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Thursday, April 16, 2026

Xavier Becerra Running for Governor of California, Family Tree by Mary Cummins

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Xavier Becerra's is running for Governor of California. Xavier Becerra was born January 26, 1958 in California. He is an attorney and politician who served as the 25th United States secretary of health and human services until January 2025. As a member of the Democratic Party, Becerra previously served as the attorney general of California from 2017 until 2021.

Xavier Becerra's family is of course from Mexico. His paternal side goes back at least eight generations in Mexico. He is of Spanish and Native Indigenous descent. His maternal side is from Mexico and farther back also from Germany. So far Becerra is 7/8 Mexican and 1/8 German. I haven't been able to go back to Spain yet from the Mexican ancestors. Grandmother Schmidt had three children before she married her husband. I assumed they were the children of a previous husband who died but I haven't yet found that information. I will now just assume the marriage I found was a second marriage for the same spouse. Sometimes people were married more than once for legal reasons. The marriage I found listed them both as single, not widowed, divorced.

I also did Xavier Becerra's tree on Geneanet. I added him to my tree. No blood relationship. Relationship through marriage. https://gw.geneanet.org/marycummins?lang=en&p=xavier&n=becerra I added him to Geneastar few years ago as a famous Mexican American politican https://en.geneastar.org/genealogy/becerraxavi/xavier-becerra I started a huge project many years ago adding Mexican, Spanish, Jewish, African American and women to Geneastar. Geneastar was mainly just the family trees of famous white guys and I felt others needed representation. I speak and read Spanish which is needed to read through very old documents written in old Spanish cursive.

Here is Xavier Becerra's father's obituary.

"Manuel Guerrero Becerra, 91, passed away peacefully at home in Sacramento, CA on January 1, 2020, surrounded by his loving wife Maria Teresa and family. "Hardworking, devoted, humble and true" describes the man his family knew affectionately as Pop. Manuel was born in Sacramento on July 14, 1928, the eldest of eight children to Heliodoro and Otilia Becerra. Raised in the shadow of the Great Depression, long before he became a teenager, Manuel began working to help support his family. His parents moved the family to Tijuana, Mexico while he was a child, where he began to shine shoes or sell fruits picked from his father's farm after school. When he returned to California as a young teenager, living with relatives, he learned schools made little effort to teach an industrious "migrant", but employers were intent on hiring him. For several years, Manuel worked as a farm worker along the spine of Highway 99 and as a railroad worker for Southern Pacific Railroad. In 1953, he married the love of his life, Maria Teresa, whom he met in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico and brought to California. They settled in Sacramento where he worked as a cannery worker for Campbell Soup before beginning a decades long career as a road construction worker under the Laborer's union, Local 185 (64 year pensioned member), with Teichert Construction Co. Soon they started their family and bought their tiny first home. A decade later, with four growing children, Manuel dedicated his after-work hours building the family's second home with frequent help from friend and neighbor construction workers. For his 91 years, Manuel was a builder...the home where his children grew up...the fruits and vegetables we eat...the roads and highways we travel...the homes he and Maria Teresa bought, rented and renovated. While never within their reach, he and Maria Teresa worked to see their children enter college and serve in the military. He deeply loved this country though it took its time accepting him. His memory will be proudly and faithfully carried by Maria Teresa, his bride of 67 years; four children: Margie (Manuel) Juarez, Maria Elena (Ray) Becerra Rivera, Xavier (Carolina), and Teresa (Roy Fessenden) Tulp; ten grandchildren: Christy, Steven, Eric, Michael, Adrienne, Adam, Anelisa, Clarisa, Olivia, and Natalia; and three great-grandchildren: Olivia, Lily and Gabriel. He is survived by siblings Alfredo (Mercedes), Heliodoro (Velia), and Gloria, and a loving extended family. Manuel was preceded in death by his parents Heliodoro and Otilia, his siblings Angel, Dolores (Max) Hernandez, Consuelo (Miguel) Gomez, and Jose (Elena). From an early age, Manuel learned to rise with the sun. As the sun set on the first day of 2020, the angels took our beloved Manuel to his lasting home in heaven where he is no doubt, tools in hand, building. He is forever loved, and we will always build in his honor. Private services will be held for Manuel in Sacramento. "

