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Formerly raised in Sonora, Mexico, my great grandfather and his cousins moved to the rural village of El Ojo.
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My great grandfather was arrested after police caught him transporting home-made wine to a region around Sonora, Mexico, where alcohol was banned at the time.
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My grandfather, Octavio Dominguez, was born in the village of El Ojo. He was the youngest of four.
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My grandfather was born in the village of Sahuarichic; he was the youngest of three but the only boy.
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My grandfather became the first of his family to come the US. He would travel to several regions around the US to work; most notably in Nebraska working in the cotton fields. He did so until marrying my grandmother.
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My father was named Juan Carlos Dominguez and was my grandparent's first child. He was born in the village of El Ojo and lived there for about two years.
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My grandparents get married in Sahuarichic, Chi., Mexico.
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My grandfather decided that it would be best to raise the family in the city, already a father of two by the time he left. My father recalls him saying, " We had to move because there weren't any opportunitues in the farm, and i didn't want my son to be a farmer for the rest of his life..."
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After marrying my grandmother, his dad gave my grandfather more than 3/4 of his land. It was there that he built the family ranch, in which they still live in today , and one of the biggest ranches in the region.
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By the time my mother was born, she was the third in the family and the second girl. By this time, my grandfather was beginning to beome interested in politics.
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My grandparents opened their grocery store. This buisness belonged to my grandparents for almost 2 decades and was one of the most successful in the city.
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My great-uncle, Remedios Parra, became the first of both sides of the family to move to the US permanently. (Los Angeles)
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"Your grandfather and his borther would drive to the town to bring back barrels of water, they did so every few weeks. One time, on their way back my uncle crashed and flipped the truck with your grandfather on the back with the barrels. After seeing that your grandfather was lying below one of the barrels, my uncle thought he was dead, but then your grandfahter got up and walked away like it was nothing... Days later, we found out he had broken several of his ribs..."
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After being invoved with politics surrounding the area for several years, my grandfather became the mayor of the town of San Borjas and its surrounding districts. His greatest contribution was the planning and construciton of a road system that connected San Borjas to the rest of the area.
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My dad finally decided that it was time we moved here due to a job opportunity.
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After 17 years together, my parents officially tie the knot.
