@@nytnJacqueline Battalora her work just in proves in 1 Virginia county more than 50% the marriages were black and Irish document under census records. As a child I knew nothing of recessive traits and wondered about my naturally Red Hair that led me to trace back to my own 1600s heritage. The Institute of Texas Culture San Antonio is a wonderful resource that tells the story from all sides including the German Town massacre based on rejection of participation in the civil War. My family has a connection to the Fitzpatrick house there in your state another link between Black & Irish. America had a path to unique unity . Until the laws written in 1660s and finally 1681 that solidified division based on the use of the word WHITE and it's colonized definition .
I do archaeology for the Louisiana department of transportation. Yesterday we were working in an area right along Cane River just a little southeast of natchitoches and I thought of your channel. A lot of nice people around there and rich Creole history
Your 5th great-grandmother was STUNNING. Her life is fascinating, too. Incidentally, as a result of watching your show, I spent a week In New Orleans and enjoyed learning about the history there. What a beautiful, multi-cultural, unique place! Absolutely loved the trip! Also, I find it hilarious you never knew you had Spanish ancestry. I would have assumed you were a Latina from the first moment, based on your looks and your last name. And my last comment -- I love learning Mexican history. Mexico is a beautiful place and her people are so kind and gracious, overall. I have been there many times and can't wait to go back. To all your viewers -- embrace who you are. Your story is beautiful, no matter who you are!
Thank you for being here! I cut it out of the video, but I was telling Juan how I get people speaking to me in spanish and Im always surprised. Once, a lady at the store ran over to me for help freaking out in spanish, and I had no idea what was going on. I felt bad I couldnt translate for her! haha
"Mulatto/ta" referenced "White, meaning Spaniards(most European) & indigenous &/or African originally. It was meant to demean & put this offspring in their lowly place. Then the term "Mestizo/za" was used bc of the blend with African & Mexican indigenous or with other ethnicities, including Spanish or any European with Mexican indigenous. It's also included other Hispanic origins bc the Spaniards, French, & other Europeans seduced indigenous &/or forced themselves on them. "Mestizo/za" is not a offensive term as "Mulatto/ta" is. Plus "Mulatto/ta" means half "Mule" which is a purposeful term to again demean & suppress this offspring. I am VERY surprised she did not know or consider she had Spanish, bc being part Puerto Rican, IF I heard her state, also have Spanish. The fact that she doesn't speak Spanish, sadly doesn't surprise me, bc many Mexican's & Hispanics were severely discouraged in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico & California, to speak Español &/or their native indigenous tongue. Truly sad. I'm in my late 60's & I'm fortunate. My 1st tongue was Español n albeit its my 2nd, I'm so grateful that I strive to improve my Español grammar, as well as my English grammar. Language is beautiful. Paz be with us all 🙏. "Sra Isa"
@@nytnI have the opposite situation. I am fluent in Spanish, but to people here in south Texas, I apparently don’t look like I speak Spanish. (The county I live in is about 95% Latino). Quite often, people will speak Spanish in my presence, assuming I don’t understand any of it. When I join the conversation in Spanish, they are surprised, and sometimes shocked. But I guess it’s better to know more than people expect than to know less than people expect.
Your 5th great grandmother was absolutely beautiful. It seems like she chose the lesser of two unpleasant choices. Both those choices might have been existential, but my guess is she knew who she was indenturing herslf to, if she not done it she could've been sold to someone she didn't know the character of.
Too cool to see. I know Juan and have enjoyed his content and work for years now. We share multiple ancestors from Coahuila. It is so great to see the depth of information Juan was able to find and provide for you. This was very interesting and I liked the story about your ancestor having his bison stolen. It makes your head swirl with thoughts of how did he even have a bison to begin with. Thank you I very much for sharing this.
This is fascinating. Did your 5xtimes great grandmother fulfill her 10 years contract to Elijah Clapp? What was her relationship to him? Did she marry and who did she have children with? If she hadn't tried to survive, you might not be here. Writing from England, I hope recent events don't affect your website or research or freedom of speech.
Don't forget you have a Texas history teacher in the family! This is such great information for the family! I love that our family has been included in so many great moments in History and our story is only getting greater!
Omg, this is amazing. I feel like the Hispanic roots in Texas is downplayed. No matter what Texas will always be a Hispanic/Mexican state. Angelos have tried to erase this for centuries now and it’s sad.
@@horaceharris1855 Exactly my point, the Thaxcakas explored with the Mexican born Spanish criollos From northern Mexico through Louisiana to Florida. Likely that those genes are from Mexico. You know the ones that have been kept invisible but have been here from the beginning.