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Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Cesar Chavez Family Tree, Ancestry, DNA, Heritage, Ethnicity by Mary Cummins, Maria Rivera genealogist

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I did Cesar Chavez family tree for Geneastar many years ago. I also did Dolores Fernandez Huerta's family tree. Below is Cesar Chavez family tree. Here is the link to the tree I did on Geneastar https://en.geneastar.org/genealogy/chavezcesar/cesar-chavez I just added his two daughters with Dolores Huerta.

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Here is the tree I did for Dolores Fernandez Chavez for Geneastar. Her mother's name is Chavez, a very common Mexican name. I have quite a few Chavez in my Rivera family as well.

https://en.geneastar.org/genealogy/fernandezdo/dolores-huerta

Below are my Ancestry trees. I go back farther than five generations. Dolores had three husbands, Ralph William Head, Ventura Huerta and Richard Chavez. She has 13 children including her two daughters with Cesar Chavez. I've met her in person a few times. Very nice, very sharp, so devoted to the cause. I feel bad what she had to go through with Cesar Chavez. I can't even imagine how she felt giving her daughters to another family. Maybe the daughters figured out who their father was by doing a DNA test. Others have said that many knew who their father was for many years.

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Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Kitzia Mitre is Related to Aztec Emperor Montezuma by Mary Cummins Genealogist

Kitzia Mitre stated in the television show "Made in Mexico" she was related to Montezuma. She is related to Montezuma. I found one route to Montezuma but I'm sure there is a direct ancestral route. Kitzia's cousin Carlos Baz Manero was a life long genealogist. He passed away in 2016 but he left his genealogy work with his daughter who maintains the tree on geneanet.org under Chantal Laurent. I bet she figured out the direct route. I could figure it out but it takes time.

Below is the link to a close relative of Kitzia who is Daniel Baz. I know this because Kitzia is my 3rd cousin once removed. My ancestor is Rivera Baz from the same Baz family. Click image to make it bigger.

Basically anyone who is Spanish or Mexican is probably related to Montezuma. The reason is because Spaniards married a daughter of Montezuma named Isabel. I'm also related. Here is my link. I'm sure I could also figure out a direct link but it takes time and I don't really care.

https://gw.geneanet.org/marycummins_w?lang=en&pz=mary+k&nz=cummins&&sn=&ei=27729&em=R&image=on&iz=0&m=NG&n=&select=0&t=N&et=S

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Monday, July 28, 2025

Wallis Annenberg Family Tree, Ancestry, Ethnicity, Heritage, DNA, Jewish by Mary Cummins

Philanthropist and animal lover Wallis Annenberg passed away this morning. She is survived by her four children, Lauren Bon, Charles Weingarten, Roger Weingarten, Gregory Weingarten, and five grandchildren, Dorian, Maya, Lily. I did the tree of her father many years ago for Geneastar. Her parents were Walter Annenberg and his first wife, Bernice Veronica Dunkelman. She had a brother named Roger who predeceased her. Her ancestors are from Russian, Poland, Romania and Belarus. Link to that tree below. Wallis Huberta Annenberg 1939-2025. #wallisannenberg #familytree #ancestry #DNA #ethnicity #jewish #heritage #marycummins

https://en.geneastar.org/genealogy/annenbergwa/wallis-annenberg

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Sunday, July 27, 2025

Is Sequencing, sequencing.com a Scam? Yes and no by Mary Cummins Genealogist, DNA

Is the company sequencing a scam? Yes and no by Mary Cummins genealogist

UPDATE: Sequencing just sent me an email reply to my post. It's below my original article.

