Once upon a time, after bumping into some evidence that at least several of
our ancestors might have been a royal (Alonso de Estrada, illigetimate son
of King Ferdinand), I asked my now deceased

Once upon a time, after bumping into some evidence that at least several of
our ancestors might have been a royal (Alonso de Estrada, illigetimate son
of King Ferdinand), I asked my now deceased aunt why she had never said
anything about this connection. Her response was “That’s who THEY were,
that’s not who WE are.”

She was a bitter woman, but a wise one. It is so true, while her siblings
might have looked “castellano”, she, herself, looked like the Indigenous
blood inherited from the Tlacaltecas that were brought in from the south to
settle the northern territories. For her, it was impossible to embrace
years of subjugation based on her color, despite the apparent direct link to
Alonso de Estrada.