They say truth is stranger than fiction. But in your case truth is more fascinating than fiction. Your family history is so full of rich and amazing stories that you just couldn't make up. Add in the fact that you have photos of your ancestors and it is more than amazing, it's mind blowing. If you could somehow get the funding it would be great to have a movie made of your family history...like Roots.
Indentured servitude was quite prevalent in the 19th Century in Europe. Wars among the German States, and with Russia, as well as famines, left poor people desperate. My Great-Grandfather was born in the U.S. in the 1860s to his father's second wife. The father, my Great-Great-Grandfather, had left Denmark in the 1840s, taking his younger son with him because his first wife had died. The oldest boy, age 7, was able to work, so his father indentured him by contract to a Danish farmer for seven years. At age 14, "Uncle Chris" had nowhere else to go, so he stayed on until he was 18. He left for America, arriving in NYC in 1861 and was recruited by the Union Army. He was first sent to the Santee Sioux uprising in northern Minnesota. He later joined the 12th Wisconsin, and while his unit was in Georgia, he learned that his younger brother, who he had not seen since childhood, was on guard duty at a nearby camp. He tells the story of this amazing reunion in his memoir. My grandmother accompanied him to a Civil War Veterans convention in 1920. He passed away in 1930. It was fun to find his name (spelled wrong) in the final muster rolls of the 12th Wisconsin from July of 1865. It took me about 10 minutes online. We are fortunate to have so many resources available to verify these family stories. You really have come such a long way, Danielle!
I mixed black irish and mexican. I just came back from Mexico City. I live there 49 years from the age of fourteen to twenty-three. It was great to be back. I hope you get to visit there soon.😃
Thank you for sharing this. I bet it’s amazing to see all that documentation & be able to learn more about your ancestors’ lives. I’ve followed Juan’s TikTok for a while & found our family trees cross several times lol. Will definitely be subscribing to your channel 💜.
This is so interesting! We are all a beautiful blend of races and nationalities… I have some Sephardic Jews in my ancestry, too; on my mother’s side. Small world! Take care. 😊🫶🏻
@@nytn , THANK ,, I am Baltic and Slavic , most of my story is hidden from me, I do not speak my own language . ( my own mother and grandmother did that to me ). Good to see others discover ... My Hispanic husband was not told his story until I started poking around for him, I ordered a DNA test for him and his Mother before she died . So much was discovered but only the tip of the iceberg . And everyone got mad I did that . Racism inside families is a deep sickness .
@@nytn YES , Thanks from Michaela ( Meek-Ka -A-La ). You/ we get in a ton of trouble for telling the truth, exposing lies , calling out crap. Big trouble , I like telling the truth .
Hey, I remember Juan, formally from Indigenous Podcast, now turned great genealogist. He found his Indigenous Guachichil community through his own genealogy skills. There is a video on Indigenous Podcast about Juan visiting the Guanchichil community and beginning his reconnecting journey. If you're seeking your Indigenous roots or family story, look up Juan 🤙🏼
Texan here. I think all my ancestors were of white European descent, but I don’t know for sure. I only know the names of the last three generations or so. I’d love to find out more about them, and I’d be delighted if any of them turned out to be as interesting as your Maria Procela. The Nacogdoches area was the center of the first Spanish attempts to colonize Tejas (Texas). They built several missions (combined forts and religious missions) in far east Texas, but eventually moved them west to central Texas (San Antonio, for example) due to conflicts with the Caddoan peoples. A “mulatto” or “mulata” was officially defined as a person of 50% African and 50% white ancestry. A “quadroon” was 25% black and 75% white or “other.” An “octaroon” was one-eighth (12.5%) black. And so on. But these definitions should not be taken too literally. Very often, the classification was based not on actual genealogy, but on how white a person “looked” to whoever was doing the classifying. Such Creole people (meaning, in this usage, biracial or multiracial people) had a different social and legal status from black or white people in French Louisiana and in the Spanish empire, but Anglo Texas applied the “one drop” rule: Anyone with any known or presumed African ancestry was considered black, and was either enslaved or a free black person subject to Jim Crow segregation and discrimination. But the line wasn’t always that sharply drawn. For example, light-skinned black people generally had higher status than dark-skinned black people. Such distinctions were abolished (at least legally) in Mexico when that country abolished slavery. But indigenous people of Mexico continued to have much lower status and fewer rights for a very long time. In some ways, that is still the case in Mexico.
