Me too.

I’m conflicted about mine, because of colonization and such, I’m Mexican , most of my European ancestry is Iberian , including Spain.

U a moor....not spanish...

@@FabiolaMacabredon’t beat yourself up we are dispersed from this in blood so much so that the very few in numbers who paid people to do horrible things is so far removed from who you are now and also myself. I would be a rad neighbor and partner to any locals I personally would find myself next to. That’s what matters today is who we are to each other right now. Oh I do think land owned and taken should be rightly returned and moneys returned and all that, so that part need not be forgotten…. But you and I played no role in that horror. Horror done so by mercenaries of the time and not the actual Spanish or celts or Iberians or any of the Euska world. Iberian is Assyrian linguistically going backwards through time. There’s so much more to be proud of being apart of the many whose hands built this f’n place than to live lives ashamed of what the greedy few did behind the peoples backs. I’ve traced my friends “Macias” surname back to the Roman Macer gens. That’s a big gens. They may have been the “tan” Scots that Robert the Bruce comes from and what later was called “Cherokee” and a couple other “ch” tribe names on the Dawes roles. I look at it like this. Mama bear is both good and bad depending on what side of the coin is trying to do what with her babies. Right?! Like we done some dirt to people and we done some magic for this world too. All of us have fallen short of genetic perfection just some of us still dont know it quite yet. I live in a honky backwood rural town with 3 restaurants and 1 is Mexican. I only eat at the Mexican one. Even though I know only 7 total, Mexicans are my people. I love them. Scared as hell of pissing any off and would cherish the familia of them to my dying kick. My brother looks identical to the current king of Spain, if either of us was the “Spanish” colonizers you would see the coolest honkees ever trying to coexist and build on each others dreams. Trust me it wasn’t us kinda Spanish that did those things there’s no way. I could see one of nastier relatives hiring out such work but they themselves face to face could not hurt a fly. It was money paid to literal pirates and merchant privateers by noblemen (oligarchs) that did the hellish crap. The word noble in feudal term; Is that they have “no bill” to the emperor or the boss. People think it means moral or wholesome person but it doesn’t it means the opposite if you are the recipient of the payback service rendered to the emperor or boss by someone that owed money or debt of service. I ain’t trying to tell on the game cuz probably still operates like this in ways but just I wanted to uplift you cuz you seemed down about being brown I’m over here in white world going “kid Brown is Best” trust me kid no one’s golden age lasts forever, it wouldn’t be fair it that was the case. It may seem like the Mexicans get a bad deal today but tomorrow that golden age could pop again and the tables turn. Then Mexico comes up on top and gets a golden age. It’s a circle and it comes around and that means you or your kin are going to be able to shape the world in your direction and the direction of your hearts soon. I think reeeal soon the way white world so confused over the stupidest stuff. Anyway you come from hero’s of old and coming again. Maybe you are that hero. How could we know? I bet for a period of time, the first waves of Iberians were just in love with Nahuatl and local tribes. I would have been. Same as now.

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Ay yawa...

Lmfao

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Oof

😂😂

Thank you.

Most still put the paternal first followed by the maternal. If a couple chooses to put the maternal first, ALL children born to that couple must have their last names in the same order. That only took place a few years ago. I am from Spain, my paternal is first, and my maternal is second. Thank you for also clarifying this. This video is incorrect. Many countries such as Portugal, Brazil, and the Philippians are the reverse of Spain with maternal first and paternal last. There are very few countries that do it that way, most that use a double last name follow the traditional way it was done in Spain

That’s exactly what I was going to say. That’s completely wrong. …

We have the same surname: Guzman. Its not so common though and apparently its German or has German origins.

We are Ophirians 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭 shalawan (Shalom)

Of course, a Spanish surname doesn't always connote Spanish ancestry. It is simply proof that at one point, an ancestor, native or not, used the surname. In fact, Filipinos had no surnames until the mid-19th century when the Spanish Governor General required our ancestors to adopt a surname from his catalogue of surnames. In countries like Jamaica or the Bahamas, people have English surnames though that doesn't connote Englsh or British ancestry. Same is true for many black Americans.

The best proof of ancestry is records - census, birth certificates, baptismal certificates and so on.

Filipinos got their names assigned not by blood 🩸. Very different

see the dna tests that filipinos put on youtube and u wont find one that came back with spanish genes.

I'm a De La Garza. My ancestor was Del Aga Rza to King of Spain. Is this correct?

Any info on my name?

De can mean (of)...or (from)..an example would be my last name de la Cruz...translation (of the cross) or from...so de la reina mean of or from the queen...no??

I'm D'souza does that mean I'm from Souza? I'm from India 💀

@@crisdl2509 look it up...I did a quick search ur name is Portuguese....there was some Portuguese in India...

Tienes Apellidos de Origen Español.

@@Merry19ss y no ves q se llama olivia 😅😅😅

Hey my paternal great grandfather was a madrigal it was his mother’s maiden last name.. so he was a Barragan Madrigal.. I’m a Barragan Solis.. I know Solis is Spanish but have no idea where Barragan comes from

@@EriBarryour both surnames are from Spain. Barragán is basque I think. And Solís is asturian. The north of Spain which is very green and beautiful. Also madrigal is from Avila and surroundings of Madrid.

