MARIA QUINTERO GIONES

Female

BROOKLYN, NY

United States

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About Me:
I'm 53, grandmother to a great little girl, I speak 3 languages. I'm Cuban & from Camaguey. Very proud to be Cuban, even though I don't remember much about Cuba. We left in 1956, when I was 2. We lived in Manhattan, 15th St between 7th & 8th Ave. My grandparents are from the Canary Islands. I regret not having lived in Cuban neighborhoods (Union City, North Bergen, New Jersey) , but my mother never wanted to live in a really Cuban area, she said they were terrible gossips. She may have been right, but we missed out on most of the Cuban culture. My brother is FrankAku Turey & my niece is Ivy Quintero.
Occupation:
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
Education:
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE
PC SPECIALIST
Contact Information:
m_efthimiou@yahoo.com
Research Interests:
would like to know who in my family has Indian blood. My maternal grandmother was not from the Canary Islands, my mother doesn't know much about her or her grandparents. She would ask her mother about the ancestors, & the answer would be: "what do want to know about that for?"

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  • Ivy

    Hi Tia Carmen! Good to see you on here. How is everything? I can't wait til you can finally meet Antonio! Maybe in November, I'm thinking of having a birthday party for Adrian and inviting you and Danny. Well, hope all is well, keep in touch...xoxo Ivy

    Aug 30, 2008

  • AkuTurey

    Hi,yes,I was talking about Paula,and Paul,s moyher,and perhaps Puala's mother's HUSBAND-but what we know for SURE,is that the Native blood comes fron the females,as a certainty...some of those males(except our male grandparents-I don,t know about great-great grandpapis-ALSo had Native blood,most likely,as would make sense.Call you later.,Frank

    Sep 6, 2008

  • AkuTurey

    Carmen!I am using Ivy's computer...That is awful,so sad.Well,..hum..I do know that when Katrina hit,Castro had so many Doctors ready to go to help,and the U.S.said..."no",preferering Americans to die!-so I guess it would be hard to accept help from the U.S.,cause it is actually meant as an insult-I don't know,I just don,t know!

    Sep 16, 2008