I'm curious everytime I hear or see you refer to your grandmother as 'Lola' because of my Hispanic heritage via the Philippines. My children call my mother 'Lola' and my grandchildren call me the same. It's a derivative of Abuela. I assume you believe it to be her first name, but are you sure that's the case? Especially given your reference to Spanish heritage on this segment. I never heard you mention before so I never asked, but thinking it may have been a "passing" name perhaps that permitted her to hold on to some aspect of her ancestry that couldn't be 'advertised' for some reason. Just curious!
this is such a great question! It WAS a nickname. Her given name was reallllly strange. Im doing a video on it soon! Her "passing name" in NY was Louise. That was totally made up. this comment made me so excited :D
That was an amazing photo of the lady (who looks like you.). That can't be the 5 time great- , wouldn't that be before such good quality photos? She was gorgeous.
Nacogdoches is one of the original colonies of Texas. I do not consider a lot of the "newer" parts of Texas to have the same rights as we do, when it comes to statehood and an actual claim to our lands.
There were a lot of people who became indentured servants for years, I think 7 was most common, to be able to come here… so their servitude was paying the costs to get here… it’s super common in that era.. obviously for different reasons than your 5th great Gma…
@ it was a normal part of, or job option in, society seems like… your gr gma was really smart to have that detailed of a contract… I mean people could have just disregarded like so many other times… but I was impressed with her foresight and how she protected herself within the indenturedness… fascinating…
to learn about Hispanic Heritage you have to go back to the beginning 1519 1st contact. the book i read is (The 5th Sun) audiobook Also another great YT channel is Ancient America's
The fact that Maria Pocela signed the indenture contract with an “X” instead of signing her name implies that she did not know how to read and write. That makes me wonder if she knew exactly what the contract said. Anyway, there’s obviously a lot more to her story. I hope you can learn more about hee and her life.
Maybe this comment comes from me watching too much Finding Your Roots (I’ve watched it from the very beginning) and WDYTYA. Ok, so here’s a silly question. Is it REALLY possible to find ancestors/information having very little to no information? I am of Mexican/ PR decent but I know nothing about my paternal side of family.
My DNA says I am Hispanic and there are no Mexican folks in my tree. However, I found the explanation. It seems some Portuguese folks were on the sailing ships that visited the Virginia coast and some interbred with the local women and some disappeared at a fort that was later found abandoned. Possibly joining up. Among my ancestry is a famous group of Virginia Indigenous folks living along the banks of the Potomac river and elsewhere. This has been verified. Did not take a listing on the DNA testing website at face value. Seems this is where the Admixed-American DNA results are from. There are two markers from Peru, one instance from Columbia and one from Mexico. If I recall correctly. One of these Peruvian markers is estimated to have been included circa 1100''s. Which means there was intimate contact between these populations before the men in big boats sailed across the ocean blue. Some genetics experts say it was from the migration of ancient folks populating the Americas. I believe the data says it is a bit more recent. I do share markers with many Asian populations which is that explanation. Which means various Asian groups came over at various times and populated the land and wound up in Virginia as part of the tribe. That is logical. The more recent admixture from south of the US border is another story and only a vast trade network and possible tribal relocation from points south to north explain it. Young men going on long journeys by land and canoe would be a good one too. Who says Indigenous folks didn't have vast trade networks and traders and explorers too. The massive city states with massive architecture had to come from somewhere. Ideas just don't pop up in a vacuum. One visionary ruler had an idea and convinced others and traders came and took the idea back to their folks and before you know it every ruler who has big ideas copies the other with a few twists and turns here and there. So, we find the ruins here and there across the land. Along with that trade of ideas and goods, bodily fluids were swapped too. Seems the white folks were told of it, but discounted it as pure fantasy and hyperbole.
Question I have a ancestor that is African how do I go about finding out who it was ? I am at loss, dna test opened this and it is saying third grandparents but that’s all I know
U have to go to African ancestry for your African roots ,they have the largest data base in the world for Africans, but you might have to do multiple lines..mother or father. They will place you right to the tribe and not percentages of this and that and that and this.
AfricanAncestry i think still focuses on giving an affirmation of tribal roots where majority analysis points to tribe's existence on the continent. If they are actually doing anything like helping with ancestors, that is a surprise. Also, they cannot give a patrilineal / father trace because the usual female XX.
First do 23 and me, if it's a progenitor ancestor, where you inherit their Mt or Y-DNA, meaning your earliest mother or father's signature, then African Ancestry can help identify the particular, specific people called "tribe."
Procella/Procela/Prosela isn't a spanish surname existing in Spain (you can control in "mapadeapellidos"), but I have found a mexican guy "Prosela" (Luis Prosela, in 1831). It seems a surname born in America. In Latin (and in ancient Italian), "procella" means "sea storm" and the surname yet exists in Italy. I don't think that in that case was an italian surname. Probably was created for a slave saved during a storm or for someone identified temperamentally as "a storm" (qui sicut procellam est).
