Wednesday, October 25, 2023

My Mexican Family Rivera Baz in Mexico by Maria "Mary" Rivera Cummins

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My Mexican grandmother Maria Luisa Rivera Baz raised me since I was a newborn. She was my mother, father, all my grandparents combined. I called her "mami" as a child though I later called her "nana" which is Latin for grandmother. 

Maria Luisa Rivera Baz was born in Mexico in 1899. Her parents were music professor, composer Manuel Severo Rivera and Maria Trinidad Baz. She was 65 years old when I was born. She raised me and my sister Marie Juliette Cummins. I was named after her older sister "Katie" who helped raise her when her mother and father died.

Below are a few well known modern day closer relatives in my family tree from Mexico.

Manuel Rivera Baz (1882-1937)
Musician, Composer
Grand Uncle

Enrique Baz Vazquez (1843-1932)
Senator in Mexico, Business Man
Great Great Grandfather

Dr Gustavo Baz Prada (1893-1987)
Governor, Doctor
1st Cousin 3x removed

Diego Rivera (1886-1957)
Artist
Cousin 

Diego Baz Miranda (1784-1826)
5th Great Grandfather

Gov Juan Jose Baz Palafox (1820-1887)
Governor after Porfirio Diaz
3rd Great Grand Uncle

"Every man is the descendant of every king and every slave that ever lived."  Kahlil Gibran

We are all related in this world. If you are of European descent, you are probably at least a 15th cousin with others descended from Europeans. That means you're probably related to the royal families of England, Spain, Germany, France and more. If you are of European descent and your family has been in the US a few generations, you are probably related to all of the US Presidents. Here are my links to all of the Presidents. This is all about genealogy and finding the genealogical paths to other people. I'm not anyone special. You're probably also related. Genealogy is a great way to explore your roots and expand your tree. 


I got involved in the Geneastar project to add the family trees of famous Mexicans, Spaniards, African Americans, Jewish people and women. Everyone added the trees of famous old white men. The others were not represented at all. Every time I do the family tree of a famous person, I find the route to me and add it to my tree. The purpose is to connect everyone and show we're all related. While George Washington is my second cousin, the recent Queen of England was only my 10th cousin 1x removed. Most of the other famous people in my tree are 10-15th cousins. 

I have added 500 of the most famous people who have existed in modern history to my tree. They are in my tree but not all DNA or cousin related. Some are related by marriage. I first had to research and build their family trees then find the link. Some of the trees were already in Geneastar and I only had to find the link. I'll be posting an article showing that we're all related soon. It took me over two years to do all of the research. It's in Geneastar so others can find the links in their trees. Ancestry has since bought Geneanet and Geneastar.

I've been involved in genealogy over 35 years. My family was also in the cemetery business.


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Tradition of the Catrina in Dia de los Muertos by Mary Cummins aka Maria Catrina Rivera Cummins

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Today Dia de los Muertos aka Day of the Dead has been highly commercialized in Mexico, USA and around the world. Dia de Muertos has been mixed in with Halloween here in the United States. The fancy lady skeleton Catrina costume to some is now just a "spooky" Halloween costume. The real Catrina from Dia de los Muertos is not a scary Halloween costume at all. It has a rich and complex history starting in Mexico.

Artist Jose Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913) created the original "calavera catrina" pictured above published 1913 which he named "Calavera Garbancera." "Calavera" means "skull." "Catrina" translates roughly as "dapper" or "fancy." “Garbancera” means "chickpeas" is a nickname for an Indigenous American (who sold chickpeas) who tries to look European and denies their own heritage. "The Catrina hides her Mexican origins by wearing a French style hat and just her bones which make her look whiter." Posada's catrina wore a turn of the century European dress. 

Jose Posada was making fun of indigenous Mexicans who put on European airs. He was also showing us that we are all merely humans who will die and become skeletons. What we look like, what we wear doesn't matter. “Death is democratic. At the end, regardless of whether you are white, dark, rich or poor, we all end up as skeletons.” (Jose Posada)

"In 1947, the Mexican muralist Diego Rivera (1886-1957) elaborated on Posada's image and created a full-scale figure that he placed in his fresco "A Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in the Alameda Park" (now in the Museo Mural Diego Rivera). Whereas Posada's print likely intended to satirize upper class women of the Porfiriato, Rivera, through various iconographic attributes that referenced indigenous cultures, rehabilitated her into a Mexican national symbol." 

