IMMIGRATION

Catalinas family

Im the daughter of Ludmila Zacarias and Cristian Miguel Cerezuela. I could not gather much
information, since almost all my relatives have either passed away or we lost contact. First, i
will talk about my fathers side.
My family's knowledge goes back to my great-grandparents from my fathers side. They were
two inmigrants from Almeria, a province from Andalucia, Spain. Their names were Anastasia
and José Cerezuela.. There is a contradiction or a confusion on the year they arrived to
Argentina, because my father said that it was during the spanish civil war, probably in 1938,
but in the data of the Inmigrants Hotel, it says that my great-grandfather came here between
1901 and 1907, there is no data about my great-grandmother. Moreover, they moved to
Tucumán, where they had seven children, one of them being my grandfather, Miguel Antonio
Cerezuela, born in 1953. Even before leaving their home country, they were very poor, now
with so many children, they couldn't provide enough for them, so my grandfather and some
of his siblings that were older moved to Buenos Aires to live and work with other family
members, he couldn't finish primary school. Later in his life, he met my grandmother, María,
who was from Resistencia Chaco, they married in 1976. Less than a year later, my father
was born. They went on to have three other children, my uncles.

On my mothers side, the only information i have is about my grandmothers family, since my
grandfather passed away when i was a child. My great great grandparents were Ana María
Andreotti and Roberto del Villar, the two of them were from Venice, Italy, they moved to
Buenos Aires, where they had my great grandfather in 1929, Horacio Del Villar. He met on
Mar Del Plata my great grandmother, Elva Mireya Rodríguez born in 1924 in Entre Ríos. Her
family was all from that province. Furthermore, in 1963 they had my grandmother, María
Virginia del Villar and her brother, Pablo Alberto del Villar two years later. In 1966 they
moved to Brasil for work reasons, they were merchants. Then, in 1973, they returned to Mar
Del Plata, due to economic reasons. There, my grandmother met my grandfather, Roberto
Fernando Zacarías, born in 1957, both his mother, Blanca Dora Marino and his father Néstor
Fernando Zacarías were from Argentina. They married in 1980, and had two children, my
mom in 1981 and my uncle on 1983. Later in life, they divorced and my grandfather married
another woman, they had my aunt Barbara Zacarías in 1993.
My mother moved to La Plata and then Buenos Aires, to study and work, she met my father
around those years and started dating, in 2001 they moved together. Six years later, they
had me, and in 2010, my brother was born.

Gonzalo’s Family

My family tree starts with me and my brother Facundo. We are sons of Victoria and Carlos.
Starting with Carlo’s family, his mother is called Maria del Carmen and his father is called
Juan Cruz. He also has a sister called Yanina, who has a daughter called Mia. All of them
are from Argentina and Carlo’s grandparents too. Now, Victoria’s family, her parents are
Maria Jose and Carlos. She has two siblings called Eugenia and Fernando. Eugenia has no
children. However, Fernando is married to Barbara and they have a son called Lucas. All of
them are from Argentina.
Talking about migration in my family, Maria Jose’ sister called Maria Teresa is from Spain.
Her father, Enrique was argentine but her mother, Maria Teresa was spanish. They had to
escape from Spain because of the war and also because they were oppositors but they left
Maria Teresa with her grandparents in Spain. When they arrived to Argentina, they got Maria
Jose. Then when Maria Teresa was 17, she get the manner to migrate to Argentina and stay
with her family.

Santiago’s Family

My family is big, warm, and full of history. On my father’s side, there are nine aunts
who grew up with their strong mother, while their father was not present. My
grandmother came from a family with ten brothers.

On my mother’s side, the family is rich in culture. I have two aunts and one uncle,
who now lives in French, so i have cousins that are half French and half Argentine.

My grandmother came from Slovenia during the Second World War, carrying a lot of
cultural aspects.
My great-grandfather was Spanish, adding another root to the family tree.

My family is united by traditions. Even today we share family dinners, sing old songs,
and keep the values that my grandfather protects with pride.

renu parte– papis de un pueblo donde todo el mundo tiene ascendencia nordica
(menos mi padre que ni idea ), padre con 2 hermanos uno adoptivo por la parte de
mi abuelo pq se separo de mi abuela, abuela con 10 hermanos que una de ellas es
de italia y formo su familia alla, parte mami– tiene un hermano soltero con 3 hijos,
padre y madre de argentina pero bisabuela de parte del abuelo era italia (mi menu
genoveva), pero mi bisabuela por parte de mi abuela era de dinamarca migro a los 7
años con su papi y hasta hoy en dia se cumplen las tradiciones danesas en la
celebraciones familiares, mi bisabuelo era español y migro con su papi cuando era
joven, mi tatara abuelo era un escritor español que no se como hizo que su hijo
obtenga educacion española.

On my father’s side, my family are from a town where almost everyone has Nordic
ancestry, with the exception of my father, whose family history is less clear. He has
two brothers, one of them is adopted through my grandfather, as my grandparents
separated a lot of years ago. My grandmother had ten siblings; one of her sisters
moved to Italy and has her family there.

On my mother’s side, she has brother with three children. Both of her parents were
born in Argentina, although her paternal grandmother, my great-grandmother
Genoveva, was born in Italy. My maternal great-grandmother on my grandmother’s
side was from Denmark; she migrated at the age of seven with her father, and
Danish traditions are still practice in our family celebrations today. My
great-grandfather was from Spain and migrated with his father during his youth. In
addition, my great-great-grandfather was a Spanish writer.

Similarities

All our families share Spanish roots. Migration is also something we all have in common:
some came because of war, others because of poverty or better opportunities. Many of our
grandparents or great-grandparents had big families with lots of siblings, which sometimes
caused economic problems. We also keep traditions in different ways. Santiagos and
Renatas still celebrate family dinners or with cultural customs. All of us have mixed
backgrounds to some degree as well, with Italian, Danish, French, Slovenian and other
European influences.

Differences

The families are not the same size. Santiago has a very big extended family, Catalinas is
very small, with most of her relatives having already passed away, Renata has adoptive
relatives and many nationalities, while Gonzalo knows little about his father’s side. Also, the
migrations are also different: Santiago’s grandmother left Slovenia after WWII, catalinas
came from Spain and Italy and later moved to Brazil, Gonzalo’s story is marked by the
Spanish Civil War, and Renata’s family mixed Danish, Italian, and Spanish roots.
Furthermore, Traditions vary too. Santiagos and Renatas keep them alive, whereas
Gonzalos and Catalinas don't have any specific one.