ORIGINAL: Sequencing is a company which does health analysis of your DNA. You provide a cheek swab just like other DNA sites such as Ancestry and 23andme (23andme is in bankruptcy proceedings). Within a few weeks they analyze your DNA against disease databases to give you a health report based solely on your DNA for a cost of $400. You can find out if you are genetically predisposed to certain diseases and conditions. Keep in mind genetic predisposition is just one factor in actually contracting some diseases. Lifestyle choices are a huge factor which influence disease.

Sequencing is running ads all over the internet for their service. They also offer a free service where you can upload an existing DNA file which you may have from Ancestry, 23andme, Geni, MyHeritage... They offer free DNA analysis of your existing DNA file. The scam part has to do with the "free" services they offer.

Sequencing said you can load up an existing DNA file to find out your blood type. A friend loaded up an existing DNA file. They then requested the free blood type analysis. You have to sign up with your name, address, email address to get this "free" service. They tell you it will take a few days for this analysis. The results are "your file did not contain enough data to determine your blood type. Please, pay us $400 for a full analysis." Mind you they told you, you could load up an ancestry or 23andmefile to find out blood type.

The friend then deleted the existing DNA file and then used the $400 sequencing file for analysis. They got the same result. That means they never even bothered to look at the data file or the full analysis will not provide that result. When they finally got the results of the $400 sequencing it didn't tell them blood type either. This means they lied when they said they could tell you your blood type based on DNA. They just wanted to sell you the $400 service. That is scammy and dishonest.

Another example. Sequencing ran an ad saying "Am I an Einstein?" They allegedly were offering to check your existing DNA file to see if you have genius level intelligence. The ad stated intelligence and not kinship. Again, they make you wait a few days. They do this so you think it must be a lot of time consuming work. Days later you get the results which state "Am I related to Einstein?" Now it's a different test to see if you just related to Einstein. They only look at your haplogroup to see human migration patterns. Albert Einstein's Y-DNA haplogroup is E1b1b1b2 (or E-Z830)*, specifically the "Jewish cluster." No one ever tested Einstein's DNA. They only tested a descendant of his great-grandfather, Naphtali Hirsch Einstein, and found him to belong to the E-M35 haplogroup and its subclade E1b1b1b2. If you already took a DNA test, you already know your haplo group. You would already know if you are a part of Einstein's haplo group and don't need Sequencing to tell you. Worthless test. Then they tell you to buy their $400 test for better analysis.

Back in the day around 2019-2021 Ancestry offered DNA health analysis. It was $59 for basic AncestryDNA then $30 for AncestryHealth analysis of the same DNA file. The results came back at the same time in a few weeks. Sequencing is saying your Ancestry test doesn't have enough data to run their health analysis. This isn't 100% true. They used the same oral saliva swabbing. The Ancestry results were pretty robust showing likelihood of having cancer and many other diseases. I would agree that Sequencing probably has a more robust report today in 2025.

In summary Sequencing offers these "free" services to lure you in to buy the $400 sequencing test. 23andme offers a similar ancestry and health service for $199. With 23andme you can also find relatives and work on your family tree online. Ancestry now only offers DNA to find family. They also offer a very robust database of genealogical records. The monthly subscriptions are more expensive than the basic test but you get access to the database and millions of other people's family trees, photos and records.

*I have the screen captures from the results of the various "free" analysis which support every statement in this article.

EMAIL REPLY FROM SEQUENCING

"This is Ryan, and I’m a representative of the Customer Success team at Sequencing.com. As a small startup, we truly value every customer and want you to feel confident in your experience and satisfied with your results.

We’d really appreciate the opportunity to follow up on your recent review of our products and services to clarify a few points and offer assistance, especially if anything didn’t work as expected, such as our free reports.