The central focus of Diego's mural is the "display of bourgeois complacency and values shortly before the Mexican Revolution of 1910." Diego's catrina was a Mexican woman who wore a fancy European hat, dress and feather boa but the feather boa had the head of a serpent. The catrina is on the arm of Jose Posada. Diego as a child holds her hand as if she is his mother.

"Catrina became central to Mexican identity in part because Posada was made into the "primary artistic ancestor figure" for the generation of the Mexican Muralists. Additionally, for many years, influential Day of the Dead festivities in Mexico City were held at museums that centered on Rivera and Kahlo, where the Linares family made three dimensional versions of Posada's prints out of papier mâché. Consequently, Posada, Rivera, and Kahlo were woven into foundational urban commemorations in Mexico City. Even without the Mesoamerican attributes Rivera provided to Catrina, she still functions as a national emblem associated specifically with Mexico."

Day of the Dead is an even more complex event. Some say the origins are from the Aztec's Lady of Death. Others say it's from the Catholic influence of All Saints and All Souls day from Europe and Spain. Still others say it became popular as Mexican politicians tried to instill Mexican nationalism in its people. An interesting note is that Day of the Dead parades were not that prevalent in major cities in Mexico until after a 2015 James Bond film Spectre included one. Mexico gave the movie $14,000,000 to film in Mexico to promote Mexico. The opening sequence was filmed in Zócalo and the Centro Histórico district in Mexico City. Due to the interest raised by Spectre and the government's desire to promote the pre-Hispanic Mexican culture, the federal and local authorities decided to organise an actual "Día de Muertos" parade through Paseo de la Reforma and Centro Histórico on 29 October 2016 which was attended by 250,000 people. Before they were mainly in smaller towns. Today many Mexican cities have these events to encourage tourism and local business. The Mexican Secretary of Tourism started promoting Dia de Muertos year round in 2016 in Mexico and abroad. They even hired a catrin dressed as a mariachi.

Whatever the case as Dia de los Muertos became more popular and commercialized in Mexico and the US catrinas also became more popular. Today we have catrinas of all types. There are classic traditional catrinas similar to the original who wear a fancy old style European dress and hat while wearing skull face makeup. Some catrinas feature an Aztec lady of death fashion and headdress. Still others are more modern glam interpretations of the catrina with large quinceanera dresses and flower crowns. There are even catrine (masculine) contests at most Dia de los Muertos events. These contests include catrines or male versions of the catrina. The male version can just be a dapper well dressed gentleman or a mariachi. The possibilities are endless today.

Below are some photos I took from some Dia de los Muertos events and catrina contests I've attended in Los Angeles, California the last couple of years. Catrinas, Dia de los Muertos is for everyone to honor and celebrate our dearly departed loved ones. I hope you attend a Dia de los Muertos event and enjoy the festivities! I'll soon be posting my most recent catrina look here. I posted an older one of mine below.

FYI my family is from Mexico. We observed All Soul's day and All Saint's day by going to mass at church. We also tended and cared for the graves of our family. We didn't dress up as catrinas growing up. I only got involved in Dia de los Muertos activities in the last 17 years here in Los Angeles, California where I live. I think my first event was Self-Help graphics in 2006 in East LA. 








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Saturday, January 28, 2023

Daniel Danny Trejo Family Tree, Ancestry, DNA, Ethnicity, by Mary Cummins Genealogist


Daniel Danny Trejo family tree, ancestry, DNA, ethnicity, heritage by Mary Cummins genealogist. I did this tree 20 years ago in 2003 and left it on Ancestry.com. That means anyone had access to all the data. I translated the old Spanish documents myself word by word. There was no tree for him on Geni, Ancestry, Geneastar, online...before I made it. I'm sure others probably made one in a private website or their computer but there was no tree on the internet when I made this tree. I did add the photos more recently but it's the same tree.

