Well, in my case, it is Aztec, DNA. Yesterday, one of my brothers and his wife visited, and we discussed family. We are not really supposed to use the not-woke word, “mognrels.” Our ancestors are from all over the globe.
Looking at a family tree is like the story about the rice and the checkerboard.
Apparently, the ruler of India many years ago was delighted with the newly created game of chess. So pleased in fact that he wanted to reward its creator, who, as it just so happens, was somewhat of a wise man and full-on mathematician.
The wise man appeared humble when he asked for simply 1 grain of rice to be placed on the first square of the chessboard on the first day, then double that number of grains of rice on the second square on the next day, and so on until all 64 squares had been filled.
It all sounded very simple and cheap, and the ruler readily agreed. And sure enough, it set off simply enough.
Square 1, 1 grain
Square 2, 2 grains
Square 3, 4 grains
By square 10, 512 grains. still not all that much.
Square 20, 524,288 grains
Still within the bounds of reality and easy grasp of human thought.
Square 24, things are slipping a little out of bounds- it’s up to over 8 million being added.
Then along comes day 32, and it’s an amazing 2,147,483,648
And then something quite dreadful happens; it’s at this halfway point of doubling that things take a shocking turn.
On day 36, 34,359,738,368 grains of rice are added.
By square 64, it’s a whopping 9,223,372,036,854,775,808
Below is my 13th great-grandmother on my mother’s side of the family. Using the square above at that time, one would have to search through 4096 relatives, grandparents.
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She was also known as La India de México; allegedly, she was an Aztec princess, probably a daughter of MOCTEZUMA.
But to that as to why our family not only has Spaniard royal blood but also Aztec royalty.
For many years, Aguascalientes and Nueva Galicia researchers have agreed that one branch of Moctezuma’s descendants ended up in Aguascalientes. However, the paper evidence for this theory has been difficult to assemble. And, at this point in time, there are still some gaps. It is believed that the researchers Guillermo Tovar de Teresa and Mariano Gonzalez-Leal have put together more detailed analysis on this lineage, but at this time, we will present what we have, which present parts of the picture.
GENERATION 1: MOTEZUMA II XOCOYOTSIN (1480-1520)
MOCTEZUMA II XOCOYOTSIN II was born about 1480 as the son of AXAYACTL TLATOANI (Water Mask” or “Water Face”), who was the sixth Emperor of the Aztecs, reigning over Tenochtitlán from 1469 to 1481. Axayactl was himself the grandson of Emperor MOCTEZUMA I (reigned 1440 to 1469), the monarch that he succeeded. Moctezuma II became the Emperor of the Aztec Empire in 1502 and was killed on June 29, 1520 during the fall of Tenochtitlán.
In May 2010, Margo Tamez, in submitting a dissertation to Washington State University, discussed the Moctezuma-Esparza lineage and the fact that female descendants of Moctezuma were granted “significant encomiendas in perpetuity” by the Spanish Crown.[i] In fact, three of Moctezuma‘s children were awarded special legal recognition, privileges and rights for themselves and their descendants.[ii]
MARIANA LEONOR MOCTEZUMA was one of the daughters of Moctezuma II. It is believed that she was Moctezuma’s daughter by a noble Mixtec woman of Acatlan, a town and province that was in alliance with Tenochtitlán at the time of the Spanish invasion. Leonor was Christianized by Hernán Cortés and was then endowed with the encomienda of Ecatepec.[iii] The fact that Moctezuma was the father of Leonor (alias Marina) and father-in-law of X’poval [Christoval] de Valderrama is confirmed by a segment of this 1574 chart in Mexico’s Archivo General:[iv]
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By 1610, the small town of Aguascalientes had some 25 Spanish residents, about fifty families of mestizos, at least 100 mulatos, twenty Black slaves, and ten Indians.[xvii] It is likely that these twenty-five Spanish inhabitants probably included persons with the surnames Ruiz de Esparza, Alvarado, Tiscareno de Molina, Luebana, and Fernandez de Vaulus. The Registros Parroquiales (Parish Registers) for La Parroquia de la Asunción (Assumption Parish) in Aguascalientes began at various points around this time: marriages in 1601, baptisms in 1616 and deaths in 1620. And the vast majority of the people who were baptized or married in this church in the early years were mulatos, mestizos and indios (as indicated by the 1610 tally).
The first evidence we have of Lope’s presence in Aguascalientes is an October 8th, 1611 marriage of two people who are described as servants (criados) of Pedro Fernandez de Vaulus (most likely a nephew of Francesca Gabai de Ruiz de Esparza). This marriage was performed in the presence (en presencia) of three people, one of whom was Lope Ruiz de Esparza.
- Mariana “Azteca” Sanchez de Tobar 1530-1568
13th great-grandmother - Hernan Martin Serrano (Conquistador) 1558-1626
Son of Mariana “Azteca” Sanchez de Tobar - Luis Martin Serrano I Captain (Mestizo) 1594-1661
Son of Hernan Martin Serrano (Conquistador) - Captain Andres Hurtado de Salazar 1628-1679
Son of Luis Martin Serrano I Captain (Mestizo) - Martin Hurtado First Colonial Mayor (Alcalde in Spanish) of ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO Capitán 1659-1734
Son of Captain Andres Hurtado de Salazar - Bernardina Hurtado 1695-1750
Daughter of Martin Hurtado First Colonial Mayor (Alcalde in Spanish) of ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO Capitán - FRANCISCO Xavier Garcia Jurado 1718-1807
Son of Bernardina Hurtado - Juana Maria Garcia Jurado 1747-1809
Daughter of FRANCISCO Xavier Garcia Jurado - Francisco Xavier Savavedra 1775-1834
Son of Juana Maria Garcia Jurado - Maria Dolores Savavedra 1806-1851
Daughter of Francisco Xavier Savavedra - Jesus Candelaria 1838-
Son of Maria Dolores Savavedra - Juana Candelario 1854-
Daughter of Jesus Candelaria - dionicio garcia
Son of Juana Candelario - eduardo garcia 1897-
Son of dionicio garcia - otalia garcia 1926-2004
Daughter of eduardo garcia - Manuel Barrera
You are the son of otalia garcia