http://www.theborromeofamily.com/
I was thinking wistfully on and off about my family's genealogy - both the Herrera, Borromeo, Cortes and Uytico and Reynes and whatever surnames there were to be added to the mix.
I was even thinking of asking one of my uncles (paternal side) if something had been done as I thought it would be fun to find out where our roots lie.
Then I found out today that somebody in Facebook wanted to connect with me - he listed the Borromeo clan website but the reason he wanted to add me to his FB contacts was because we had mutual friends there - so it wasn't anything family related at all that led him to my site....
Well, blow me down and color me surprised!
It seems he is actually my second-degree cousin. Small world.
Because I remember that the vacant lot next to our house used to belong to a cousin of my dad, who he said lives in California, and that she married a German. He mentioned that time a name which was really familiar to me as I gazed at the friendly invitation. I've never met or talked or communicated with said cousin nor her family ever before.
Its just too bad I was too young to remember seeing and meeting my paternal grandparents Jose Herrera and Patrocinio Borromeo-Herrera. It would cool to have grandparents who would spoil their grandchildren. I missed out on that.
wow..parang may Avatar look ang site mo..galing galing..
ReplyDeleteso yun pala eh, may relative discovered ka na naman..that feels good and that a relative is also in Germany..dapat ka na ngang pumunta dito..
hi Nona...
ReplyDeleteunfortunately, though Gilda (my dad's first cousin) married a German, they settled in California where he used to visit them..hehehe...and I think this son of hers who is my 2nd degree cousin is still in the US...
That would be interesting to find your relatives all over, Cat.
ReplyDeleteMy High School physics teacher was a Borromeo.
really, by any chance was he from Cebu? would you remember his first name?
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