. My Father's ancestors were from Asturias but we found that my Mother's was Haplotype B: Pueblo Indian. I know I'm repeating myself but I just had to say it. She is fro...

Bob and Art:

I'm Polymorphic out!!!! Thanks for trying. My unomorphic can only take so much information.

Bob, Art's "Polymorphic", Having various form or styles or your Situation in which there are multiple forms of something is like Carlos' reply: "todo esto me suena a chino". I hope that it means it's all chinese to me! So far I've had a reply from Eli, Carlos, Art and now you. I ...

Art: Thanks for the translation. That was a tuffy! On the New Mexico DNA Project website it states that Haplotype I is consistent with 13% of the population of Spain today. In 409, the Suebi (Baltic People), then the Vandals (Eastern Germanic People) and then the Visigoths (Homeland Sweden) populate...

Carlos: Muchas gracias por la informacion. Si, en 1038 Valdes era una region. El origen del nombre Valdes viene de esa region. La Familia de Rodrigo Melendez de Valdes fueron las primeras persones que usaron el apellido en los anos de 1100. Un amigo miyo que estudia genealogia dice que Francisco Rui...

Eli:

It's been an interesting journey. My sister did the majority of the research on the Family Tree and I thought it was complete and then I read about DNA testing. Now we're hooked!

Eli: Thanks for the information. We were notified that we had one close match. It was 24/25 markers. This person doesn't answer my e-mail request to share genealogy information. But, he does state that his last name is his adopted name. The New Mexico DNA Project has four Valdez Project members but ...

Hello: My sister and I recently had our Brother's DNA tested. We signed on to the New Mexico DNA Project. The Test results showed that his Haplogroup is I:Nordic. So now we know that the Paternal side of the Valdez is Haplogroup I and our Maternal side is Haplogroup B:Native American. Now, this lead...