I am hoping to have Juan help me with this story as well, although I do have a lot collected on my own! Juan Nepomuceno Lopez de La Cerda 1752-1826 6th great-grandfather 5th grandmother (his daughter)Maria Sapopa DE LA CERDA 1772-1806 4th grandfather:Antonio Joseph Padilla Padier 1805-1882 (Son of Maria Sapopa DE LA CERDA) 3rd grandmother: Frances Padier Pardue 1858-1870 (Daughter of Antonio Joseph Padilla ) 2nd grandmother: Julia Victoria Simon 1873-1938 (Daughter of Frances Padilla) My great gram Lola Louise Perot 1900-1982 Daughter of Julia Victoria Simon
Thanks so crazy, my mother, grandmother, and all of her 8 children were born in Nacogdoches and my great aunts name was Percellea but I always heard it pronounced "Per-cell". I'm African American as is most of my family however most of my family is "redbones".
It is so SAD that people are not proud of their Black heritage, even though in the African continent, Africans had created Civilizians that Europeans wanted and still do to this day!!
Not to generalize but I don't think there is as much white guilt among Hispanics. To know you have an ancestor in the army might not be something people are ashamed of. People love the indigenous warrior stories too but I don't think there is the shame element quite so much
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Please review the multitude of indentured servitude offering sent across Europe for True context
Right! There was so much of that. I have a lot of Irish ancestry as well and that was a common theme
@@nytnJacqueline Battalora her work just in proves in 1 Virginia county more than 50% the marriages were black and Irish document under census records.
As a child I knew nothing of recessive traits and wondered about my naturally Red Hair that led me to trace back to my own 1600s heritage.
The Institute of Texas Culture San Antonio is a wonderful resource that tells the story from all sides including the German Town massacre based on rejection of participation in the civil War.
My family has a connection to the Fitzpatrick house there in your state another link between Black & Irish.
America had a path to unique unity . Until the laws written in 1660s and finally 1681 that solidified division based on the use of the word WHITE and it's colonized definition .
@nytn My sister just did an ancestry test. While the majority shows African lineage, there were a few surprises.
Thank you so much for having me on!! It was awesome working this genealogy case!!
It was one of the best drops of documents I have ever gotten on my ancestors!
I would definitely use your services if you do Geneology, me New Mexican ancestry from the 1600. Is there a website or any contact info?
@azborderlands Hey, yes! The website is in the description. I'd post here, but I think TH-cam is filtering the comment haha.
I will check and approve!
I do archaeology for the Louisiana department of transportation. Yesterday we were working in an area right along Cane River just a little southeast of natchitoches and I thought of your channel. A lot of nice people around there and rich Creole history
that's so wonderful! I always feel such a powerful pull when we go back to that area
My Late Husband was from Natchitoches Cane River Area, lot of interesting History there as well.
It is amazing how I can see your face in all the ancestors that you feature on your channel!
Your 5th great-grandmother was STUNNING. Her life is fascinating, too. Incidentally, as a result of watching your show, I spent a week In New Orleans and enjoyed learning about the history there. What a beautiful, multi-cultural, unique place! Absolutely loved the trip! Also, I find it hilarious you never knew you had Spanish ancestry. I would have assumed you were a Latina from the first moment, based on your looks and your last name. And my last comment -- I love learning Mexican history. Mexico is a beautiful place and her people are so kind and gracious, overall. I have been there many times and can't wait to go back. To all your viewers -- embrace who you are. Your story is beautiful, no matter who you are!
Thank you for being here! I cut it out of the video, but I was telling Juan how I get people speaking to me in spanish and Im always surprised. Once, a lady at the store ran over to me for help freaking out in spanish, and I had no idea what was going on. I felt bad I couldnt translate for her! haha
The term “Mulatto” means White and Black not necessarily Spanish/Indigenous “Mestizo” which is predominantly what Mexican’s were originally.
"Mulatto/ta" referenced "White, meaning Spaniards(most European) & indigenous &/or African originally. It was meant to demean & put this offspring in their lowly place. Then the term "Mestizo/za" was used bc of the blend with African & Mexican indigenous or with other ethnicities, including Spanish or any European with Mexican indigenous. It's also included other Hispanic origins bc the Spaniards, French, & other Europeans seduced indigenous &/or forced themselves on them. "Mestizo/za" is not a offensive term as "Mulatto/ta" is. Plus "Mulatto/ta" means half "Mule" which is a purposeful term to again demean & suppress this offspring. I am VERY surprised she did not know or consider she had Spanish, bc being part Puerto Rican, IF I heard her state, also have Spanish. The fact that she doesn't speak Spanish, sadly doesn't surprise me, bc many Mexican's & Hispanics were severely discouraged in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico & California, to speak Español &/or their native indigenous tongue. Truly sad. I'm in my late 60's & I'm fortunate. My 1st tongue was Español n albeit its my 2nd, I'm so grateful that I strive to improve my Español grammar, as well as my English grammar. Language is beautiful. Paz be with us all 🙏. "Sra Isa"
@@FemiNelson-sb1emI believe she said her husband, not she, is part Puerto Rican.
