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Mustard and Turnip Greens ~ Rachel's Kitchen

Mustard and Turnip Greens ~ Rachel’s Kitchen

Mustard and Turnip Greens Ingredients: 2 lb of smoked meat of your choice 1 1/2  lb mustard greens 1 1/2  lb turnip greens 1 lb fresh turnip bottoms, peeled and cubed 1/8 tsp red hot pepper flakes 3 cloves of garlic, minced 1 medium yellow onion, cubed  1 Tbsp white vinegar 1 Tbsp sugar salt to taste Directions: Put smoked meat in a pot and cover with water. Cover with a tight fitting lid. Cook…

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3 Tips for Using Google for Genealogy - Genealogy Research - Helpful Hints

3 Tips for Using Google for Genealogy – Genealogy Research – Helpful Hints

June 16, 2016 By Tyler S. Stahle It’s likely that we’ve all turned to Google at some point in our genealogical research. After all, simply typing in our search topic, hitting “Enter,” and hoping for the best is one of easiest ways to be led to heaps of helpful (and sometimes not-so-helpful) sources. But there’s a better way to use Google for family history research says Lisa Louise Cooke, host of…

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Welcome Back and Thanks for Dropping In!!! Spotlight on Primos DNA Tribe!!

Welcome Back and Thanks for Dropping In!!! Spotlight on Primos DNA Tribe!!

We are so excited to keep this website evolving and addressing the following topics as they relate to us, proven cousins connected via DNA, Genealogy,  Ancestry building, Puerto Rico, Taino and Indigenous people.   Within those headers we are working to share, inform, enlighten, and brighten your day! We want this to be your one stop shop. What’s different – the family touch!! It’s where our own…

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Study Uncovers How DNA Repair Protein Finds Damage - News & Noteworthy

Study Uncovers How DNA Repair Protein Finds Damage – News & Noteworthy

October 7, 2016 Maintaining genomic integrity is the primary focus of DNA repair proteins. Though scientists have been able to elucidate many of the underlying mechanisms in complex repair pathways, how proteins can find a single damaged base among the billions of DNA molecules has largely remained a mystery. However now, investigators at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and…

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Roberto Clemente - Famous Friday

Roberto Clemente – Famous Friday

~ Pedro Rodriguez Gonzalez I remember the first time I saw Robert Clement play baseball, his team the Pittsburgh Pirates were playing the NY Giants. Robert threw out a player going to first base on a single to the outfield this man had a cannon for an arm. Puerto Rico has produced some of baseball’s best players but none compare to our Famous Friday Honouree. Roberto Clemente was born in Barrio…

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Five Important Time-Saving Tips for Getting Your Genealogy Research Done - Genealogy Research - Helpful Hints

Five Important Time-Saving Tips for Getting Your Genealogy Research Done – Genealogy Research – Helpful Hints

It can be hard to find time to work in your genealogical research in today’s busy world. You have your family to care for, your marriage to attend to, extended family obligations, friends to see, social and community activities to participate in, and maybe even a job. So, how are you supposed to get any good, quality research of significance done in between all of these other things? The good…

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Themed Personalised Fitness Camp

Themed Personalised Fitness Camp

Move over treadmill – this is the future of fitness      38 Degrees North founder James Davis (left) and WIRED’s product editor Jeremy White (right). Jeremy wears Tribe Sports Core Long Sleeve Running top (£26 tribesports.com), Tribe Sports Core Running Tights (£35 tribesports.com); On Cloudsurfer trainers (£125 on-running.com) Nick Wilson   Boot camps have become commonplace – but an emerging…

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The Bohemian Toast / El Brindis del Bohemio

The Bohemian Toast / El Brindis del Bohemio

The official end of our ’12 days of Christmas’ blogs  and 2016. Wishing happiness, health, prosperity and most of all LOVE in coming New Year!! Besos Primos DNA Tribe   As per the the Puerto Rican tradition, when the hugs and kisses and well wishes have been share;  someone recites the poem “El Brindis del Bohemio” or “The Bohemian Toast” by  Aguirre Guillermo Fierro (Mexican) El Paso, Texas…

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The Jewish Palate: The Jews of Puerto Rico - Day 9 - 8 Days of Hanukkah!

The Jewish Palate: The Jews of Puerto Rico – Day 9 – 8 Days of Hanukkah!

