Last year I shared some of my family tree with a friend. After a few days they sent me an E mail. One sentence stood out. "Did you know that you are a descendant of Don Juan Ponce de Leon, Adelantado de la Florida?"
I was a little surprised then I wrote my friend back. No? Do you have any details?
They sent me a family tree that was documented up to Antonio Maldonado y Nieves married to Dona Manuela Montalvo.
Antonio was born 1795 in Utuado, Puerto Rico.
I sat back and began pondering about the sur