We offer users the ability to upload third-party DNA data and run some free basic reports. However, depending on the type of file uploaded, results may be limited. We accept files from services like 23andMe, AncestryDNA, and MyHeritage. If the file is compatible, users can access free reports like the ABO Blood Type Analysis or “Am I Related to Einstein?”

That said, if the uploaded file doesn’t contain the necessary genetic markers (rsIDs) required for a report, you may see a message such as “Not enough data available.” While many ancestry files contain the relevant data, there are cases where they don’t. Unfortunately, this is outside of our control, as it depends on what was included in the original file by the testing company.

In your review, you mentioned a friend who had issues even after purchasing our $400 Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) kit. We’d be happy to look into their experience and help resolve it. If you can provide their account email or have them contact us directly, we’ll gladly investigate.

I also noticed in your account that the Blood Type report was unable to fully complete. This can occasionally happen even with WGS data if a required variant is missing. In many cases, we can work with the developer of the report to resolve this, though it may take a little time.

Please also note that while our saliva-based DNA test provides valuable insights into genetic predispositions, it is not intended to replace a medical-grade blood test performed by a healthcare professional.

Regarding reports like “Am I Related to Albert Einstein?”, these are meant to be lighthearted and engaging ways for users to explore how their genetic data can be used. In your article, you mentioned we claim to "check your existing DNA file to see if you have genius-level intelligence,” but that is not the intended purpose or how it is advertised. The actual description of the report reads:

“Are you an Einstein? Do you and Einstein share the same genes? Find out for free! Albert Einstein's genes played a large role in who he was, just as they do for all of us. Now you can find out if you have genes in common with one of the most intelligent people to have ever lived.”

“Albert Einstein's DNA is not publicly known, but in broad terms we have some ideas for his haplogroup.”

This is not a clinical or diagnostic report, it’s intended as educational value and does not reflect the full range of our platform’s capabilities.

You also made an important distinction between ancestry testing and Whole Genome Sequencing. You're absolutely correct that they are very different. Ancestry companies use microarray technology, which analyzes around 600,000 specific data points, less than 1% of your genome. In contrast, Whole Genome Sequencing captures over 3.2 billion data points, covering nearly 100% of your genome.

Because of this, our more advanced reports, such as the Next Gen Disease Screen, are designed specifically for the depth and completeness of WGS data. When using an ancestry file instead, the insights are limited to what’s available in that file.

Lastly, I’d like to assure you that your privacy is a top priority for us. We do not sell or share your DNA data, and we do not participate in family-matching services. Our primary focus is on health and wellness insights. While we do offer some third-party ancestry reports, these are smaller in scope and not as in depth for ancestry information especially compared to specialized ancestry services like those from 23andMe or Ancestry.com.

If you'd like us to look into your friend’s situation, we’d be happy to do so with their permission and account email. We’ll follow up with them directly to ensure everything is addressed.

I look forward to hearing back and the opportunity to work together to resolve everything."

Mary Cummins

Thursday, August 22, 2024

Ancestry owns, sells your content, photos. Ancestry.com sells your photos for money by Mary Cummins

Ancestry, Findagrave just sent out a "privacy" update today, see below. They state "anything you enter into an interactive tool with our Services is Your Content." If you read the fine print, that's not true. The link states sure, it's "your content," but we can possess it, sell it and make money off of it even if you delete your content, tree and account. It's "their" content to use forever. They make over a billion dollars a year selling your content.

As I've stated before DO NOT POST YOUR PRIVATE PHOTOS, DOCUMENTS ON ANCESTRY! You are giving them your content for free to use, sell, license. Who cares if you own it if they have a license to possess, sell and make billions off of your content. If you do, you will see your private family photos advertised on the internet for sale. It happened to me.

I learned this lesson about private photos the hard way and had to threaten to sue Ancestry. I stupidly added a certain beautiful private one of a kind photo I took of my private document from 1899 in my old Ancestry account for one then private relative. A friend then told me not to do that because Ancestry sells your content for money. I removed the photo of that document. A week later I saw an ad for Ancestry and they were showing my document saying paraphrased "we have these documents on Ancestry. Join for $59 and you can have this beautiful document."

