I have, for many years, wondered my mother's reluctance to acknowledge her Spanish roots. However, it is understandable. It has been the effort of the Mexican educational facilities, such as the ones that my mother and I attended, where Spaniards were not recognized for their cultural contributions to Latin America. Although she was entitled to her bias, I fully recognize that in any conflict, such as the Mexican war of independence, bad feelings remain in the participants of a conflict. Many Spaniard civilians were murdered by Mexican insurgents. Recently, I read a book in Spanish which title translates: The Independence of the Region of Autlan and the coast of Jalisco. (http://www.gacetamichoacana.com/.../libro-autlan-en-la-independencia....indd_.pdf) The Book is written by Carlos Martin Boyzo Nolasco, a noted historian. The book provides a historical narrative of the Mexican war of independence as it applies to this region. It provides the names of many protagonists, both Span...
This blog pertains to my assimilation as an immigrant to the US. It also pertains to the family roots of Spanish families who settled in southwestern Mexico in the late thirteen century. Este blog contiene las raices de varias familias que se establecieron en la parte suroeste de Mejico, en el pasado. Este blog tambien contiene pensamientos que me ocurren acerca de mi experiencia como imigrante a los Estados Unidos de Norteamerica