Re: Suastegui investigation
Thanks for all the very useful and interesting information. You´ve certainly done some sleuthing. I am still in San Sebastian (Donostia) through this morning and will see about doing some sleuthing at the hall of records and a local Basque store. I´m not sure I will be able to uncover any more than others have through years of research, but we will see how far we get.
FYI, I am one of the Cuban Suastegui´s. I emigrated to the US (California) in 1980 with my father and brother, so 3 Suastegui´s in all.
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Hi, my name is Carlos Zuastegui, I am writing you from Guatemala in Central America, we don´t know exactly where our last name came from, everybody saids that is from the Basque region, but both my grandparents died when my father was very young so we lost track and never got the chance to really find out, so if you can share some information with me I will appreciate it very much, thanks for posting this article.
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Hello, Carlos,
Check my reply on this message board, posted about a month ago. I told much of what I know about the Suastegui/Zuastegui families that I have found. The name is definitely Basque, but has a form that is found almost exclusively in the 'New World'. It derives from Suasti/Zuasti or Sugasti/Zugasti. It became most numerous in the state of Guerrero but the name has also evolved in Mexico City, Sonora, Yucatan, Cuba, Ecuador - and now, with you, in Guatemala. Migration has carried it to other places as well. What city in Guatemala does your family live in? Did your grandfather marry in Guatemala? I will make a note of dates or place names that you can provide and if a connection can be made to other Suastegui families, that would be interesting. I am not too optimistic about finding connections, but if any turn up I would certainly let you know.
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Hi, My name is Alexis Roman and I have family both on Uriostegui and Roman side. My full name is Alexis Roman Roman and both my parents come from a town near Teloloapan, Guerrero called Oxtotitlan. I'm currently trying to figure out who else from the past I'm connected to. For example my mother is Vianey Roman and my father is called Jose Manuel Roman "El Chaquis". My grandparents are Procopio Roman from Pentlacala and Aulalia Roman de la Paz(mom's side). On my dad's side is Guadalupe Roman and my grandma is Nicolasa Miranda who they had a daughter named Yolanda Roman and married a man with the name of Uriostegui. If anyone has more information on my family's past please let me know. Thanks.
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Hi my name is nallely. Its so funny that you say your family roman married to an uriostegui. My grandfathers parents names were angel uriostegui and Maria Roman. They had close to almost 11 children I think in petlacala Guerrero. My grandfather was the second to last son and was born in 1930. I hope this serves you as more info.
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Hi I am from San Marcos Guerrero,.living in Atlanta Georgia, my second last name is Suástegui, I have always wondered where this name come from, no luck on that so far, and all I know is my grand father Guillermo Suástegui, don't know much about his ancestors, I've googled but have not found any good information.
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Hello. The name Suastegui is basically Basque, but the curious thing about it is that the form does not really appear in Spain. People named Zuasti (or occasionally Zugasti) arrived in the Americas and in a number of places added the suffix to their name, becoming Suastegui. The change from Z to S was probably to keep the pronunciation. Z in much of Spain is pronounced 'th', while in Basque it is not. This happened in Mexico City, in Yucatan, in Sonora, in Cuba and in Ecuador. Probably other places as well. I don't know why they added the ending. The Zuasti of Spain originate in Navarra. The name was already Suastegui when it arrived in Teloloapan. People with the name Suastegui in these different places do not seem to be related to each other.
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