Our Quintero DNA group was created in the hope of finding links to our family line(s), and to discover how we fit together with each other. 

Our surname signifies "A man who collects the King's Fifth Part". In other words our ancestors were "Tax Collectors for the King of Spain". The King would have selected noble families who he could trust and rely on to gather the fifth part if everything that his subjects owned/produced/or cultivated. This was done yearly and went into the coffers of the King for his needs personally and to run his government. 

There are quite a lot of items in the National Archives of Spain in Madrid which document the activities of these "Quintero" families. 

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