I AM TRYING TO SORT OUT MY LINEAGE ON MY MOTHERS SIDE. IT IS MY BASIC UNNDERSTANDING THAT THE NAME SIBAJA WAS ACTUALLY SPELLED "ZIBAHA". THIS NAME ORIGINATED FROM SPAIN OR RATHER PORTUGAL AND HAS SOME OF ITS ORIGINS PLACED TO THE TIME THE MOORS CONQUERED AND INHABITED SPAIN AND ITS NEIGHBOORS, THEREFORE HAVING SOME ARAB ROOTS. MY MOTHER WAS BORN IN OAXACA, OAXACA AND WAS RAISED THEIR UNTIL SHE CAME TO THE STATES IN 1970. SHE LEFT BEHIND SIX BROTHERS AND SISTERS. FLOR SIBAJA TRAPAGA, ISAIAS SIBAJA RODRIGUEZ, YOLANDA SIBAJA DE LA LANZA, ZOILA SIBAJA RODRIGUEZ, JAVIER SIBAJA RODRIGUEZ,MARIA DE LOURDES (LU LU) SIBAJA DE MIERELES. MY GRANDMOTHERS' NAME IS CHRISTINA ARTEMIA URDANETA (WAS CHANGED TO RODRIGUEZ). MY GRANDFATHERS' NAME IS ISAIAS ALFONSO SIBAJA DE LARUE DE LERUE. MY GRANDFATHER WAS A LANDOWNER AND A RANCHER AND MY GRANDMOTHER WAS A TEACHER, BEFORE SHE HAD A CHILDREN, AND CAN SEW LIKE A DREAM, CROCHET LIKE AN ARTIST, AND PLAY ANY INSTRUMENT WITH STRINGS. LATE IN LIFE MY GRANDFATHER HAD A COUPLE OF OTHER FAMILIES WITH OTHER LADIES SO I HAVE MANY HALF COUSINS AUNTS AND UNCLES ROAMING AROUND THE OAXACA AREA.I AM MOST INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM PEOPLE THAT KNOW ABOUT OUR EARLIEST BEGINNIGS. THE SIBAJA TRAITS RUN VERY DEEP AND STRONG. THEY HAVE SIMPLY NOT WASHED OUT THROUGH SEVERAL GENERATIONS ALL OF MY COUSINS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THREE ARE ALL THE SPITTING IMAGE OF ONE ANOTHER. THE OTHER REMAINING THREE WHILE MAY NOT LOOK LIKE US STILLHAVE THE SAME PESONALITY TRAITS. WE ARE ALL HEADSTRONG NEVER WRONG, AND HAVE A NASTY SENSE OF HUMOR (IN A GOOD WAY). I JUST WONDER HOW MANY MORE OF US ARE OUT THERE AND HOW FAR BACK I CAN TRACE OUR LINEAGE.