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Heart to Heart | When Family Stories Come Full Circle with Ana Cristina Cash · Cristy M. Diaz Podcast Conversations from the Heart

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  Heart to heart is where real [music]
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  stories meet real connection. Hosted by
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  Kristi Diaz, founder of Heartful Living,
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  this podcast opens the door to [music]
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  honest, unfiltered conversations about
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  life's most meaningful and sometimes
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  messy chapters. [music]
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  From personal journeys of resilience and
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  healing to experiences with love, loss,
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  Hi everybody and welcome to a really
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  special Heart to heart episode. It's
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  really more a mini-sode because we're
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  going to rush to dinner right after
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  this.
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  We had to take the opportunity while
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  here we're here in Aviles, Spain because
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  just the series of events that have led
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  to this moment to find out that Anna and
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  I are related through Danny have been
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  just awesome. And we wanted to document
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  it and the fact that Anna was one of my
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  very first conversations on Heart to
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  heart when it was still in the
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  foundations.
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  >> Baby podcast at the time.
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  >> Baby podcast at the time and I'm so
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  grateful that you did that for me.
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  You know, I go way back with Anna. We go
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  back to high school. We never knew these
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  connections and the fact that we have
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  come all the way across the water, the
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  ocean to find out that we're related.
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  It's just it was meant to be.
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  >> It was meant to be.
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  >> Godcidence. So without further ado, I
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  want to reintroduce Anna Christina Cash
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  to our show.
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  And you guys may remember her. We
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  interviewed her. She is a country singer
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  in Nashville, Tennessee with Miami Cuban
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  roots.
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  >> That's right.
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  >> Married to I would say what, Nashville
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  royalty are they?
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  >> [laughter]
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  >> To the Cash family and here she is in
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  Aviles, Spain and I found her through
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  Instagram.
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  >> Yes, it's it's the craziest thing. So
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  I'd posted I think a video or something,
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  a photo of me in Aviles and she messaged
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  me, DM'd me and she's like, "Anna,
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  what are you doing in Aviles? We're
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  here." I'm like, "Well, I'm visiting my
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  family." Well, we're like, "We're
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  visiting our family." It's like Danny's
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  family in Aviles. I'm like, "Wait a
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  second." So, we got in a group chat, we
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  started talking, we met up, and we're
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  like, "How is this connected? Are we
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  cousins? Are we related?" And it turns
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  out yes, that we are.
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  And it's through a lady named uh
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  Adelaida.
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  >> Adelaida. Yeah.
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  >> Adelaida. Yes. So, at this point I
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  should say that I was not prepared to
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  interview anybody on this uh
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  vacation of mine. I only have two
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  microphones today, so I'm actually going
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  to pass it over to Danny, who's the one
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  that really made the connection while we
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  were on a drive.
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  >> one that really knows how we're related.
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  >> [laughter]
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  >> It's funny. Well, uh hi everybody. Um
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  so, Aviles, Asturias
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  is the third largest uh city in
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  Asturias, which is um
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  a state, if you will, uh in northern
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  Spain.
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  And uh our connection here is through my
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  father, uh who was born in Cuba
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  >> [clears throat]
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  >> to um
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  descendants, obviously, of of this area.
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  And his maternal grandfather uh and his
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  brothers had come to Cuba from this area
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  uh at the turn of the century. And um
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  they have a name for them here, uh the
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  Asturianos that would leave Asturias
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  seeking
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  their fortune, their opportunity in the
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  new world, in the Americas, and they
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  call them Indianos. And so, uh those
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  people that were from this area, not
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  just Aviles, but other cities and towns
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  from the area, they would go to Mexico,
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  Cuba, and Argentina primarily, uh and
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  start businesses. And uh you know,
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  traditional aspirational immigrant
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  story, uh they'd go, they'd start their
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  businesses, and and you know, be very uh
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  enterprising and and build very
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  successful you know, businesses, and uh
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  always with a look back to this area.
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  And they came and and bought property
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  and built homes. And the homes that they
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  built here, um they're identified as
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  casas de Indianos. And uh there's a
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  symbolic palm tree uh planted in front
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  of their homes. Uh
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  representing obviously the you know the
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  their roots to uh to Cuba and the
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  islands. Uh so that's kind of our
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  connection here. And um
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  we've been coming here for a long time.
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  My father uh leaves Cuba in December of
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  1960.
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  And uh the family business then was
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  textiles. Um they had a distribution
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  business where they imported uh
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  textiles, distributed them all over the
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  island. Uh then they manufactured uh
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  clothing, textiles, uniforms for the
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  military. And then they had a store uh
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  called La Isla de Cuba uh in Havana.
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  And that business was nationalized uh at
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  the beginning of the revolution. Uh
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  obviously it provoked our family coming
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  back here. So my dad actually moved here
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  in 1960 and spent um you know his
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  formative years here. So obviously our
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  roots are very very closely tied to this
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  place.
