No nos conosimos, pero somos parientes

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We may not know it but Hispanic folks whose roots extend into New Mexico are all related to each other. It may be two or three generations back or it may be nine or ten generations back. But we are all related, make no mistake about it.

When you consider the numbers of people who came with don Juan de Onate in 1598 and whose descendants survived the Pueblo Indian Revolt of 1680 to return with don Diego de Vargas in the 1690's. The number of people/families involved are really quite small. Even when you consider the additional colonists that don Diego de Vargas brought with him

Over the years, until the coming of the Americans and their annexing the New Mexican province in 1846, the folks here were very isolated. Very isolated. Isolated to the point that they intermarried with each other under the watchful eyes of the Catholic Church to insure that the relationships were not too close. As a result over the years we all became cousins. We may not know each other personally, but we need to know that we are related. Hense the title of the post "No nos conosimos, pero somos Parientes" (we may not know each other it, but we are related).

Looking back over the generations showes this without any doubt.