@@nytnI have the opposite situation. I am fluent in Spanish, but to people here in south Texas, I apparently don’t look like I speak Spanish. (The county I live in is about 95% Latino). Quite often, people will speak Spanish in my presence, assuming I don’t understand any of it. When I join the conversation in Spanish, they are surprised, and sometimes shocked. But I guess it’s better to know more than people expect than to know less than people expect.
Your 5th great grandmother was absolutely beautiful. It seems like she chose the lesser of two unpleasant choices. Both those choices might have been existential, but my guess is she knew who she was indenturing herslf to, if she not done it she could've been sold to someone she didn't know the character of.
She was beautiful and you look like her. Love your channel and information on here. Stay blessed!!
Uncanny...she looks like her mom, aunt, cousin, or sister--if not twin with a different hairstyle!
Too cool to see. I know Juan and have enjoyed his content and work for years now. We share multiple ancestors from Coahuila. It is so great to see the depth of information Juan was able to find and provide for you. This was very interesting and I liked the story about your ancestor having his bison stolen. It makes your head swirl with thoughts of how did he even have a bison to begin with. Thank you I very much for sharing this.
I have family from Coahuila! I hope he can help me. 😊
He is amazing. I immediately tried to hire him again for me LOL
This is fascinating. Did your 5xtimes great grandmother fulfill her 10 years contract to Elijah Clapp? What was her relationship to him? Did she marry and who did she have children with? If she hadn't tried to survive, you might not be here. Writing from England, I hope recent events don't affect your website or research or freedom of speech.
Don't forget you have a Texas history teacher in the family! This is such great information for the family! I love that our family has been included in so many great moments in History and our story is only getting greater!
She was beautiful, resilient and smart! Also, your guest was great. The information and dialogue was interesting and energetic.
I’m so happy you enjoyed it!
Omg, this is amazing.
I feel like the Hispanic roots in Texas is downplayed. No matter what Texas will always be a Hispanic/Mexican state. Angelos have tried to erase this for centuries now and it’s sad.
The Criollos explored from Tejas to Florida. No one ever mentions the Mexican ancestry only the French when it comes to the Creole’s.
That's because Creole is a broad term.Sometimes they have spanish in them most of the time They are mixed with white black and native American
@@horaceharris1855 Exactly my point, the Thaxcakas explored with the Mexican born Spanish criollos From northern Mexico through Louisiana to Florida. Likely that those genes are from Mexico. You know the ones that have been kept invisible but have been here from the beginning.
She's so beautiful, it's amazing that you can tell her story.
They say truth is stranger than fiction. But in your case truth is more fascinating than fiction. Your family history is so full of rich and amazing stories that you just couldn't make up. Add in the fact that you have photos of your ancestors and it is more than amazing, it's mind blowing. If you could somehow get the funding it would be great to have a movie made of your family history...like Roots.
Thank you for sharing this family connection. I’m over here smiling about the “stolen bison” story. 😉
It was a wild story to hear!
Great topic. Your great grandma gave you the beauty gene ❤
I am all 3! Wow! Sephardic Jew!!! Portuguese, Spanish, and Basque
One of your best videos.
Thank you, I love this one too!
Indentured servitude was quite prevalent in the 19th Century in Europe. Wars among the German States, and with Russia, as well as famines, left poor people desperate. My Great-Grandfather was born in the U.S. in the 1860s to his father's second wife. The father, my Great-Great-Grandfather, had left Denmark in the 1840s, taking his younger son with him because his first wife had died. The oldest boy, age 7, was able to work, so his father indentured him by contract to a Danish farmer for seven years. At age 14, "Uncle Chris" had nowhere else to go, so he stayed on until he was 18. He left for America, arriving in NYC in 1861 and was recruited by the Union Army. He was first sent to the Santee Sioux uprising in northern Minnesota. He later joined the 12th Wisconsin, and while his unit was in Georgia, he learned that his younger brother, who he had not seen since childhood, was on guard duty at a nearby camp. He tells the story of this amazing reunion in his memoir. My grandmother accompanied him to a Civil War Veterans convention in 1920. He passed away in 1930. It was fun to find his name (spelled wrong) in the final muster rolls of the 12th Wisconsin from July of 1865. It took me about 10 minutes online. We are fortunate to have so many resources available to verify these family stories. You really have come such a long way, Danielle!
