Family on the Net
Cousin Marco recently announced he’s got his art/portfolio sites up for viewing. He’s also put up a blog (naughty, naughty, Marc!). The top half of his head that serves as a graphic on his blog could very well be grafted on to any one of the bottom half of our (guy cousins’) faces. The hairline, forehead and bushy eyebrows are so typical of our branch of the family! Another cousin, Nate, as mentioned earlier, also has a blog. That makes three of us. But wait, there’re more. Tina over here has managed to keep her personal site alive over the years (it’s not being updated anymore though). Lolo Tom (my late grandpa’s brother) maintains the clan site (sorry, it’s password-protected). Lolo Tom gives an account of how their father emigrated to the Philippines in the late 1800s from the Fujian province of China and how he eventually settled in Naga City in Bicol.
The rest of the clan appear to be scattered all over the net.
This site details the “genealogy, history and origin” of my paternal grandmother’s side of the family, the Ursua family of Bicol. It’s amazing how the surname has been traced back to a certain Juan de Ursua who lived in the Basque Kingdom of Navarra in the 1300s.
Now my mom’s side is not so visible on the net but I know for sure that a secretive younger cousin of mine maintains a Xanga site that I’ve yet to discover.
Tags: family, philippines, weblog
January 24th, 2004 at 10:08 am
Hey you! How come the women in our clan don’t have that Dy-Liacco hairline trademark? Or even the bushy eyebrows? Well I grew up with Peach and Ina-for most of my younger years. And, I think during our generation, Iím the youngest one. So I have no idea. Oh well. Anyway, I’ve been lazy researching detailed facts about Dy-Liaccos or Ursuas. I’m more interested in the detailed origins. How can I request for a password? Also, Tina looks very different from the pics on her old site. The last picture I saw-she looked awesome. I recall her staying with us in Manila for vacation, and the first time I heard her speak with her Australian accen- Itís just a priceless moment. Anyway, thanks for exposing my naughty site. Heh. Good luck. By the way, did you get that issue of MacWorld and Maximum PC? The G5 lost to the PCs in comparison. Heh. Wooha! I love Macs but I bring my PC to bed.
Love,
Your Cousin
January 24th, 2004 at 10:50 am
Hey Marc, the reason why the women don’t look like us is because they’ve discovered tweezers and know how to grow their bangs! hehe. j/k
Oh and yeah: I posted about your brother Ryan over here:
http://www.deebeedee.com/blog/archives/000357.php
I’ll email you the password to Lolo Tom’s site..
January 26th, 2004 at 7:42 am
hey guys! just dropping by!
January 26th, 2004 at 9:49 pm
hey nate. I see you have a .tk domain there as well.