Tag: matriarchs

• Chapter 1: Abuela María

  

  Ninety-seven years ago, on the largest island of the Antilles, Maria Rodriguez Pombo married Jacob Varela. At 16 years old, Maria had returned from Spain to her native Cuba to finalize the marriage her parents had arranged for her with a man they know from Coruña.

  Karla

  April 29, 2019

  Series

  Ancestry, coruña, cuba, cubans, descendants, galicia, grandmother, great, great grandmother, matriarchs, matriarchy, older women, spain, spanish, women