I love Henry Louis Gates Jr. and PBS' "Finding Your Roots." Great show. That said all of the family trees that he has shown on his show were done by other people many years earlier. He doesn't do them from scratch. I'm sure he probably worked to verify that the data was accurate but he saved years of work by using the existing data. He basically verifies trees, data then weaves it into a nice and compelling presentation. It's a TV show, entertainment.

Danny Trejo acted on the show like this is the first time this information was known. I realize he's an actor trying to put on a good show to promote himself. Still, this data has been publicly available to anyone on the internet since at least 2003. His mother's family was never unknown. Neither was his father's family. Since I made my tree for him I see many other people have linked to it and used the data for their trees. 

I've done over 1,500 trees for famous people and celebrities. Many of them are on Geneastar.org which was bought by Ancestry.com last year. I started making them public for all without a pay wall few years back. I was a little upset that Ancestry sells all my work, my data, my documents to other people for $35/month. Even if your tree is private everyone can see, use all of the data and your photos. They just can't see your name or living people in your tree. If you want your tree, family photos to be private, never put it on Ancestry, Geni, My Heritage, My Family or any other place even if they say it's private. You are giving them the right to sell your photos and data. This is why I don't put any of my photos on Ancestry. Once a relative of mine put one of my photos in his Ancestry account and Ancestry advertised it as one of their photos. It was my photo. I had to send a cease and desist to get them to remove it. They tried so hard to shake me so they could keep it and sell it but they finally removed it. Now I don't even let my relatives have family photos for this reason.

My specialty is Mexican, Spanish, Jewish and African American genealogy research. I like to do the not so famous people, Mexicans, Jewish and African Americans because no one was doing their trees and we need this information out there. I've been working on this project for many years. The main theme is that we are all related. In fact I've also been connecting all of the famous people to my tree. I connected all of the US Presidents, US VPs, English/Spanish/French... royalty, 500 most famous people ever... in my tree. Everyone in the US with one European ancestor is at least a 15th cousin to everyone else with a European ancestor. You just need to know the path.

I generally write a full article on each person in the tree with their biography, history, obituary but you can just read the articles online about the PBS show. It's not as detailed as my articles but I don't feel like doing all that work as other people just take my articles, data and sell it with ads or as a subscription service like Ancestry. I have no ads on this blog. 


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Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Governor Greg Abbott's wife Cecilia Phalen Abbott family tree, Mexican Ancestors by Mary Cummins

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Cecilia T Phalen Abbott is the wife of Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Gregory Wayne Abbott. I did his family tree for Geneastar years ago. Governor Greg Abbott's ancestors are immigrants just like Cecilia Phalen's ancestors. Always amazing when descendants of immigrants hate other immigrants. They want to deny them the rights which they themselves had and used to come to this country to flee oppression and have a better life. It's more upsetting in this case as Cecilia's mother speaks in Spanish in a political ad telling Latinos that Abbott is a "family man" and a "man of faith" who cares about "our values" when that is not the case.

* This article does not include full birth dates of living people. Only the year is included in order to differentiate among people with similar names. All photos are copyright free and used for education. 

Cecilia was born in 1959 in Texas. Her parents were teachers William Joseph Phalen born 1933 in Michigan and Maria de la Luz "Mary Lucy" Segura born 1934 in Texas and died November 7, 2020. Cecilia's paternal side is from England, Ireland and Maternal is from Mexico. Mary Lucy Segura Phalen's obituary is below.

"Mary Lucy Phalen (nee Maria de la Luz Segura) went to meet our Heavenly Father on November 7, 2020 after a brief illness. She passed peacefully surrounded by family who prayed and sang at her bedside.

She was the youngest daughter of Agustin and Leonor Segura who emigrated from Mexico to Texas at the turn of the 20th century. She was raised with strong Catholic values that emphasized faith, family and a generosity of spirit. She attended St. Henry's elementary and high school and graduated Salutatorian. She earned her Bachelor's degree from Our Lady of the Lake College.

She became a teacher, which was truly a vocation for her. She taught at various Catholic schools including St. Martin's Hall, St. Paul's and St. Anthony's. She also taught in the SAISD for 30 years at schools, including Horace Mann and Longfellow. She loved teaching and always referred to her students as "my children".

After she retired, she tutored neighborhood children who could not attend school due to illness or who needed extra help. This was her joy! She also volunteered her teaching services at Our Lady of the Atonement when they were in transition and were in desperate need of good teachers.