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  Um and so we were talking about these
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  things um and uh since I had been here a
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  lot
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  >> When I saw the picture of Anna and Anna
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  told me she has family here, I go,
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  "Well, there has to be a connection
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  because there's only 10 Cubans in LA."
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  >> [laughter]
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  >> So there has to be
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  some sort of connection.
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  >> Yeah.
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  >> Right?
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  >> Yep.
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  >> And how was the connection made? I
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  forgot. We were in the car.
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  >> Well, just like he was explaining his
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  family history and everything about his
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  father and everything in his family
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  here, it's it's the same story. Turn of
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  the century. My um great grandmother and
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  great grandfather, both from the area,
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  Milania, my great grandmother, Rafael.
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  Um we're distant cousins.
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  >> Right. [laughter]
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  >> You know, it's you know, but not close
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  cousins clearly. They married, but in
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  Cuba. My um
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  my great
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  I think it's um
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  it was Melania's aunt Paola and Rafael.
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  They brought Melania to Cuba and it was
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  the steamships at the time. You know, it
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  was like a 2-week trip. It was very
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  dangerous. People got sick at the time.
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  >> Sure.
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  >> Um so this these were huge sacrifices
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  that were made like in my family and
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  Danny's family and we're family so in
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  our families.
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  >> Right.
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  >> Now um so essentially they got married
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  in Cuba, stayed there, they started a
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  farm, they had their own business and
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  everything and we just started chatting
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  about how we were possibly related so so
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  I think it's I believe it's through
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  Paola who is related
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  um to Adelaida. Is that correct? And and
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  Tony. It's Paola Paola, Adelaida and
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  Tony are the way that we're related.
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  >> Yeah.
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  >> Those three.
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  >> Yeah, so so there's um
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  so my great-grandfather, Rafael Suarez
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  Rodriguez,
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  his older brother, Primitivo Suarez
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  Rodriguez, was married to Nana and
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  Adelaida. That's Adelaida. Perez.
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  Um and
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  >> your great great great aunt?
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  >> It's a layer up, right? So cuz
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  Adelaida's father is Antonio Garcia.
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  >> Yes.
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  >> And then he had sisters and that sister
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  is Paola.
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  >> Paola.
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  >> And and that's it.
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  >> that adopted um my great-grandmother
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  because her parents died. They she was
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  an orphan essentially.
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  Um just very sad. She became orphan at a
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  young age and they took her in but it
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  was a blood relation so it wasn't like
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  an adopted relation, you know? So
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  essentially they were family by blood
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  and that's how we're connected by blood,
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  you know? Then he's my cousin.
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  >> And the [clears throat] crazy
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  coincidence that my father-in-law was
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  raised by his grandparents.
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  >> Mhm.
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  >> Just just like your side of the family.
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  I mean, the
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  the continued coincidences are just
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  eerie at this point when we're piecing
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  everything together. The first thing she
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  tells me is that, you know, she's going
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  to go take a look at paperwork at San
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  Nicolas Valley, which is the local
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  church here and that you had to go
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  somewhere de la Luz.
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  >> Yes, la Virgen de la Luz. So we got to
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  go. Apparently what I was told by my
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  cousin Rafael Garcia that's here. He's
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  lovely man and also Jose Alfredo Garcia
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  is that most of our family went to
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  church there. So most of the baptisms,
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  like the weddings. Of course like all of
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  this area there's so many churches to
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  choose from but I think that was the one
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  that they were parishioners at. So I got
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  to visit and I felt like just this
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  beautiful feeling come over me that I
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  felt like I like I've been there before
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  like I'm connected to this place and
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  John felt it too, my husband.
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  And just a beautiful stone church on the
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  inside the Virgin Mary with the you know
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  the shawl. What do you say? Robe?
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  >> Uh the uh
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  >> What's it called?
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  >> Velo.
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  >> Velo. The veil. The veil.
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  >> And just a very simple church not huge
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  but but very very special and very old
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  from what I imagine. I don't know the
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  exact history of how old it is but
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  there's so much history here in in
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  Aviles. It's a medieval town. Gorgeous
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  if you have not been. Um
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  there's so much to do, so much to see.
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  The The food is amazing and just you
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  know, I've always connected with my
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  Cuban side and I visited Aviles for the
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  first time when I was 15 years old with
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  my parents. They brought me when I was
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  15.
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  Um but I had not come since until like 4
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  years ago essentially with my husband
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  and with my own children. And just being
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  back here really spending time with the
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  family and and they visited me in the
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  States as well. We just realized we're
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  so connected and I'm just as proud to be
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  Cuban as I am to be Spanish as well. So
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  I think that's it's just very special to
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  come back. And I feel like everywhere
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  you turn here and just all of Asturias
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  really, all of it there's there's
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  something new to learn. It's it's really
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  surprising. Just like everywhere we've
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  been over time. It's just like so
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  special.