I mixed black irish and mexican. I just came back from Mexico City. I live there 49 years from the age of fourteen to twenty-three. It was great to be back. I hope you get to visit there soon.😃
When the Spanish flag flew here, it was not the current red/gold flag you see, it was the Cross of Burgundy.
she was gorgeous god bless
Thank you for sharing this. I bet it’s amazing to see all that documentation & be able to learn more about your ancestors’ lives. I’ve followed Juan’s TikTok for a while & found our family trees cross several times lol. Will definitely be subscribing to your channel 💜.
Here in the Southwest of the USA ,,, 1000s of people have Spanish backgrounds, family . Yes, Spanish men marrying Native women .
She was a beautiful woman. Do you see how much you resemble her? It's amazing. I really enjoy your work. Thank you.
She’s beautiful!!! Definitely see the resemblance!😊
Your 5th Great Grandmother Gorgeous Woman! Smart also to protect her freedom.
Good morning neighbor lady, another great show!😊😊
Good morning!
She was beautiful ❤️
Keep up the good work and keep showing those videos.. They're so addictive even my neighbors are hooked on your channel.
Thanks for sharing these amazing videos! These are great, real American stories and history that need to be shared ❗️💯🙏🏾
This is so interesting! We are all a beautiful blend of races and nationalities… I have some Sephardic Jews in my ancestry, too; on my mother’s side. Small world! Take care. 😊🫶🏻
I love finding those little family mysteries!
I love all your videos
☺️I’m so glad you’re here with me!
@@nytn , THANK ,, I am Baltic and Slavic , most of my story is hidden from me, I do not speak my own language . ( my own mother and grandmother did that to me ). Good to see others discover ... My Hispanic husband was not told his story until I started poking around for him, I ordered a DNA test for him and his Mother before she died . So much was discovered but only the tip of the iceberg . And everyone got mad I did that . Racism inside families is a deep sickness .
@@michaelamaestas4950 oh yes I remember you! You are in New Mexico, right?
Im so glad you are digging up the truth, we need more people like you
@@nytn YES , Thanks from Michaela ( Meek-Ka -A-La ). You/ we get in a ton of trouble for telling the truth, exposing lies , calling out crap. Big trouble , I like telling the truth .
We are forgetting our past, and returning to it. 🤕😢
She did what she had to do to survive.
Danelliel, you have her eyes😊
Hey, I remember Juan, formally from Indigenous Podcast, now turned great genealogist. He found his Indigenous Guachichil community through his own genealogy skills. There is a video on Indigenous Podcast about Juan visiting the Guanchichil community and beginning his reconnecting journey. If you're seeking your Indigenous roots or family story, look up Juan 🤙🏼
Texan here. I think all my ancestors were of white European descent, but I don’t know for sure. I only know the names of the last three generations or so. I’d love to find out more about them, and I’d be delighted if any of them turned out to be as interesting as your Maria Procela.
The Nacogdoches area was the center of the first Spanish attempts to colonize Tejas (Texas). They built several missions (combined forts and religious missions) in far east Texas, but eventually moved them west to central Texas (San Antonio, for example) due to conflicts with the Caddoan peoples.
A “mulatto” or “mulata” was officially defined as a person of 50% African and 50% white ancestry. A “quadroon” was 25% black and 75% white or “other.” An “octaroon” was one-eighth (12.5%) black. And so on. But these definitions should not be taken too literally. Very often, the classification was based not on actual genealogy, but on how white a person “looked” to whoever was doing the classifying. Such Creole people (meaning, in this usage, biracial or multiracial people) had a different social and legal status from black or white people in French Louisiana and in the Spanish empire, but Anglo Texas applied the “one drop” rule: Anyone with any known or presumed African ancestry was considered black, and was either enslaved or a free black person subject to Jim Crow segregation and discrimination. But the line wasn’t always that sharply drawn. For example, light-skinned black people generally had higher status than dark-skinned black people.
Such distinctions were abolished (at least legally) in Mexico when that country abolished slavery. But indigenous people of Mexico continued to have much lower status and fewer rights for a very long time. In some ways, that is still the case in Mexico.
