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I think it would be a mis-conception to make assumptions about someone's ancestry based solely or mostly on their looks. We all know that our genes go very far back and with all the inter-mixing of races anything is possible. I have a son who is very dark and has a blonde blue eyed son. I have a daughter that is not so dark and has beautiful brown eyed, black haired beautiful girls. Looks, eye color and skin color don't always tell the full story.
Alicia
Emilie Garcia <auntyemfaustus@...> wrote:
Irma--
No, I don't have the surname Romo in my lines. It is my husband's ancestors, the Garcias, who are light skinned, tall, light haired, and hazel-eyed or blue eyed Tapatios from Jalisco. The photo of the saint in the article for which I sent a link bears a striking resemblance to my husband, his father, and his great-grandmother, Marciana Cervantes. I have traced some of the Garcias who married into the Calzada family that were from Rincon de Romos. My husband's gggg-grandfather Cayetano Garcia married Anna Cleta Calzada. Marciana Cervantes was descended from Patricio Martines [Martin] who married Maria Maxima Duron; they were also from Rincon de Romos. In between there were Aguirres, Albas, Gonzaleses, Moroneses, Ornelases. The closest surname to Romo in my husband's lines is one Roman.
I was just amazed that someone surnamed Romo from Jalostitlan could look so much like my husband's Garcia-Cervantes family from Encarnacion de Diaz in Jalisco. People in Jalisco and Aguascalientes must be inter-related. They also look different from the people I saw in Jerez when I went there in the 1960's with my father. It seems my husband's ancestors were always merchants or military, or religious, etc. (town people) and were not laborers on the ranchos like my ancestors. That leads me to believe that the Spaniards were more educated than the Mesizos in Mexico and held positions of authority and in commerce rather than laboring in the fields and ranches.
Emilie Garcia
Port Orchard, WA ---
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 10:03 AM
Subject: RE: [ranchos] Toribio Romo -- Mexico's Ghostly Benefactor of Illegal Aliens!
Santo Toribio has many of the features that are commonly seen in Romos even of today. My aunt married a Romo, and many of my cousins have a striking ressemblance (mostly the beautiful eyes-whether they be brown/green/blue) to Santo Toribio. Since they haven't done any research, I've been trying to figure out any connections for them. In doing this, I was able to tie in my dad's side of the family to Santo Toribio's mother who is NOT a Romo. This is how I came to "meet" John G. I still have more work to do on my Romos & my cousin's. I also thought that my Santa Ana Romos would tie into Rincon de Romos. My cousins claim that their father often told them they weren't related to the Romos of Santa Ana--that they were from San Luis Potosi. I just think that their features are a bit too much to ignore. Gotta go and dig some
more....
Emilie, am I understanding that you have Romo too, and that you tied into the Romos in Rincon de Romos? Just wondering... I know there are still many there but haven't been able to tie mine in ...
Irma
It's called faith and we have it.
Alberto Duarte Prieto
Santa Maria, California
--- Emilie Garcia <auntyemfaustus@...> wrote:
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http://www.viewzone.com/gene01.html<http://www.viewzone.com/gene01.html>
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> John,
>
> I had never heard of the saint you are related to,
> so I started browsing the internet for information
> on him, and I found this interesting article (check
> link above). What was fascinating to me is the
> picture of Toribio Romo. He bears a striking
> resemblance to my husband, his father, and his
> great-grandmother Marciana Cervantes who was from
> Encarnacion de Diaz in Jalisco and whose ancestors I
> have traced to
Rincon de Romos in Aguascalientes
> which is just south of our areas of interest in
> Zacatecas.
>
> How lucky you are to have traced your ancestors back
> to 1550; I've been working so hard for over five
> YEARS and have only found our people back to the
> early 1700's. Was Santo Toribio Romo perhaps guiding
> you? The article goes into a deep discussion about
> guardian angels, etc. all the way back in history
> even before the Hebrews.
>
> May Santo Toribio help us all in meeting our goals
> as he has helped others of our people.
>
> Emilie Garcia
> Port Orchard, WA ---
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