I sent them a letter saying I removed it and don't allow them to use my copyrighted photo of the 1899 document. They said they removed it. A week later it was still there. I told them to remove it again. It was still there. Then they tried to shake me by putting me in a support loop hoping I'd give up. I searched ancestry.com with a robot and still there. I sent a copyright notice then wrote a copyright lawsuit and sent it to them. It was finally gone. I bet they only blocked me from seeing it. I will sue for copyright if I find it again. I have the only photo on my computer and nowhere else.

This is how you use Ancestry.com safely. Create your tree on your computer using a free ged software. Add the research you do on Ancestry to that tree. You can download your Ancestry tree into your private tree on your computer to start. NEVER add your photos to Ancestry. You're also selling all the research you do on Ancestry for free. If you build your family tree there, another member can just start their tree and it will instantly link to your tree even if your tree is private. They will instantly suck all your years, decades of work into their tree. Nothing is private on Ancestry no matter what they say. It doesn't matter if your tree is set to private or you lie and list your relative as alive. I verified this by building a fake private tree with impossible names, dates. I asked a friend to start a tree with the fake name and sure enough my fake private tree showed up for them with all my fake data.

Remember if you upload to findagrave, geneastar, geneanet or any other Ancestry.com owned site, you are giving your content to Ancestry for free to sell for profits.

Another illegal thing they do is use copyrighted content. Someone will upload a copyrighted photo. Ancestry will sell it "legally" by stating the person who uploaded it stated it was copyright free. They know full well most of their photos, documents are copyrighted by others. This is how they suck up copyrighted content to sell for profits. It's so crazy to think people pay to join Ancestry, add their private content, do hours of research which Ancestry sells for free. It'd be like Facebook charging everyone a monthly fee and continuing to run adds on Facebook content. It's double dipping on profits.

Here's something I learned from Geneanet before Ancestry bought them. Someone asked why you can download your tree with photos and files on Geneanet but not Ancestry. Owner of Geneanet said you can technically do it on Ancestry but Ancestry doesn't allow it because they want to keep you dependent on paying the monthly fee. They make you pay the monthly fee out of fear you'll lose your tree, documents and photos. This is why I don't subscribe to Ancestry anymore. No real genealogist would because all their data came from somewhere else anyway. They're data scrapers, stealers in my book.

From Ancestry. https://www.ancestry.com/c/legal/termsandconditions?#your-content

"3. Your Content

Certain Services may allow you to contribute content, including but not limited to: (i) family trees; (ii) family memories such as photos, audio/video recordings, and stories; (iii) record annotations, comments, messages, and input to interactive tools; and (iv) feedback provided to Ancestry about the Services (“Your Content”). Your Content that contains Personal Information will be treated in accordance with our Privacy Statement.

3.1 You Control Your Content

Ancestry does not claim any ownership rights to Your Content, control how you choose to share Your Content within the Services, or limit how you share Your Content outside of Ancestry’s Services. You can delete Your Content either by following instructions provided within the Services or by logging into your Account Settings and deleting your Account. However, if you submit feedback, record annotations, or suggestions about Ancestry or our Services, you acknowledge that it is deemed to be non-confidential and non-proprietary and we may use your feedback, record annotations, or suggestions for any purpose without any obligation or compensation to you.

3.2 Use of Your Content

"By submitting Your Content, you grant Ancestry a non-exclusive, sub-licensable, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, index, copy, publish, distribute, provide access to, create derivative works of, and otherwise use Your Content to provide, promote, or improve the Services, consistent with your privacy and sharing settings. You can terminate Ancestry’s license by deleting Your Content, except to the extent you shared Your Content with others and they have used Your Content. You also agree that Ancestry owns any indexes and compilations that include Your Content and may use them after Your Content is deleted.