Her most fateful teaching assignment was when she was asked to fill in at St. Henry's in 1956 after the sudden and tragic death of one of their nuns. There, Mary Lucy met Bill Phalen, a fellow teacher who shared her same strong Catholic values. They married on December 28, 1957 and had four children: Joseph, Cecilia, Norbert and Letitia. She was very proud of her children and because of her ongoing emphasis on education, her children went on to earn college degrees, including post-graduate degrees.

She adored her son-in-law and daughters-in-law as if they were her own children and would do anything for them. She became somewhat of a celebrity when she starred in the "Madrina" commercials during the gubernatorial campaign for her son-in-law, Greg Abbott. This commercial ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epeGzWXUYgE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqONQ7ErAsY English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouPDw4pWOBA ) proved to be effective with gaining the Hispanic vote. She was so proud that her daughter, Cecilia, became the first Hispanic First Lady of Texas. Sadly, during this victorious time, she lost her son, Norbert, to cancer.

She loved music. She had a beautiful singing voice and played both the piano and organ. She shared her gift of song at various weddings and funerals. Anyone planning these important family events always knew they could count on both Lucy and Bill to organize the music.

Her house was always your house! The Phalen home became a hub for many celebrations, including Thanksgiving, Christmas, rehearsal dinners and wedding receptions, to name a few. Extended family and friends knew they were always welcome!

She was an excellent cook and she had some iconic items like her famous fruit salad that could not be replicated. Music was always a big part of the Phalen experience so everyone was encouraged to sing Christmas Carols in harmony.

If anyone needed a place to stay for the holidays or if they were in between places in life, her door was open and they were treated as family. If anyone needed help and approached her, they would not be left out in the cold. This included stray animals. Mary Lucy exemplified her name, Maria de la Luz, meaning Mary of the light!

She is survived by her husband of nearly 63 years, William (Bill) Phalen, her son and daughter-in-law, Joseph and Yvette Phalen, daughter, First Lady Cecilia and Texas Governor Greg Abbott, daughter-in-law, Rosie Torres Phalen (the late Norbert Phalen) and daughter, Letitia Phalen MD. She is also survived by her grandchildren James and Natalie Phalen (Joseph and Yvette), Joshua Rocha, Clarissa, Erica, Olivia and Samuel Phalen (the late Norbert Phalen and Rosie Torres Phalen) and Audrey Abbott (Cecilia and Greg Abbott). Surviving great-grandchildren including Roman and Monique Rocha, as well as Charizma and Sebastian Boone.

She was preceded in death by her beloved son, Norbert Phalen, as well as her parents, Agustin and Leonor Segura, siblings, Agustin and Jose Segura and Nina Barner."

Maternal Family

Cecilia's great grandfather was Jose Augustino Segura born in Mexico 1900 and died 1955 in Texas. He was a janitor.  Her great grandmother was Leonor Rodriguez born in Mexico 1902 and died 1997 in Texas. All older ancestors on maternal side born in Mexico.

Paternal Family

Cecilia's paternal family is from England, Ireland, France and Scotland. 

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Thursday, December 15, 2022

Jenna Ortega, Jenna Marie Ortega family tree, ethnicity, ancestry, heritage, parents by Mary Cummins

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Family tree of Jenna Ortega, Jenna Marie Ortega. Full birth dates of living people are not included. Only birth years are used to differentiate between different people.

Jenna Marie Ortega was born in 2002 in Coachella, Riverside, California. Her parents are Edward Anthony Ortega and Natalie Marie Lopez both born in Riverside, California. Her father's side is from Mexico. Her mother's side is from Puerto Rico and Mexico.I just started the tree and will post the full tree when I finish.

Paternal Family

Paternal grandfather was Anthony "Tony" Ortega. Below is his obituary.

"Indio - Anthony "Tony" Larriva Ortega was born February 8, 1948 in Indio CA, to Jose Maria Ortega and Josephine Ortega and passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on January 19, 2022 in Indio, CA. He graduated from Coachella Valley High School in 1966 and served in the U.S. Army from 1968-1970. Tony will be remembered by all as a person that loved his family. Tony was proceeded in death by his parents Jose Maria and Josephine, and his sister Estella O. Cruz of Indio, CA.

