I am looking for either one of these last names. This was my grandfather's grandmother's last names and he came from the Canary Islands about middle of the 1800s.

HOLA, QUIERO SABER SI HAY QUALQUIER PERSONA SQUE TIENEN EL MISMO APPELLIDO. PORQUE NO HAY MUCHAS PERSONAS EN ESTE PAIS CON EL MISMO APELLIDO. PORTALES
in other words, if you are a Portales...we are probably related....get back.

hello, i am tying to find the history and where exactly in spain my names came from..alfonso and portales are my fathers parents names, martinez and mederos are my mothers parents name. my fathers family is in pinar del rio, my mom is from havana but where the heck did their ancestors come from in spain??

My great-grandfather, Candelario Alfonso and his brothers were born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands. They migrated to cuba in the late 1800's and settled in Cotorro, Provincia de la Habana.

MY GREAT-GRANDPARENT CAME FROM ISLAS CANARIAS TO CUBA. ARE WE RELATIVES?

Giselle..

I am a portales with parents from cuba. However one of my other surnames is carrasco..any relation? btw...there are some portales in Miami. Florida..have you checked? I know I am related to most of them perhaps you are too

My grandgrandfather was born in spain (salamanca) and one of his surnames was alfonso.I don#t known exactly the year but he must be borned earlier than 1866.

my grandgrandfather come from Spain (salamanca).one of his surname was alfonso.

Just curious to find out if there is a Brigida Carraballo y Alfonso in yout family ...she was my great ,great great grandmother ...she had a child named Joaquina O'FARRILL y PLOU...THANKS ...TONY RUIZ

My great grandmother was Juana Gonzalez Hernandez born in the Canary Islands around 1850. Her Mother was Maria Hernandez Alfonso also from Canary Islands. The story I here that Juana came to Cuba as a little girl.

My great grandfather is Diego Alfonso y hernandez (btw...my email is vreevenyc@aol.com, not the one I'm sending through) who was from Cuba. He married Maria Mora Y Perez in Cuba and they had my grandfather, Zoilo Alfonso, who died in 1948 in Cuba when my mom was just 3 years old. Could my graet grandfather be related to yours? I know they came from Spain, just not sure where? any Diego s in your family he could have been named after? Anybody that could help..please let me know...haveing a hell of a time getting through my Cuban ancesters, since they couldn't bring any records with them to the states.
Victor VReevenyc@aol.com

I am Portales. My fathers desendancies are from San Luis Potosi, Mexico. The ranch where my father came from is called La Guaje It is close to the entrance of San Luis Potosi. I remember it like as it was yesterday. Soy puro mexicano

Regarding the Garza family from the Canary Islands. All the Garzas from the Canary Islands were of Jewish descent. There is a new English book out that deals with the Garza family from the Canary Islands and even has the original Inquisition documents against Alonzo De La Garza. The name of the book is "The Conquistadores and Crypto Jews of Monterey" by David T. Raphael. It is available from www.carmihouse.com

Looking for information of Carlos Dominguez Alfonso, was born in Tenerife, around 1844, traveled end settled in Cuba. Some of his descendants are trying to get some information about him.
Enrique

My entire family is from the Canary Islands. My mother is Debbie Hernandez, her father-Alcide Hernandez, his father-Paul Hernandez
My father is Steve Alfonso, his father-Edward Alfonso.

The surnames in my family are:
Alfonso, Hernandez, Melerine, Serigne, Ruiz, Nunez, Acosta, Estopinal, Perez (these are just a few)

Other surnames in my family include: Fonte, Carmona, Lopez, and Gonzales

hello,

carasaco is not a surname that I am familiar with. The Portales part of my family comes from the western most point of cuba, out in the country...my other surnames are Alfonso, Martinez and Mederos. Dont know where they came from in Spain as they had been in Cuba so long that information is no longer available. There are a few Portales's in Miami, ran into one cousin at a car lot, ends up he was family....wierd huh?