Comments on: Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Revolutionary Ancestors https://megansmolenyak.com/lin-manuel-mirandas-revolutionary-ancestors/ genealogical adventurer & storyteller Wed, 18 Sep 2024 19:55:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jeanne Domuret https://megansmolenyak.com/lin-manuel-mirandas-revolutionary-ancestors/#comment-253 Fri, 16 Jun 2017 03:09:30 +0000 http://www.megansmolenyak.com/?p=157957#comment-253 I’ve enjoyed the story so much. You should be commended not only for the great research into the Towns family, the ethnicity complexities we all share, but also for your ability as a storyteller who grabs and tholds our interest through all the twists and turns history may take us. Thank you!

]]> By: Deborah Britt Hill https://megansmolenyak.com/lin-manuel-mirandas-revolutionary-ancestors/#comment-252 Wed, 15 Feb 2017 18:46:03 +0000 http://www.megansmolenyak.com/?p=157957#comment-252 This was so wonderful, awesome and eye opening of all that happened back then to the Towns family and many others. Thank you for sharing this!!

]]> By: Megan Smolenyak https://megansmolenyak.com/lin-manuel-mirandas-revolutionary-ancestors/#comment-249 Wed, 27 Jul 2016 18:54:23 +0000 http://www.megansmolenyak.com/?p=157957#comment-249 In reply to Patricia Kayden.

Very happy to hear that, Pat! And yup, totally agree with you!

]]> By: Patricia Kayden https://megansmolenyak.com/lin-manuel-mirandas-revolutionary-ancestors/#comment-248 Wed, 27 Jul 2016 18:48:13 +0000 http://www.megansmolenyak.com/?p=157957#comment-248 Great work, Megan! Felt as if I was watching a movie as I was reading about Lin-Manuel’s geneology. What a fascinating and riveting story about race, nationality, slavery and freedom.

Seems like Lin-Manuel is truly multiracial/multicultural. No wonder, he’s so cool.

]]> By: Megan Smolenyak https://megansmolenyak.com/lin-manuel-mirandas-revolutionary-ancestors/#comment-247 Fri, 15 Jul 2016 19:54:43 +0000 http://www.megansmolenyak.com/?p=157957#comment-247 In reply to Diane Lucero.

Thanks, Diane! So glad you found it helpful!

]]> By: Megan Smolenyak https://megansmolenyak.com/lin-manuel-mirandas-revolutionary-ancestors/#comment-246 Fri, 15 Jul 2016 19:54:08 +0000 http://www.megansmolenyak.com/?p=157957#comment-246 In reply to Stormy Winslow.

You’re more than welcome, Stormy!

]]> By: Diane Lucero https://megansmolenyak.com/lin-manuel-mirandas-revolutionary-ancestors/#comment-245 Fri, 15 Jul 2016 18:44:50 +0000 http://www.megansmolenyak.com/?p=157957#comment-245 Megan, thank you so much for this research. I am related to Towns family and never knew this information. I will print and place in my family album all these genealogical documents. Great work!

]]> By: Stormy Winslow https://megansmolenyak.com/lin-manuel-mirandas-revolutionary-ancestors/#comment-243 Wed, 29 Jun 2016 02:10:57 +0000 http://www.megansmolenyak.com/?p=157957#comment-243 As a native of Nacogodches, this was a fascinating article! Thanks!

]]> By: Megan Smolenyak https://megansmolenyak.com/lin-manuel-mirandas-revolutionary-ancestors/#comment-241 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 18:06:30 +0000 http://www.megansmolenyak.com/?p=157957#comment-241 In reply to Steve.

Thanks, Steve! Yes, he’s mostly Puerto Rican, but I love that so many of us – whether we know it or not – are a melange of some sort!

]]> By: Megan Smolenyak https://megansmolenyak.com/lin-manuel-mirandas-revolutionary-ancestors/#comment-240 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 18:05:25 +0000 http://www.megansmolenyak.com/?p=157957#comment-240 In reply to AJD.

Thanks, AJD! I tend to share stories further back in time so there are no privacy issues, but just to be clear, LMM is mostly Puerto Rican! And I appreciate your comment re: Rodi/Sofi! My genealogical instincts say that she could be one and the same, but I can’t prove it, so I’ll gratefully add your insight to the case!

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