This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Estrada Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kRC.2ACE/100.542.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Ralph, we may actually be distant cousins!!! My parents are from eastern Cuba (El Oriente), and Pa told me a long time ago that an uncle of ours, Tomas Estrada Palma, was the first president of Cuba under a democracy. I still have many aunts, unclues, and cousins in Cuba, an I hope to go in April, God willing. My name is Lissette De Las Nieves Estrada Pereiro, and I was born in Madrid, Spain. My father, Carlos Roberto Estrada Fonseca, is from Bayamo, Cuba, and my mother, Nieves Alejandrina Pereiro Rodriguez, is from Guantanamo, Cuba. In the US, Ma is known as Nieves Estrada. But, I am betting Estrada Palma may not be such a distant relative for me---I just found out a dirty little family secret --I am now 33 years old, and my parents have no idea I know - that my paternal grandfather, Tomas Estrada, was what we call a descarado. He hooked up with 5 or 6 women, but was never really married to them. He had children with every one of them, and actually had over 32, maybe! 40 children or more. My aunt did not want to admit to the exact amount, but she says it was definitely more than 32. Abuelo Tomas died shortly after I was born in 1970 - he was about 93 years old. Abuelo Tomas was a judge in Cuba, and my paternal grandmother, Eduvijes Fonseca, was a housewife. I have two brothers, Carlos Roberto Estrada Jr, and Juan Manuel Estrada, who were both born here in the U.S. I was born in Spain. See ya, Lissy Estrada

Hola: Mi bisabuela, madre de mi abuelo materno, tuvo por segundo apellido Fonseca, su mamá se llamó Rita Fonseca de la Bandera, ambas de Bayamo. Rita nació aproximadamente en 1840 y murio en Guanabacoa en 1924. Su hija y mi bisabuela, que se llamó Amalia Mahy Fonseca, nacio en 1861 y murio en en Marianao en 1945. El esposo de Rita se llamó Nicolás Mahy Escarzaga y murio en combate siendo comandante del ejercito cubano en la guerra de los 10 años. ¿Tiene entre sus antepasdos Fonseca, de Bayamo, algún pariente que tenga que ver con los que busco? Gracias, César ----- Original Message ----- From: "by way of Ed Elizondo <ed@elizondo.org>" <baldwin.30@osu.edu> To: <CUBA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 4:27 PM Subject: [CUBA-L] Re: Estrada Palma > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Estrada > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kRC.2ACE/100.542.1.1.2 > > Message Board Post: > > Ralph, we may actually be distant cousins!!! My parents are from eastern > Cuba (El Oriente), and Pa told me a long time ago that an uncle of ours, > Tomas Estrada Palma, was the first president of Cuba under a democracy. I > still have many aunts, unclues, and cousins in Cuba, an I hope to go in > April, God willing. My name is Lissette De Las Nieves Estrada Pereiro, and > I was born in Madrid, Spain. My father, Carlos Roberto Estrada Fonseca, is > from Bayamo, Cuba, and my mother, Nieves Alejandrina Pereiro Rodriguez, is > from Guantanamo, Cuba. In the US, Ma is known as Nieves Estrada. But, I > am betting Estrada Palma may not be such a distant relative for me---I just > found out a dirty little family secret --I am now 33 years old, and my > parents have no idea I know - that my paternal grandfather, Tomas Estrada, > was what we call a descarado. He hooked up with 5 or 6 women, but was > never really married to them. He had children with every one of them, and > actually had over 32, maybe! > 40 children or more. My aunt did not want to admit to the exact amount, > but she says it was definitely more than 32. Abuelo Tomas died shortly > after I was born in 1970 - he was about 93 years old. Abuelo Tomas was a > judge in Cuba, and my paternal grandmother, Eduvijes Fonseca, was a > housewife. I have two brothers, Carlos Roberto Estrada Jr, and Juan Manuel > Estrada, who were both born here in the U.S. I was born in Spain. > > See ya, > > Lissy Estrada > > > > > ==== CUBA Mailing List ==== > *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* > Please post in both Spanish and English whenever possible. :) > Por favor ponga sus mensajes ambos en inglés y español de ser posible :) > >