@@angyliv8040 I was able to trace my family tree.. at least the Barragan line back to Liege, Belgium! I found a book in the area my family’s from in Mexico where they interviewed men in the area, in it i found my 4x great grandfather mentioned. It was only a few sentences about each man.. but under his name it said that he originated from Flanders and that he had come to Mexico because of the growing conflict in his country.. I was able to then search records in Belgium where I found him and his parents.. good thing I have some knowledge of French so I was able to ready marriage certificates. It’s all really exciting 😂

¡Que Viva Nueva México! ⚔️🇺🇲🇪🇸🇲🇽⚔️

Do you think you are related to the Muslims of Spain?

Sancho el que tiene tu mama y cuernos tu papa😂😂😂😂😂😊😇

Wow

Larramendi is a basque name (Basque country, país Vasco, Euskal Herria)

Balmori is from Asturias. Larramendi is basque. Both from Spain.

Nice to see the first comment is an Espinoza. I am a Espinosa as well. My family got mixed up with Espinosa and Espinoza lol

😂😂

Mendoza

That's crazy my moms side of the family is all Uribe and my dad's side is De La Garza

@@Ericson-vk6bx That’s my married name ☺️

@@literallygod1229 that’s so cool, maybe we are related! ☺️

@@MamaByNature yeah my great great grandfather is originally from Spain but moved to Texas and then California

My ex is Filipino, and the same with him, a Spanish surname.

My mid name is Justino and I too finding more about this.

That is not legal though. Some people might use it that way but only in informal situations. On paper, on you id card, passport, social number, bank account, etc... You have the surnames you are born with, forevermore.

@@mielyresina That's not true. I know a lot of people that change their name for the married name on the id card. It is less common nowadays, but it is still possible.

@@constanza1648 I aswered twice already but it is not showing. Here is another atemt. Perhaps we are not both talking about Spain? Surnames are tight to filiation in Spain, and therefore they have to to with who your parents or what your bloodline is. I am not goint to put any link sice maybe that's why youtube is not leting me post, but you can actually go to the Spanish govermet website or to the Spanish register and find information about it. Marriage is not a valid reason to change your surname. If you want to change your surnames you have to choose one from your parental line and one from you maternal line. And prove you have the right to them. You can also invert your surnames order but just once in a lifetime. Also changing the spelling or slighly the word if they had a bad meaning or something like that. (look for "cambio de apellidos España") In fact, if you marry abroad but don't change you nationality you keep your surnames here. So for cross countries paperwork you need to ask for a cetificate where both your surnames and your husband's appeared. (Search for "certificado de diversidad de apellidos")

@@mielyresina Hace mucho que no vivo en España y no sabía de las normas allí. Igual considerar "España" como paradigma de todo país hispanohablante, es una exageración. En Perú, por ejemplo, sí puedes agregar el apellido de casada a tu DNI. Muchas leyes han ido cambiando con el tiempo y precisamente la de los apellidos es una de ellas: en la actualidad en Perú tienes los dos apellidos de tus padres y puedes agregar el de casada. Pero se mantiene la designación antigua (apellido del padre + apellido de casada) en los casos antiguos, porque anteriormente se usaba así. Si buscas en la documentación antigua para hacer un árbol genealógico, a veces es difícil encontrar el apellido de la madre porque toda la documentación está registrada con apellido de casada.

@@constanza1648 No considero a España como paradigma de ningún país hispano hablante, pero ya que hablabas del registro español ("Spanish registers") pensé que te referías a este país en particular, de ahí mi explicación.

Mine too

Probably from Philipines (your mom ancestor) Pérez son of Pere/Pedro (Peter)

You probably have Polynesian Filipino ancestors but they do not have any Spanish blood since once they colonized them they had to have surnames to differentiate and have a random identity

I think Acosta is Galician surname from galicia. And also have Roman origin.

Hi! Rivera din middle name ko :)

It's funny we have Spanish names while I have a Chinese looking features laging napagkakamalan may Ari ng hardware o restaurant ahahaha

And also ya is Spanish descent culture as well.

Avila

Most of us Filipinos do not have any “Spanish blood” as it’s a tiny minority because Spain did not colonize the Philippines in the same way they colonized territory in the Americas. Filipinos having Spanish surnames is a result of a law that passed in 1849 where a Spanish naming system was implemented on the population and given to Filipinos. Many of us Filipinos have Chinese ancestry but not Spanish ancestry. So Latin American colonies were often "settler" colonies to where spaniards migrated (think USA, Canada, Australia-style colonies, made up mostly of migrants who didn't originate from there) and intermarried with most of the population. Philippines was an "extractive" colony, there for trade. More like the African colonies or the British in India. Spaniards didn't intermarry and migrate there in large numbers, they traded and opened plantations. As a general rule, when I'm teaching colonial history, I explain that these are the two main types of colonies to the kids. It's fairly easy to understand and is broadly accurate, though on a micro level it's always more complicated than that

So one of your ancestors made candles or in Spanish velas and their son was known as Velasquez.