Tony is survived by his wife Rosemary Palomares Ortega of Indio, CA, sons Edward Ortega of La Quinta, CA, Eli Ortega of Indio, CA, and daughter Monika Ortega of Indio, CA. Also surviving is his sister Julieta O. Arias of Indio, CA, and his grandchildren Mariah, Isaac, Mia, Jenna, Markus, and Aliyah. His great-grandchildren include Damian and Cash and too many nieces, nephews, and other loving family members, by blood, marriage, and choice, to possibly list.

Tony raised his 3 kids on a 5 acre ranch he owned for 23 years and built his dream home on. He was a tile setter and owned C.V. Raisins, his favorite line was "Hey I know what I'm talking about I'm a tile setter!"

Some of our best memories of our Fadda are of traveling, camping, shooting and treasure hunting all while listening to his oldies something everyone in the family got to enjoy with him, and something Tony really loved. We learned so much from our Fadda and we miss him so much already."

Grandmother is Rosemary Palomares Ortega who survives.

Great grandfather was Jose Maria Ortega. Below is his obituary.

"Jose Maria Ortega, 78, co-owner of businesses Services (or Jose Maria "Chema" Ortega), 78, of Indio will be held at 9 a.m. Friday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Indio. Mr. Ortega, a native of Chihuahua, Mexico, died Sunday at his home. He was a 70-year resident of the Coachella Valley. He was co-owner of Indio Cab Co. from 1946 to 1963, co-owner of El Patio Inn in Indio from 1948 to 1985 and co-owner of Coachella Valley Raisin Co. from 1981 to 1987. He was a member of Sociedad Progresista Mexicana No. 63 in Coachella. Survivors include two daughters, Julieta O. Arias and Estella O. Cruz, both of Indio; a son,Anthony L. Ortega of Indio; five sisters, Jesusita Mufioz of Mexico, Maria Gas-telum and Lucina Martinez, both of Indio; Elena Galvez of La Quinta and Elvira Larriva of San Diego; four brothers, Antonio Ortega, Francisco Ortega, Carlos Ortega and Rafael Ortega, all of Mexico; 12 grandchildren; and 15 greatgrandchildren. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. today . at FitzHenry Funeral Home in Indio. A rosary will be said at 6:30 p.m. .Burial will be at Coachella Valley Cemetery in Coachella."

Great grandmother Josephine Ortega. Obituary is below,

"Josephine Ortega Services for Josephine Larriva "Josefa" Ortega, 70, of Indio, will be at 8:30 a.m. Monday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Indio. Mrs. Ortega, a native of Anthony, N.M., died Monday in Indio. She was a member of the Sociedad Protectora Femenil and the owner of the El Patio Inn in Indio. She donated many hours to the Girls Club of the Coachella Valley Thrift Shop and worked as a volunteer at election precincts. Survivors include her husband, Joe; a son, Anthony Ortega of Indio; two daughters, Estella Cruz and Julieta Arias, both of Indio; a sister, Hortencia Rey of Indio; two brothers, Frank Larriva of San Diego and Julio Larriva of Indio, 13 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the FitzHenry Funeral Home in Indio. A rosary will be said at 7:15 p.m. Burial will be at the Coachella Valley Cemetery. The family suggests memorial contributions to the Diabetes Association."

Great grandfather Felizardo Palomares obituary is below.

"Felizardo E Palomares, 96 Bagdasarian worker. Services for Felizardo E Palomares 96 of Indio will be at 9 am Monday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Indio. Mr Palomares a native of Mexico died Thursday at Rancho Milage Health Care Convalescent Hospital in Rancho Mirage. He worked for Qoacbella Valley grower Richard Bagdasarian. Survivors include seven sons PALOMARES fyavid Palomares of Los Angeles, Mike Palomares of Huntington Beach, Harold Palomares of San Bernardino, Frank Palomares of Corona and Paul Palomares Er-i$st Palomares and Robert Palomares all of Coachella, seven daughters Cleo Palomares of Escondido, Rosie Smith of Ventura, Henrietta Hampton of Illinois, Rachel Palomares of Palm Desert, Jennie Fares and Ruby Bracamonte and Rosemary Ortega all of Indio, two stepsons Manuel Perez of Brawley and Tony Perez of Morgan Hill three stepdaughters, Helen Dominguez of Thousand Palms, Eugenia Ysiano of Cabazon and Margaret Aragon of Pomona; 70 grandchildren and 52 greatgrandchildren. Visitation will be from noon Sunday at FitzHenry Funeral Home Chapel in Indio A vigil service will be at 4 pm Burial will be at Coachella Valley Cemetery in Coachella."