I'm curious everytime I hear or see you refer to your grandmother as 'Lola' because of my Hispanic heritage via the Philippines. My children call my mother 'Lola' and my grandchildren call me the same. It's a derivative of Abuela. I assume you believe it to be her first name, but are you sure that's the case? Especially given your reference to Spanish heritage on this segment. I never heard you mention before so I never asked, but thinking it may have been a "passing" name perhaps that permitted her to hold on to some aspect of her ancestry that couldn't be 'advertised' for some reason. Just curious!
this is such a great question! It WAS a nickname. Her given name was reallllly strange. Im doing a video on it soon! Her "passing name" in NY was Louise. That was totally made up. this comment made me so excited :D
There is a creek and cemetery with Procella as the name. Wonder if they were named for her? She was beautiful!
That was an amazing photo of the lady (who looks like you.). That can't be the 5 time great- , wouldn't that be before such good quality photos? She was gorgeous.
You got some pretty ancestors.
Even the slave kin are slayin 🔥
Nacogdoches is one of the original colonies of Texas. I do not consider a lot of the "newer" parts of Texas to have the same rights as we do, when it comes to statehood and an actual claim to our lands.
It is such a unique place. I hope to visit one day :)
@@nytn We have not had important visitors in a long time.
Wow she looks just like you unbelievable I haven't watched all your videos but I've seen some of them do really great job
There were a lot of people who became indentured servants for years, I think 7 was most common, to be able to come here… so their servitude was paying the costs to get here… it’s super common in that era.. obviously for different reasons than your 5th great Gma…
yes, many different people have made this hard choice, I know also for the Irish as well
@ yes! It was huge with the Irish immigrants
@ it was a normal part of, or job option in, society seems like… your gr gma was really smart to have that detailed of a contract… I mean people could have just disregarded like so many other times… but I was impressed with her foresight and how she protected herself within the indenturedness… fascinating…
I think digging into indentured servitude would rock some boats
@@nytn yes perhaps… 🤔 Demonetizing for you! Demonetizing for you!! Demonetizing for you! (Said in my best Oprah yell… lol
Looks to me like you found yourself from once before. Congratulations.
My husband is Hispanic, but his dad's family was from Spain 😊 here in South Texas 😊
You look SO much like her. I think you have her eyes. She and you are beautiful!!
Any progress with your father's side and the middle-eastern ancestry?
Your Texas ancestor Maria P. Was very beautiful. Interesting video...
5th great grandmother. Identical. Genetics are amazing
How do you find your ancestors pictures?
I have some Mulatto, European, Native American & Mexican ancestors!!!
You got your hair did, looks good
The humidity finally went down in Nashville, no way it would stay during the summer lol
Yes , and Danielle`s ancestor in this video has a really cute hairdo. One of the nicest I`ve seen in an old photograph !
Wow! My husband is a Padilla
Fascinating.
to learn about Hispanic Heritage you have to go back to the beginning 1519 1st contact.
the book i read is (The 5th Sun) audiobook
Also another great YT channel is Ancient America's
That is such a great recommendation, I'm going to check it out!
@@nytn 🙂 Thank you
The fact that Maria Pocela signed the indenture contract with an “X” instead of signing her name implies that she did not know how to read and write. That makes me wonder if she knew exactly what the contract said.
Anyway, there’s obviously a lot more to her story. I hope you can learn more about hee and her life.
Excellent point, I noticed that!
Maybe this comment comes from me watching too much Finding Your Roots (I’ve watched it from the very beginning) and WDYTYA. Ok, so here’s a silly question. Is it REALLY possible to find ancestors/information having very little to no information? I am of Mexican/ PR decent but I know nothing about my paternal side of family.
My DNA says I am Hispanic and there are no Mexican folks in my tree. However, I found the explanation. It seems some Portuguese folks were on the sailing ships that visited the Virginia coast and some interbred with the local women and some disappeared at a fort that was later found abandoned. Possibly joining up. Among my ancestry is a famous group of Virginia Indigenous folks living along the banks of the Potomac river and elsewhere. This has been verified. Did not take a listing on the DNA testing website at face value. Seems this is where the Admixed-American DNA results are from. There are two markers from Peru, one instance from Columbia and one from Mexico. If I recall correctly. One of these Peruvian markers is estimated to have been included circa 1100''s. Which means there was intimate contact between these populations before the men in big boats sailed across the ocean blue. Some genetics experts say it was from the migration of ancient folks populating the Americas. I believe the data says it is a bit more recent. I do share markers with many Asian populations which is that explanation. Which means various Asian groups came over at various times and populated the land and wound up in Virginia as part of the tribe. That is logical. The more recent admixture from south of the US border is another story and only a vast trade network and possible tribal relocation from points south to north explain it. Young men going on long journeys by land and canoe would be a good one too. Who says Indigenous folks didn't have vast trade networks and traders and explorers too. The massive city states with massive architecture had to come from somewhere. Ideas just don't pop up in a vacuum. One visionary ruler had an idea and convinced others and traders came and took the idea back to their folks and before you know it every ruler who has big ideas copies the other with a few twists and turns here and there. So, we find the ruins here and there across the land. Along with that trade of ideas and goods, bodily fluids were swapped too. Seems the white folks were told of it, but discounted it as pure fantasy and hyperbole.