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  >> Right. And the other eerie coincidence
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  about de la Luz is we went to la Iglesia
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  de la Luz and Danny will share that one
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  one his relatives was the one that
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  dressed the Virgin veil.
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  >> Yeah.
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  >> Yeah, so so that church has a long
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  history with the family
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  and it was kind of the focal point for
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  that area.
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  >> Mhm.
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  >> Um and you know, I I've come to
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  appreciate it a lot more on this trip
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  cuz I've had a little bit more time to
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  kind of explore uh where the family was
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  really originally from.
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  And this whole area, the distances are
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  are pretty significant, right? And
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  obviously today we take for granted that
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  we have highways
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  And back then they didn't. They'd have
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  to either walk or or horse and buggy,
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  right?
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  >> And so, you know, to get to these and
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  there's hills and mountains, right? So
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  on top of just like, "Hey, it's you
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  know, a couple miles away." But a couple
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  miles in you know, altitude and like no
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  roads, it wasn't easy to get around. So
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  um you know, that's why there was a lot
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  of churches and then this church in
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  particular uh I came to find out uh that
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  my great-grandfather had been baptized
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  there.
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  And um you know, La Virgen has symbolism
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  in uh expectant mothers and mothers in
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  childbirth and those who have passed in
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  childbirth.
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  And um unfortunately my
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  great-grandfather's daughter, my
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  grandmother, my father's mother uh
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  passed in childbirth uh giving birth to
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  my father when she was 18 years old uh
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  in Havana.
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  And um you know, obviously again
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  he was a devout um you know, Catholic to
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  a you know, that that Virgin um
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  obviously before any of this stuff
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  happened.
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  And on one of his many trips uh
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  returning from the island to Asturias
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  because they were in the textile
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  business um he came back with a veil uh
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  in a
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  velour I guess. What what's the velvet?
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  Excuse me. That is your velo is what it
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  is in Spanish. I don't even know what it
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  is in English anymore.
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  >> Um anyway, it it it was a beautiful
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  piece that you know, was delivered to
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  the church and and has been hanging with
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  the Virgin
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  uh since then. So, in the 1920s. So,
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  it's pretty special church for us.
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  >> Two degrees of separation in Luquillo. I
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  say it all the time and now it's
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  literal.
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  >> Now it's literal and it's amazing
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  because I've I've known you both for
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  like over 20 years. Like I went to high
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  school with you and just through friends
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  we met like years ago and then I left
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  Miami and then we're like connected, you
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  know, and from the same community and we
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  had to come all the way to Spain to find
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  out that we're related and it's it's
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  just amazing. It's just such a small
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  world. And I I just can't explain the
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  feeling that I get when I'm here. I'm
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  just really happy to be here. It's
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  almost like being home. It is like being
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  home in many ways. If you think about
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  the sacrifices
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  that um our families have made to to
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  make a better life for themselves. I
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  think you explained that very well the
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  other day just how um you know, it's
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  very rural back then. Um the roads, you
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  know, not much going on essentially. And
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  and to be specific La La Virgen La
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  Ermita de la Virgen de la Luz was in
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  Villalegre and I know that that's where
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  my great grandmother and great
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  grandfather were from pretty much. I
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  know my great grandfather, Rafael, was
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  born in Trasona and Melania somewhere in
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  Aviles, who knows? Like pretty much
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  Villalegre. So, you know, it's very very
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  special.
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  >> I'm sure if we continue digging
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  >> We need to continue digging. Yes.
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  >> So, interestingly enough, Danny and I
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  did extra digging Sherlock Holmes and
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  Watson type stuff the other day. We went
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  to the cemetery in search of his
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  great-grandmother. Who we actually could
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  not find. And
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  >> And we found some of my relatives, too.
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  >> But we're a whole corner in the
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  cemetery. We're all together. [laughter]
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  It's crazy.
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  I turned around and there's your your
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  family Garcia Garcia just standing right
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  in front of you.
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  >> E Garcia because there were Garcias that
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  got that married each other. Anyways,
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  that's that's why Garcia E Garcia.
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  That's what they do in Spain. They add
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  on last names like there's no tomorrow.
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  So, yeah.
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  >> So, we're just going to keep digging. Um
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  Anna also has uh family in the Canary
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  Islands and I have family in the Canary
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  Islands.
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  >> knows? Maybe there's more to unravel
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  that as well. We're going to start
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  unraveling well.
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  >> [laughter]
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  >> But Anna, it's been so amazing getting
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  to spend time with you here of all
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  places.
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  >> We're having so much fun together. This
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  is great.
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  >> Yes. And we miss her sister. Her sister
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  already took off to the airport.