Maternal Family

Grandfather was Robert Bob Lopez. Obituary is below.

"Robert Lopez worked in pool maintenance, 42. Services for Robert Lopez 42 of Palm Springs will be at 7 pm today at the Palm Springs Mortuary Chapel. Mr Lopez a native of Puerto Rico died Tuesday at Desert Hospital in Palm Springs. He was self-employed in pool maintenance. Survivors include his mother Felicita Cruz of New York City, a daughter Natalie Lopez of Indio, a son Christian Lopez of Indio, a sister Evelyn Winthrop of Torrance and his friend Richard Lloyd of Palm Springs. Burial will be private."

Grandmother is Maria Morales who is alive.

I'll post more of the family tree after I finish. I started only an hour ago.

Finished paternal side. Still stumped on parts of maternal side which is from Puerto Rico and Mexico. 





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Saturday, November 26, 2022

Nick Fuentes, Nicholas Joseph Fuentes Family Tree, Mexican Italian by Mary Cummins Genealogist

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Nick Fuentes, Nicholas Joseph Fuentes, was born 1998 in Illinois. No exact birth dates of living people will be shared here. This is a genealogy article. Birth years are needed to distinguish from other people with the same name. Nick's birth year is public information which is also available on Wikipedia. The fractions above are based on the family tree alone.

Nick Fuentes, Nicholas Fuentes, is an alleged White Supremacist who leads the Groyper movement. This is pretty odd considering the fact that he's Catholic, Mexican, Italian, Irish and descendant of somewhat recent immigrants, everything which White Supremacists generally hate. His paternal side is Mexican, Irish and maternal side is Italian. He's named after his Mexican grandfather. His paternal side born in Mexico and Ireland. His maternal great grandparents were all born in Italy. I'm still working on the paternal side. I just started an hour or so ago.

As I look at the rest of his family it's pretty happily mixed. They are married to Latinos, Greeks and Italians. They are proud of their family heritage. Shocking that Nick Fuentes is a white supremacist when he would not be considered "white Caucasian" per his white supremacist peers. Non white, white supremacists are always very confused.

Nick went to Lyons Township High School in La Grange, Illinois, USA 2012-2016 where he grew up. In 2014 he and his twin sister's high school speech team won first place. His father William Fuentes is an engineer. There's already been enough written about the father and his businesses. His father removed his name from his business websites and tried to remove himself from the internet because of Nick Fuentes' horrible behavior. His mother is Lauren Chicco Fuentes. He has a fraternal twin sister is a national speech champion from Bradley University. They are fraternal which means they don't look alike. That is why he's lighter than her. He looks more like his paternal grandmother who is Irish.

Nick's maternal grandparents were Martin Chicco and Marlene Cairo. Below is Martin's obituary.

"CHICCO Martin Chicco, loving husband of Marlene, nee Cairo; dear father of Lauren and Joseph; dearest son of Rosetta and the late Paul and stepson of Frank. Funeral Saturday, 8:30 a. m., from the Galewood Funeral Chapel, 1B57 N. Harlem Av., to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Melrose Park. Mass 9:30 a. m. Interment Queen of Heaven Cemetery. Visitation Thursday after 6 p. m. Please omit flowers. 889-1700."

Below is Marlene's obituary.