Question I have a ancestor that is African how do I go about finding out who it was ? I am at loss, dna test opened this and it is saying third grandparents but that’s all I know
Look up DNA Angels. It is a non-profit organization with volunteers who help people with their trees.
U have to go to African ancestry for your African roots ,they have the largest data base in the world for Africans, but you might have to do multiple lines..mother or father. They will place you right to the tribe and not percentages of this and that and that and this.
@ it’s fathers line I am searching that’s the African is showing
AfricanAncestry i think still focuses on giving an affirmation of tribal roots where majority analysis points to tribe's existence on the continent. If they are actually doing anything like helping with ancestors, that is a surprise.
Also, they cannot give a patrilineal / father trace because the usual female XX.
First do 23 and me, if it's a progenitor
ancestor, where you inherit their Mt or
Y-DNA, meaning your earliest mother or
father's signature, then African Ancestry
can help identify the particular, specific
people called "tribe."
Wow you look almost just like her.
Procella/Procela/Prosela isn't a spanish surname existing in Spain (you can control in "mapadeapellidos"), but I have found a mexican guy "Prosela" (Luis Prosela, in 1831).
It seems a surname born in America.
In Latin (and in ancient Italian), "procella" means "sea storm" and the surname yet exists in Italy. I don't think that in that case was an italian surname. Probably was created for a slave saved during a storm or for someone identified temperamentally as "a storm" (qui sicut procellam est).
that is a beautiful surname meaning. I will take it! :)
Can you help me look for my bio fam? I have no clue how to start.
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I don’t see Juan’s info
It’s in the video description (it should be! Let me know)
De La Cerda, Ebarb, Rivers
Yes I have de la cerda great grandparents as well!
@nytn Who are they? Mine had La Cerda Tx named after him!!! Buried under Nac, Tx Courthouse.
That’s the one! He’s my 5th grandfather I think. Juan Nepomuceno de la Cerda
@nytn Yes! We are cousins!!! Who was your Grandma and Grandpa? Go into Ancestry and aee if you can find ME. Onita Brown. Rosa was a Caddo, his wife!
I am hoping to have Juan help me with this story as well, although I do have a lot collected on my own!
Juan Nepomuceno Lopez de La Cerda 1752-1826
6th great-grandfather
5th grandmother (his daughter)Maria Sapopa DE LA CERDA 1772-1806
4th grandfather:Antonio Joseph Padilla Padier 1805-1882
(Son of Maria Sapopa DE LA CERDA)
3rd grandmother: Frances Padier Pardue 1858-1870
(Daughter of Antonio Joseph Padilla )
2nd grandmother: Julia Victoria Simon 1873-1938
(Daughter of Frances Padilla)
My great gram Lola Louise Perot 1900-1982
Daughter of Julia Victoria Simon
I heard him say that not so many Americans have Spanish ancestry…. (8:50) That’s simply not true.
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@ntyn when you talk about slavery, do you mean the Spanish slavery or the American angle slavery??
Slavery in the Colonial U.S. and Westward expansion.
Thanks so crazy, my mother, grandmother, and all of her 8 children were born in Nacogdoches and my great aunts name was Percellea but I always heard it pronounced "Per-cell". I'm African American as is most of my family however most of my family is "redbones".
Yah I bet we are cousins 👏🏼❤️
In Latin America/Mexico, you would be mestizo, and forgotten. But the land mass above the Rio grande was "invaded" by the US. So race became an issue.
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It is so SAD that people are not proud of their Black heritage, even though in the African continent, Africans had created Civilizians that Europeans wanted and still do to this day!!
Look at this woman's hair. Why cant black women now grow their hair so beautiful and healthy?
What kind of low balled question are you asking? How do you know that her 5th great grandmother was all of sub Saharan descent❓
Hey you look just like her !
Not to generalize but I don't think there is as much white guilt among Hispanics. To know you have an ancestor in the army might not be something people are ashamed of. People love the indigenous warrior stories too but I don't think there is the shame element quite so much
Shame is not the goal. Knowing our past so we don't repeat the same patterns in the present is the goal.
I’m glad to hear that
Where is the proof, she's african?
she looks Mexican not mulatto