3.3 Your Responsibilities for Your Content

You are responsible for the decision to create, upload, post, or share Your Content. By contributing or accessing Your Content you agree:

You have all the necessary legal rights to upload, post, or share Your Content;

Your Content does not violate any applicable laws.

Your Content that you share publicly will not include Personal Information as defined in our Privacy Statement about a living person without their consent. In the case of living minors, you will get consent from their parent or guardian;

All Your Content will comply with the Community Rules;

If you share Your Content publicly, other users may access and use Your Content as part of, or in conjunction with, the Services. We are not required to remove any of Your Content once it has been publicly shared.

You will use other Users’ content only within Ancestry Services and in compliance with these Terms and the other policies incorporated by reference;

Ancestry reserves the right to review Your Content and to screen for illegal content or other violations of these Terms, including the Community Rules, and to remove or disable access to illegal content or Your Content that we believe violates these Terms. We will also remove Your Content in response to a valid court order or as required by applicable law; and

Serious or repeat violations or offenses will subject you to account suspension or termination in accordance with Ancestry’s content moderation policies. Ancestry’s procedure for assessing and removing content is set out here."

Mary Cummins

Sunday, June 16, 2024

Rosa McCauley Parks Ancestry, Family Tree, Ethnicity, DNA, Heritage by Mary Cummins, Genealogist

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I researched Rosa McCauley Parks' family tree originally in 2010. I later uploaded it to Geneastar around the same time. Geneastar is a genealogy database of over 18,000 famous and historical people. Recently I was asked to do a presentation for The Rosa Parks Museum and Library with Rose McCauley Hampton who is the first cousin once removed of Rosa Parks. Hampton is generously donating historical items to The Rosa Parks Museum. I've since added to data base. Click any image to see larger.

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an "American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has honored her as "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement"."

Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley in Tuskegee, Alabama, on February 4, 1913, to Leona (née Edwards), a teacher, and James McCauley, a carpenter. In addition to African ancestry, one of Parks's great-grandfathers was Scots-Irish, and one of her great-grandmothers was part–Native American. Rosa Parks is African American, Native American, Scottish, Irish and English.

Paternal

Rosa Parks' father James McCauley from Library of Congress

Rosa Parks' grandfather Anderson McCauley from Library of Congress

Parks father was James McCauley 1886-1962 born in Alabama. "James McCauley was born in Abbeville, Alabama, the eldest son of Anderson and Louisa McCauley. He became a skilled carpenter and stonemason like his father. James met schoolteacher Leona Edwards while visiting his sister Addie in Pine Level, Alabama. They married on April 12, 1912, at Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church in Pine Level."

Paternal grandfather was Anderson McCauley 1850-1917. "Anderson McCauley was born in Georgia, the son of Ghiogee, a Creek Indian, and Charles McCauley, a soldier of Irish and Cherokee descent. Around 1884 he moved to Abbeville, Alabama, and ultimately acquired more than 500 acres. Anderson and his wife Louisa became parents of seventeen children. He worked with his sons building houses across Alabama’s Black Belt region."

Paternal grandmother was Louisa "Lou" Collins 1850-1941. "Louisa Collins was born in Georgia, the daughter of a mixed-race slave. She married Anderson McCauley, another mixed-race Georgian. Ten of their seventeen children survived to adulthood. All ten were literate. The eldest was Addie (b. 1884) and the youngest was George Gaines McCauley (b. 1904). Rosa lived with her grandparents as a toddler."

Maternal

Rosa Parks' mother Leona Edwards from Library of Congress

Parks mother was Leona Edwards 1888-1979 born in Alabama. "Leona Edwards was born in Pine Level, Alabama, the youngest of Sylvester and Rose Edwards’s three daughters. She attended Payne University in Selma but did not earn a degree. Leona became a dedicated rural school teacher, and her meager salary was the main source of the family’s income. She instilled in Rosa the importance of faith, self-respect, and education—values reinforced by her grandparents and the teachers at Miss White’s School, a school that Rosa would attend at age eleven."