"Marlene Chicco, September 26, 1932 - May 19, 2021. Marlene Chicco, nee Cairo, at rest May 19, 2021. She died as she lived, demonstrating astonishing strength, tremendous courage and unwavering faith.   She is preceded in death by her husband Martin, her beloved son Joseph, her parents Mary and Joseph,  and her brothers Pasquale, Anthony, Dominick and James. She is succeeded by her adoring daughter Lauren (Fuentes), her cherished grandchildren Melissa and Nicholas, and her son in law and dear friend, Bill Fuentes. Marlene’s life was a successful but difficult journey; accomplished in business, in creating a home for all who needed one, and her priority of service and dedication to her God and her family. Her life was an example of unconditional love, forgiveness and grace. Funeral Wednesday, June 9, 2021 with Visitation from 9:30 a.m. until time of funeral mass at 10:00 a.m. at St. Louise de Marillac Church, 1155 Harrison, La Grange Park. Those planning to attend church need to sign up through the following link. Interment private at Queen of Heaven Cemetery for family only." 

I will post the paternal info when I can confirm it. So far it's .The paternal grandparents are Joseph J Fuentes Sr who is dead and Joan "Joni" Bridget King Fuentes Gall who is alive. She is of Irish descent. She remarried Thomas Gall who is dead. I've gone one more generation back in the entire tree and filled in some names. I'll update the tree above later. 

Paternal grandfather Joseph J Fuentes obituary. He worked for the fire department.

"Joseph J. Fuentes. suddenly, loving husband of Joan ., nee King; dear father of Joseph J. Jr., William and Christopher; fond brother of five sisters and three brothers. Funeral Thursday, Aug. 17, at 8:45 a. m., from Ahern Funeral Heme, 1110 Madison St., Oak Park, to St. Angela Church. Mass of the Resurrection at 9:30 a. m. Interment Queen of Heaven. Visitation after 5 p. m. Tuesday. EU 3-5700 or KE 3-2394."

Below is a photo of Joseph's brother Simon Fuentes Jr who died recently. Joseph probably looked like this because they were born about the same time. His father Simon Fuentes Sr was born in Mexico and did labor for the freight trains.


Paternal great grandfather is Patrick Francis King. Obituary. "King. Patrick F. King, suddenly, loving husband of Mary Sexton, nee Galvin; dear father of Marilyn Neilsen, Patricia Fischer, Margaret Sunich, Rita Serafin, Martin Sexton, Joan Fuentes, William, Kevin, James, and Patrick J. Jr.; grandfather of 27; dear brother of Catharine Tonne, and Eugene and James King. Funeral Monday, May 19, at 10:15 a. m. from Ahern Funeral Home, 1110 Madison street, Oak Park, to St. Joseph church, Addison, Illinois. Requiem mass 11 a. m. Interment Mount Carmel. Please omit flowers."

Paternal great grandmother is Mary Galvin King. Obituary. "KING Mary M King, nee Galvin, 89, of Lombard. beloved wife of the late Martin L Sexton and Patrick F King Sr., loving mother of Marilyn (Conrad) Neilsen. Margaret (Jim) Sunich, Rita (John) Serafini. Martin L. Sexton, Joan (the late Joe Fuentes and Thomas Gall) Gall, William P. (Christine) King, Kevin P., James P , Patrick F. Jr (Susan) King and the late Patricia (George) Fisher, dear grandmother of 31, great grandmother of 48, fond sister o the late Jim (Mary) Galvin, dear aunt of many nieces and nephews. Funeral Saturday, 9: 15 a m from Steuerle Funeral Home, 350 S Ardmore Ave , Villa Park to St Joseph Chuch, Mass 10 am Internment Mount Carmel cemetery visitation Friday, 2 to 9 pm For info 630 812-4161"

So far Nick seems to be the odd man out in the family. The rest seem normal and are not white supremacists as far as I can tell. Please, don't attack the family just because they're related. White supremacy and white supremacists are the evil not Nick's relatives. Attacking his relatives just makes you a dick.

Donald Trump had dinner with Kanye West and Nick Fuentes in Mar-a-lago, Florida. 

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Monday, October 24, 2022

Sacheen Littlefeather aka Marie Louise Cruz family tree, ancestry, heritage, ethnicity, DNA by Mary Cummins

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Sacheen Littlefeather aka Marie Louise Cruz is indeed Mexican and Danish. I went back seven generations and see no American Indian whatsoever. I'm Latino from Mexico. My DNA shows Indigenous Americas-Mexico and Indigenous Americas-Central. On the map it's southwest USA and Mexico. Littlefeather looks exactly like her two sisters so she didn't have a different father.

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