Researching My Chavoya Ancestry
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by Alma Chavoya Hernandez Rosales
Tracing a family from the Little Mexico neighborhood of Dallas back to the 1600s
I embarked upon my ancestral research as both a curiosity about my lineage and a tribute to my mother and my grandparents. I began my research clueless about the abundance of resources that existed for those with Mexican ancestors. Thee more I learned about my ancestry, the more I appreciated the bold risk-taking of those who left their home countries.