Thursday, October 6, 2016

Visiting my father's home village of Lira

I rented a car in Santiago and took a drive to my father's hometown of Lira, Galicia, Spain in hopes of trying to find and living relatives. Not an easy task as he died 40 years ago and nor records of his full name survived his emigration into the United States. In Spain, people keep many of their names and in order to facilitate my research, I would need at least one of more of his names including his mother's maiden name which I never knew. Nevertheless, it was quite enjoyable to walk around his village and continue on to Finesterre on a beautiful day. Thanks to one of the tour guides, Ana, from Fresco and one of the bus drivers who has family near Lira, we might continue the search.





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