Group Administrator:
Betty Hubbard - Email:
bettydna@verizon.net
Project Surnames
Castilla, de Leon, Perez
Project Background
After researching my Perez ancestry to my great grandfather Capitan Benito Perez, I reached a dead-end about 1860 in Pangasinan, Philippines. Family legend says we are of Spanish and French ancestry, but no evidence has been found beyond oral tradition.
In order to get some idea of the origins of our Perez family, I convinced my brother to provide a DNA sample for testing at Family Tree DNA.
We also suspected that our Perez surname may have Jewish origins, although there are no traces of Jewish culture in our family.