Asturian-American Migration Forum

Thank you! I will check it out.

Hi Lorene, My name is Michelle "Mica" Aragon and I saw your post here a few months ago. I've had my DNA tested through ancestry.com but the test I did doesn't give haplotype. However, in my genealogical research over the past decade, I have discovered I am a descendant of Francisco Ruiz de...

I had my DNA tested through Ancestry.com and although I didn't get the haplotype, my ethnicity matched the British Isles and Western Europe. I know my father's ancestors were from England and my mother's from Asturias.

Thank you Marta, I will check it out. - Mica

I've seen some links to ship passenger lists but none seem to go back to the 1600s. Does anyone know where I might look? My ancestor Jose Luis Ruiz de Valdes was born in Oviedo in 1664 and likely left for Mexico sometime between 1679-1689. He married in 1690 in Ciudad de Mexico and migrated to New M...

I've been doing genealogical research now for ten years on my maternal lines. Surnames are Valdes, Trujillo, Aragon, De Herrera and many more. I've gotten the farthest with Valdes back to Oviedo, Asturias 1600s. We're going to Spain for the first time in October and I hope to find living relatives.