Blog Brag: Ellen Fernandez-Sacco, Ph.D.
Ellen Fernandez-Sacco, Ph.D.
Babilonia Family History
http://www.babiloniafamilyhistory.blogspot.com
efsacco@gmail.com
What is your blog about?
My blog ‘Babilonia Family History’ deals with links to my maternal lineage in the northwest municipality of Moca in Puerto Rico. In it I consider different individuals and give brief biographies. I also talk about difficult topics, such as slave ownership, and review records as they come up. It’s a way to explore Puerto Rican history and identity on a local level.
What motivated you to do this blog?
I was always intrigued by the oral histories told to me by my mother about her childhood in Moca; they began during my childhood in the South Bronx. Having no photographs of my maternal grandparents, and hearing all of these details about a family with a very distinctive last name always peaked my curiosity. I was able to trace the Babilonias back to a military man from Mallorca who married twice and had 16 children. Recently I had my mtDNA done and discovered that I am of Indigenous descent, and will be writing more about that shortly.
What do you hope the visitor to your blog will take with them after visiting?
It’s not so much pride, but curiosity that provokes my interest in excavating my family’s history. I am hoping that others can learn about researching one’s own family and engaging difficult histories by reading my blog.
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