The mtDNA of Josefa Diaz marrried with Miguel Diaz Montañez
Hey all,
It has been some time since I have posted. I recently asked a granddaughter of my great-great grandfather Antonio Lopez’s sister who is direct living female descendant of Josefa Diaz and Miguel Diaz Montanez (son of Juan Montanez and Sebastiana Diez).
A bit of background, according to a tree online, Josefa Diaz and Miguel Diaz Montanez wed on April 7, 1641, en Pinos, Zac, Reino de Nueva Galicia. I do not think I have their marriage document. Perhaps her parents are shown on their marriage doc?
Josefa Diaz is of significant importance to me because not only do I descend from her on this line, but I am also a descendant of her on eleven other lines.
To this day I have not found a primary source that shows who her parents are. Armando Antunano, Sanchiz Family Tree and Family Search Tree has her as daughter of Juan Diaz de la Huerta and Isabel Martin de Sotomayor. This would make Josefa Diaz granddaughter of Maria de las Ruelas. I am wondering how this was concluded. Or if
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Hola Roberto,
I already shared this information with you via texting, but I thought I’d also share it with the group.
The marriage and veiling records of Miguel Díaz Montanés and Josefa Díaz do not name their parents, though both ceremonies took place on Juan Montanés’ paraje de Los Ojuelos, and he was named as a witness of the veiling.
There are two dispensas that reveal that Josefa Díaz was the daughter of Isabel Marín de las Ruelas:
1. Andrés Martín de Sotomayor y Mayorga cc Juana Cayetana de Villalobos:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-66SD-QN?i=338&cc=18745…
They were at 4º con 3º grado consanguinidad, the relationship looking like this:
Tronco: Andrés Martín Barriga cc María de las Ruelas
Isabel Marín-1-Andrés Martín Camacho
Josefa Díaz-2-Andrés Martín
Ángela Díaz-3-Andrés Martín
Juana Cayetana Villalobos-4-
2. Nicolás Gómez García cc Catalina de Rubalcava: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-X4NK-N?cc=1874591&wc=3…
They were at 3º con 4º grado consanguinidad. Unfortunately, it doesn’t explain the relationship, other than “the father of the groom was 1st-cousin of the grandmother of the bride,” but from other records, we know that the relationship looked like this:
Tronco: Andrés Martín Barriga cc María de las Ruelas
Agustina de las Ruelas-1-Isabel Marín de las Ruelas
Antonio Gómez García-2-Josefa Díaz
Nicolás Gómez García-3-Petra Díaz
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4-Catalina de Rubalcava
Saludos!
Manny Díez Hermosillo

Josefa Díaz, muger de Miguel Díaz Montañés, hija de Isabel Marín