Rosa Parks family bible maternal

Maternal grandparents were Sylvestor Edwards 1858-1923 and Rosena Percival 1859-1929. "This Bible register partially charts Rosa’s maternal lineage. Accordingly, her great grandfather James Percival, an indentured servant of Scots-Irish descent, married Mary Jane Nobles, an enslaved African. Their daughter Rose married Sylvester Edwards, the son of white planter John Edwards and his enslaved housekeeper and seamstress. They had three daughters: Fannie, Bessie, and Leona Edwards, Rosa’s mother."

Rosena Percival maternal grandmother

Sylvester Edwards maternal grandfather

Rosa Parks' brother Sylvester James McCauley from Library of Congress

Rosa's brother was Sylvester James McCauley. "Sylvester James McCauley, Rosa’s only sibling, was born on August 20, 1915, in Pine Level, Alabama. When their mother became seriously ill, Sylvester left school to help support the family. During World War II he served in the Army in the European and the Pacific theaters. While on leave he met his wife, Daisy, at a restaurant in South Carolina. After the war they moved to Detroit and reared thirteen children. Sylvester worked for the Chrysler Motor Company and did carpentry jobs on the side."

The family bible recorded the family history. from the Rosa Parks papers Library of Congress.

Genealogy of Rosa McCauley Parks

Rosa Parks has a diverse genealogical ancestry. On her father's side her ancestors came from Scotland, Ireland, Native America and Africa. On her mother's side her ancestors came from Africa and most likely other nations. Sadly the records for those of African ancestry don't exist with any certainty past the fourth or fifth ancestral generations born in America because of slavery. People stolen from Africa and brought to the Americas were given different names. The slave trader gave them one name generally a first name only. The slave buyer/owner then gave them another name sometimes adding the last name of the slave owner. When the slaves were finally freed they sometimes gave themselves a new first and last name. Soon after emancipation many ex-slaves used the last names of Presidents such as Washington, Jefferson even if that wasn't their previous name. This makes it difficult to do genealogical research based on written documents. Native American records don't exist with certainty for the same reasons and more in this case. In this case the ancestors were African and Native American slaves/servants and indentured Scottish/Irish servants. DNA records would be valuable to ascertain a more reliable ancestral lineage for those parts of the family.

There are at least reliable records from the paternal McCauley line. The McCauley lineage hails from Scotland and Ireland. Park's McCauley family first came to the US in the mid 1600's in North Carolina. They ultimately became involved in agriculture and land sales. They had slaves and paid servants. As was sadly common with slave owners some had children with their slaves and servants. This is why most African Americans today are of mixed heritage.

If you look at the underlying genealogical records you will notice a few things. Names are generally misspelled. This is because the census and record takers wrote them phonetically based on how they sounded to their ear. There is also a wide variance in the census records as to race/color. For instance one person is listed as "black" in one census, "mulatto" in another" and "white" in yet another. There are also differences in places of birth, dates of birth. The census taker generally asked whoever was at home for the information. It could have been a young adult who did not know all of the information. As long as basic name, age, place of birth, family members match, it is the same person. This is why one needs multiple documents to try to confirm identity.

Famous distant relatives

I added Rosa Parks to famous people genealogy website Geneastar as part of my initiative to add African Americans, Mexicans, Latinos, Jewish people, women and others who are vastly underrepresented in the famous family tree database. I went a step further and linked Rosa Park's tree to other famous people in history. Every time I add an important person in history I try to find the route so we can all see our relationship to the person. There are many others in Geneanet working to connect famous people. Special thanks to Timothy Dowling who is one of the best and has helped me tremendously.

King Charles is a 14th cousin of Rosa Louise McCauley via King James V of Scotland.