The final installment in the Eight Days of Hanukkah! Like the menorah, we had an extra post – I am guessing, the days to celebrate for this year were December 24, 2016 through to January 1, 2017!   The mouthwatering flavors that make up the cuisine of the largest Jewish community in the Caribbean are numerous, Chef Dennis Wasko finds.     Jewish history in Puerto Rico can be traced back to the…

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Sephardic Hispanic Heritage: 13 Facts About ‘Latino Jews’ Day 8 - 8 Days of Hanukkah!

Sephardic Hispanic Heritage: 13 Facts About ‘Latino Jews’ Day 8 – 8 Days of Hanukkah!

  Israel’s Sephardi Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar stands as he overlooks La Alhambra Palace in the Spanish southern town of Granada, Spain, on May 31, 2011. The conquest of Granada by Christians in 1492 marked the end of war with Arabs, and the beginning of the persecution against Jews in Spain, known as Sephardim. Many Jews overcame Spanish laws that restricted travel to the New World, and thousands…

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Año Nuevo

Almost the end of our ’12 days of Christmas’ blogs to share Wishing you all a very happy and safe New Year!! Besos Primos DNA Tribe A traditional Año Viejo, New Year’s Eve, celebration is spent with lots of family and friends. But before the party begins Puerto Ricans spend the entire day cleaning the house, yard, cars, and even sweeping the street. Why?  It is believed that whatever the…

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How to Light the Menorah - Day 7 - 8 Days of Hanukkah!

How to Light the Menorah – Day 7 – 8 Days of Hanukkah!

Light Up Your Environment! Background Some 2100 years ago the Land of Israel came under the rule of the Syrian-Greek emperor Antiochus, who issued a series of decrees designed to force his Hellenistic ideology and rituals upon the Jewish people. He outlawed the study of Torah and the observance of its commands, and defiled the Holy Temple in Jerusalem with Greek idols. A small, vastly outnumbered…

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Amerindian History - Sioux Ghost Dance Song Lyrics

Amerindian History – Sioux Ghost Dance Song Lyrics

These song lyrics were originally documented and translated by James Mooney in 1894.   SONGS OF THE SIOUX 1. A’te he’ye e’yayo (Opening Song) A’te he’ye e’yayo! A’te he’ye e’yayo! A’te he’ye lo, A’te he’ye lo. Nitu’ñshi’la wa’ñyegala’ke—kta’ e’yayo’! Nitu’ñshi’la wa’ñyegala’ke—kta’ e’yayo’! A’te he’ye lo, A’te he’ye lo. Ni’takuye wañye’găla’ke—kta e’yayo’! Ni’takuye wañye’găla’ke—kta e’yayo’!…

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Tostones and Matzoh: A Puerto Rican-Jewish Journey – Day 6 – 8 Days of Hanukkah!  Great blog post; I enjoyed it, sure you will too!! I am a Catholic woman, born and raised in the sunny island of Puerto Rico.

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Amerindian History - Lakota Ghost Dance at Pine Ridge - June 20, 1890

Amerindian History – Lakota Ghost Dance at Pine Ridge – June 20, 1890

The following is Mrs. Z. A. Parker’s description of a Ghost Dance observed on White Clay Creek at Pine Ridge Reservation, Dakota Territory, June 20, 1890. We drove to this spot about 10.30 o’clock on a delightful October day. We came upon tents scattered here and there in low, sheltered places long before reaching the dance ground. Presently we saw over three hundred tents placed in a circle,…

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Amerindian History - The Truth About the Wounded Knee Massacre

Amerindian History – The Truth About the Wounded Knee Massacre

In 1889, the pronouncements of Paiute mystic Wovoka sparked hope of the dawning of a new age among Western tribes; an age that promised an end to Euro-American oppression and a return to tribal autonomy, abundance and spiritual renewal. According to Wovoka, deliverance required participation in a regime of ritual dance and prayer. As word of his Ghost Dance Revival spread, a Lakota delegation…

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Amerindian History - Lakota Accounts of the Massacre at Wounded Knee

Amerindian History – Lakota Accounts of the Massacre at Wounded Knee

From the Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for 1891, volume 1, pages 179-181. Extracts from verbatim stenographic report of council held by delegations of Sioux with Commissioner of Indian Affairs, at Washington, February 11, 1891.   TURNING HAWK, Pine Ridge (Mr. Cook, interpreter). Mr. Commissioner, my purpose to-day is to tell you what I know of the condition of affairs at the agency…

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