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25. I started genealogy during Trump 1.0

It started with a DNA test and few matches.

I'm 1/2 Armenian, so I really can't do much there because of the genocide. But my mom's family is Anglo and has been here since who knows when. So, I found a few matches and was able to go quite far back. Then, I got into my husband's who is Mexican-American (three of his four grandparents are from Mexico. One was from here, but we don't know when that family came to the US, sometime in the 19th Century) It's been a trip.

On the Armenian side, I even discovered my great grandparent's 1925 "remarriage" in Mexico as a way to get my great grandmother into the US. (They "faked" their deaths and said they were both widowed) I also discovered my uncle's birth certificate in Mexico City.

On the maternal side, I discovered that my fourth great grandfather had a possible encounter with Black Beard the pirate and there is a book written about this. (I think it may be family lore). My third great grandfather (his son) never married and had 22 kids with two women. However, one of his sons became a state senator in North Carolina and got the everyone legitimized via an 1819 proclamation in the NC legislature.


I also found out that on my maternal side, I have a great uncle who is only a few years older than me!!! Another great grandfather remarried to someone who was young enough to be his granddaughter a few years before his death. Apparently, I knew the guy from many years ago, but my parents never told me how we were related.

I also found out I'm 8th cousins with Charles Manson and Bonnie Parker.

On my husband's side, he's the 13th great grandson of a conquistador, the 12th great grandson of a another and a 6th cousin of former Mexican president Venustiano Caranza. However, he's related to all the famous people from northern Mexico, because they are all related and didn't move around until recently.


Anyway, have fun in the genealogy rabbit hole! It's a good diversion.

I found the DNA test and the few matches on my mom's side to be very helpful. It gave me a good starting part. I knew nothing about her family.