Link to relationship

https://gw.geneanet.org/marycummins_w?lang=en&pz=mary+k&nz=cummins&spouse=on&m=RL&p=james+v&n=of+scotland&oc=2&l1=15&p1=rosa+louise&n1=mccauley&l2=15&p2=charles+philip+arthur+george&n2=windsor

President George Washington is a 12th cousin of an ancestor of the 6th generation (12th cousin 6 times removed) of Rosa Louise McCauley.

https://gw.geneanet.org/marycummins_w?lang=en&pz=mary+k&nz=cummins&spouse=on&m=RL&p=richard&n=woodville&l1=19&p1=rosa+louise&n1=mccauley&l2=13&p2=george&n2=washington

President Thomas Jefferson is a 10th cousin of an ancestor of the 8th generation of Rosa Louise McCauley.

https://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling_f?lang=en&pz=timothy+michael&nz=dowling&em=R&ei=803231&spouse=on&et=A&p=thomas&n=jefferson

President Abraham Lincoln is a 15th cousin of an ancestor of the 5th generation of Rosa Louise McCauley.

https://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling_f?lang=en&pz=timothy+michael&nz=dowling&em=R&ei=803231&spouse=on&et=A&p=abraham&n=lincoln&oc=1

President Barack Obama is a son of a 15th cousin of Rosa Louise McCauley

https://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling_f?lang=en&pz=timothy+michael&nz=dowling&em=R&ei=803231&spouse=on&et=A&p=barack+hussein&n=obama&oc=1

and not so famous Mary Cummins is a granddaughter of a 18th cousin of Rosa Louise McCauley.

We are all related. It's just a technical matter of figuring out the route to someone's family tree to determine the degree of relatedness. As Kahlil Gibran stated, "Every man is the descendant of every king and every slave that ever lived."

References

I made these trees and resources public to further public education about Rosa Parks. They include newspaper articles, photos, census records, birth certificates, death certificates and more. You can use them to figure out your relationship to Rosa Parks.

Rosa Parks tree is public in Ancestry

Rosa Parks tree is public in Geneastar

All data is based on best research practices. Data cannot be guaranteed due to the nature of genealogical records, lack of DNA data and human nature. I'm using Wikipedia and Library of Congress images because they aren't copyrighted.

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Mary Cummins

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.

https://marycumminsmarycummins.blogspot.com/2020/12/mary-cummins-links-to-all-presidents-of.html

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.

Mary Cummins

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.

Mary Cummins

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.

Mary Cummins

Thursday, December 15, 2022

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

jenna ortega, wednesday, jenna marie ortega, mother,father,mary cummins, family, ancestry, latino, mexico, puerto rico, genealogist, los angeles, california, edward ortega, natalie lopez. Image: Family tree made by Mary Cummins. Photos are copyright free from Wikipedia or fair use of images for noncommercial education. Images came from government border crossing images, public images and other public sources.

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.

Mary Cummins

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Xavier Becerra Running for Governor of California, Family Tree by Mary Cummins

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Cesar Chavez Family Tree, Ancestry, DNA, Heritage, Ethnicity by Mary Cummins, Maria Rivera genealogist

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Kitzia Mitre is Related to Aztec Emperor Montezuma by Mary Cummins Genealogist

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Wallis Annenberg Family Tree, Ancestry, Ethnicity, Heritage, DNA, Jewish by Mary Cummins

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Is Sequencing, sequencing.com a Scam? Yes and no by Mary Cummins Genealogist, DNA

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Ancestry owns, sells your content, photos. Ancestry.com sells your photos for money by Mary Cummins

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Rosa McCauley Parks Ancestry, Family Tree, Ethnicity, DNA, Heritage by Mary Cummins, Genealogist

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

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

Saturday, January 28, 2023

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

Wednesday, December 28, 2022

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

Thursday, December 15, 2022

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

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