Proyectos ADN Hispanos y Geograficos
New Mexico DNA Surname Project
New Mexico DNA Surname Project
New Mexico DNA Project 
Project Background
The New Mexico DNA Project will cover the colonial expeditions of New Mexico by the Spanish in 1598 and 1693, by the Mexicans in 1821, and by the Americans in 1848. The New Mexico DNA Project will encompass not only Hispanics, but also Anglo-Americans who have come to New Mexico.
In the years just after the Conquest of the New World, the Native-American population was decimated by disease and war,leaving a relatively small gene pool of Native-American, Spanish, French, and English ancestors.
DNA studies on Hispanics show a higher European admixture. *Anthropologist Andrew Merriwether and colleagues conducted a study on Hispanics living in Colorado. Using classic genetic markers they estimated an admixture of 67% European and 33% Native-American. He further tested their mitochondrial DNA (mtdna) which is a test to find the origins of your great, great...grandmother, going back 10's of thousands of years. This one ancestor which is your families "Eve" so to speak, showed up as Native-American 85% of the time and European in origin 15% of the time. Thus showing that the majority of unions in this admixture were of European males and Native-American females.
Project Goals
To find our ancient origins, whatever they may be. To discover previously unknown living relatives. To determine migration patterns of different families. To see if similar sounding surnames are related. To discover how closely related all of us really are. To share this information with others so that we can learn more about where we came from.
Project News
If a new member lives in the Albuquerque Metro area, the project administrator will meet him or her in person and discuss genetic migration patterns and help them better understand their genetic origin. You can also reach the project administrator at home. Please e-mail him requesting phone number.
Project Surnames
Updated 03-20-2010
| Abeyta | Abreu | Aguero | Aguilar |
| Alaniz | Alarcon | Alarid | Alderete |
| Aleman | Alfaro | Almanzar | Alvarado |
| Alvarez | Anaya | Apodaca | Aragon |
| Archibeque | Archuleta | Arellano | Arguello |
| Armenta | Armijo | Arredondo | Arrey |
| Atencio | Avila | Ayala | Baca |
| Barreras | Barrios | Bazan | Becerra |
| Bejarano | Benavides | Bernal | Blea |
| Borrego | Brito | Brusuelas | Bustamante |
| Bustillos | Bustos | Cabeza De Baca | Campos |
| Candelaria | Carbajal | Carrasco | Carrillo |
| Casados | Casaus | Casillas | Castillo |
| Castro | Cedillo | Cervantes | Chacon |
| Chavez | Cisneros | Coca | Contreras |
| Cordoba | Coriz | Corona | Cortes |
| Crespin | Cristo | Cruz | Curtis |
| Deaguero | DelaO | Delgado | Diaz |
| Dimas | Dominguez | Duran | Encinas |
| Enriquez | Escobar | Escudero | Espinosa |
| Esquibel | Estrada | Fajardo | Fernandez |
| Flores | Fresquez | Gabaldon | Gallegos |
| Galvan | Galves | Gaona | Garcia |
| Garduno | Garza | Gavitt | Gomez |
| Gonzales | Griego | Guillen | Gurule |
| Gutierrez | Guzman | Hernandez | Herrera |
| Hill | Hinojos | Holguin | Hurtado |
| Jaquez | Jaramillo | Jardine | Jauregui |
| Jimenez | Jiron | Jojola | Kirker |
| Labadie | Lajeunesse | Lamadrid | Landavaso |
| Lara | Larragoite | Larranaga | Larrazolo |
| Leal | Ledoux | Lefebre | Leyba |
| Lobato | Lopez | Lucero | Luera |
| Lujan | Luna | Madrid | Maese |
| Maestas | Maldonado | Maloof | Manchego |
| Manzanares | Marcilla | Mares | Marquez |
| Martinez | Mascarenas | Mata | Medina |
| Michel | Miera | Mirabal | Mondragon |
| Montano | Montenegro | Montoya | Mora |
| Morga | Moya | Muniz | Munoz |
| Murchison | Naranjo | Nieto | Nocella |
| Nunez | Ochoa | Olivas | Onate |
| Ortega | Ortiz | Otero | Pacheco |
| Padilla | Paez | Pena | Peralta |
| Perea | Perez | Pino | Piro |
| Pittel | Prada | Quintana | Rael |
| Ramirez | Ramos | Rascon | Read |
| Rincon | Rivera | Robledo | Rodarte |
| Rodriguez | Romero | Ronquillo | Roybal |
| Rubio | Ruiz | Saavedra | Saiz |
| Salas | Salazar | Saldana | Sanchez |
| Sandoval | Santillanes | Santistevan | Segura |
| Sena | Serna | Serrano | Sierra |
| Silva | Solano | Suazo | Tafoya |
| Tapia | Tenorio | Terrus | Toledo |
| Torres | Troncoso | Trujillo | Ulibarri |
| Urioste | Valdez | Valencia | Vallejos |
| Valverde | Varela | Vargas | Vasquez |
| Velarde | Velasco | Velasquez | Venegas |
| Vergara | Vigil | Villalpando | Villanueva |
| Villarreal | Ybarra | Yrisarri | Yturrieta |
| Zaldivar | Zamora |
Copyright 2005 Angel R. Cervantes, Administrator,
New Mexico DNA Project.
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