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From: mimilozano@somosprimos.com [mailto:mimilozano@somosprimos.com]
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2014 8:17 PM
To: mimilozano@aol.com
Subject: December 2014 Issue of Somos Primos
http://www.somosprimos.com/sp2014/spdec14/spdec14.htm
Dear Primos and Friends:
It is hard to believe that this December issue completes 15 years of monthly Somos Primos issues online. It has been a challenge, an education, and a joy. My historical understanding of U.S. history and the Spanish global presence has grown bit by bit, primarily through the varied submissions and family histories that readers have sent.
The wide diversity of information reflects the countless range of individual histories with a Latino connection. Every individual's story is unique, each different, a piece to the puzzle of humanity.
I have taken a simple approach: if you have a Spanish surname, you have a heritage connection to Spain, where the surname originated, and that makes you happily, a possible primo. . .
Since the heritage diversity among the Spanish language speakers in the Americas is based on the 500-year colonization period of the America, I am hopeful that as we learn our history back to the colonization period, we will find many primo connections.
I am hopeful too that as we find our historical and DNA roots connections to other groups, such as the Indigenous, African, European, Asian, and Jewish communities, it will increase understanding and respect for the cultures of others.
As we embrace diversity in the United States, we will be helping to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ. His message of love will be easier to emulate as we reinforce ourselves with historic facts and apply them to our activities in the present.
May you, your family, friends, and community rejoice, honor, and adore the Lord who brought the message of love and peace for all mankind.
MERRY CHIRSTMAS and warm hugs. . . Mimi
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