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  >> My sister Marissa was just here with her
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  daughter Abigail who's getting married
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  in December in Miami and we're having a
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  great time. My my daughter Grace is in
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  camp here in Aviles and um you know, so
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  much is spoken about also from her
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  father's side really to like John's
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  father was Johnny Cash, June Carter and
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  everything. And but I always tell them
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  you're you're Latina.
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  You know, you have Spanish, you have
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  Cuban. Like there are all these other
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  things that are a part of your life, you
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  know, that you know, kind of trying to
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  turn my kids into well-rounded people
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  essentially and just explain all of the
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  history on all sides.
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  >> And you know, I love that you said that
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  because that goes for our children as
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  well. We're very much instilling in them
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  you're Cuban, you're Cuban, but you're
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  also Spanish.
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  >> You are. Yes. Exactly.
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  >> Um so, I'm so glad that you're immersing
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  your children and doing this as young as
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  they are.
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  >> As as you both are as well. And your
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  children are lovely. I got to see them
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  today. So
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  >> Likewise. You're great.
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  Well, we're only just starting this
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  family reunion because we've already
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  committed to seeing each other again
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  back in the States.
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  >> They can't get rid of me, I told them.
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  [laughter] And vice versa. So, you know,
• 15:24
  coincidences keep happening and
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  um your daughter,
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  >> Yes.
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  >> is born on September 11th, and your
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  birthday
• 15:32
  >> is September 11th.
• 15:33
  >> September [laughter] 11th.
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  >> So, they're going to come visit us in
• 15:34
  Nashville and watch us on the Grand Ole
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  Opry. We're so excited. It's going to be
• 15:38
  so fun. And we can celebrate you and
• 15:40
  Grace.
• 15:41
  >> Thank you. Well, I'm thrilled to do
• 15:42
  that. I'm a big country music fan. And
• 15:45
  uh been always wanting to go to the
• 15:46
  Grand Ole Opry, so it'll be a treat.
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  >> And I I told you I've never been to
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  Nashville.
• 15:50
  >> Oh my god.
• 15:50
  >> And you promised me a trip to the Cash
• 15:52
  Cabin, so we're going to make it finally
• 15:53
  happen.
• 15:54
  >> to do that and so much more. We're going
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  to have dinner. We're going to take you
• 15:56
  around. It's going to be amazing.
• 15:57
  >> So exciting. So, the next time you see
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  us all together, we're going to be in
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  Nashville, Tennessee. But for now, we
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  are going to take off and go to dinner,
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  uh because all we do while we're out
• 16:07
  here is eat.
• 16:08
  >> Well, there's also Miami. I can see you
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  guys in Miami anytime. I'm there back
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  and forth all the time.
• 16:12
  >> So so it's funny because your husband is
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  also a sea hunter boatman like me.
• 16:17
  >> He is. Yes. And you're an adventure man.
• 16:19
  >> I love outdoorsman just like your
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  husband, so there's going to be a lot a
• 16:22
  lot more to do together, for sure.
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  [laughter]
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  It's exciting.
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  >> Well, we're going to take off now and go
• 16:28
  to dinner because I just asked my
• 16:30
  husband if the restaurant we're going to
• 16:32
  is on Cuban time, and he says that they
• 16:34
  are not, so
• 16:35
  >> Cubans are always on time there.
• 16:36
  >> Yeah.
• 16:37
  >> Yes. You know, because dinners do take 3
• 16:39
  hours long, so we have to get there at
• 16:40
  time.
• 16:40
  >> And they start late. Usually the sweet
• 16:42
  spot's about 9:00 p.m., 9:30, I've
• 16:44
  learned, and it's and it's very sociable
• 16:46
  and people are communicating and they're
• 16:47
  really connecting here, which is so
• 16:48
  special.
• 16:49
  >> Thank you so much, both of you, for
• 16:50
  taking time out of our schedules to do
• 16:53
  this. This was wonderful.
• 16:55
  >> Our schedules of eating every day.
• 16:56
  >> Yeah. We're going [laughter] to go eat
• 16:57
  again.
• 16:59
  >> It's amazing.
• 17:00
  >> That's all we have for now. Thank you
• 17:01
  for joining us today in this impromptu
• 17:03
  episode of Heartful Living Heart to
• 17:05
  Heart Podcast. Bye, everybody.
• 17:07
  >> Heart to Heart is where real [music]
• 17:08
  stories meet real connection. Hosted by
• 17:10
  Kristi Diaz, founder of Heartful Living,
• 17:13
  this podcast opens the door to honest,
• 17:15
  unfiltered conversations [music]
• 17:16
  about life's most meaningful and
• 17:18
  sometimes messy chapters. From personal
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• 17:22
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  finding [music] purpose. Heart to Heart
• 17:27
  is a space for the stories that deserve
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• 17:31
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• 17:32
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