😳Kill 😳

@@noorgonzalez1076 funny!!

Not it not is a latin form!!! The jewish when convert need to adopt spanish Christian surnames, stop to say lies

A last name ending in ez suggests Visigoth ancestry. They conquered Spain after the Romans and were then taken over by the moors.

@@luisaymerich9675 The -ez part of a calque borrowing from the visigoths. There is a lot of Spanish last names that are derived from gothic but doesn’t indicate visigothic ancestry, the Spanish kingdoms used these naming conventions as a way to reconnect with the lost visigothic aristocracy as they saw them as their portents.

I have mondragon in my ancestry, yes its rare. I hardly hear the name.

Mondragon is a town, just south of San Sebastian.

Yea your not special

I have a 2nd cousin who is a roces

Can we chat??

It is written as Julio Rodriguez y Mendez. Like my grandmother she wrote her name as Sotera Escalante y Bacotacion

No shit

@@josebulang7981 Isn’t “Y” (and) only used when you get married or so? Idk I thought I read that somewhere.

@@elyaqui5324 Not everyone has two surnames though, at least non Hispanics don’t, and therefore don’t get it. Which is who my comment was targeted towards, to those who aren’t Hispanic and might not understand or feel confused about the two surname thing we Hispanics do.

Where? Location?

I was confused when I did get my dna results. 7 ethnicities although my family is dutch, at least that's what I thought. Was curious about the middle east and the Iberian dna! Did dive into the family tree and found I think, Spanish ancestors. Juan Rodrigo, Pedro Rodrigo, Carmen Alleri. But most of the times the surname is Rodriguez so I looked it up on Google and it said that in 15 percent of the Rodriguez surname it is Rodrigo. Because Rodriguez means son of Rodrigo. This was all 9 generations ago, they mingled with dutch people and the names became eventually Dutch names. Also lot of French ancestry, Le Rieu, Le Matere, Souret and some I can't recall. Also found French and Spanish cousins, one hell of a big family hahaha. Great to find out where your ancestry came from👍

My ancestors are from Asturius!!

Nuñez, son of Nuño, Nuñes a common surname in all Spain.

@@BicornioSPA Thank you, José Andrés for that information.

Your basically a Gael! A celt

In Spanish llorar means crying. Llorada could be cried.

Yeah...I always said that lookin up your ancestry or lineage is only for prestigious famillys...rich...famous ect...but either way is good to know and honor ur ancestors/ heritage

@@Dajjalist33 Spain and Mexico are special cases though. I know thousands of families abandoned their surnames for more “famous” ones.

Just spanish.

Mine is PAREDA

Yeah it is, that's how it should be for everyone

Yes, this is the traditional way and most common too.

I guess it could come from bautista or baptism.

Those surnames are popular in New Mexico and Colorado

Are you sure about the spelling of your mother's last name? It is so strange for a spanish last name! It could be a misspelling (perhaps a couple of generations back), because it has R and N and C all together and that's not likely regular on spanish spelling. At least, I haven't see that in spanish. "villa" is the spanish word for "town". In spanish is very common the last name "villavicencio" (quite similar at your mother's last name) and there are several places called like that, and several places which name begins with "villa". "Castellano" is an adjective. The meaning is "castilian".

Castellano means something or someone from Castilla. Castilla means- La Tierra de Castillos(the land of castles). There is also where the Spanish(castellano-castilian) language was born. The kingdom of Castilla together with The kingdom of Leon conquer the whole iberian peninsula and spread their language through out the land.

Capetillo. Rosales. (Gma and gpa names on mamas side) Arista. Hernandez. (Gma and gpa on dads side)

@@adriantucker5532 Capetillo seems to mean little head. Rosales means rose bushes. Hernandez means son of Hernan or Hernando. I can't place Arista.

Im a ramirez too

Lmao same

Son of Ramiro.

Germanic origin

You're ramiro's kid (ramirez = son of ramiro)

It could cone from venture, something coming to you like good luck. In Spanish the word aventura means adventure. The terms could be related.

Carillo is a wagon that is ran by horses. Idk about your moms name.

Maybe your mom has a prefix and it means child of elena

In Spanish cazar means hunting. Maybe you come from hunters.

Most Spanish words that start with "Al" are of Arabic origin as Arabs were in Spain for more than 1000 years. "Al" means "the" in Arabic. Duenda means "elf" in Spanish. There are many descriptive Spanish surnames.

​​@@traveleverywhere1nothing to do with Arabic or elfs. First or all, if a Spanish word has "ue" diphthong it is more likely to be of pre-Arabic origin. Second, the word "duende" is a recent contraction of "dueño de (la casa)", so it is impossible to have Arabic al- prefix.

Freixas means ash tree and calda in singular is hot ambience but caldas it’s like a hot springs or thermal baths.

@@angyliv8040 Thank you, my neighbour is Italian, so I learned Italian too.. Interesting about Freixas, names are fascinating, my late mother in law was Greek, MEGALO was her surname, BIG in English, I appreciate your response. Stay safe

Italian surname.

it’s actually from a Norman origin

Check if it's Sephardic.