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The BIG Family

April 28, 2008 By Marta Darby 5 Comments

After agreeing to take on the massive task of Family Historian, things I never even dreamed of are falling into my lap. Family members are finding photos and remembering stories. I feel like I’ve discovered buried treasure!

And as I start receiving photos and dates, a picture starts to form. And then there are the stories. So many wonderful stories of personalities and human events. I am completely intrigued.

This is my great-grandmother, Victoriana Perez de Espeleta, surrounded by her children. (My grandmother is 2nd from left.)
This photo was taken around 1929 or 1930 in Holguin, Cuba.
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My grandmother, Osmunda Espeleta de Perez-Puelles, center, and her children. Havana, circa 1956, My mom is on the far left.
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My mom, Luz Aurora Perez-Puelles de Verdés with her six children, Trabuco Canyon, California in 2002.
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And me, Marta M. Verdés de Darby, 😉 – Mission Viejo, California. 2007 with my four offspring.

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I’m having this whole circle-of-life thing rattling through my brain.

This project is BIG. And I am feeling so very small. It feels like there’s enough material here for an entire screenplay!
Can you imagine? A screenplay.  Then a movie…

So then I start to wonder if they made a movie of my life, would Renee Zellweger (the only actress I can think of with squinty eyes like mine) agree to gain 50 lbs. and dye her hair brown so she could play me? (but really, that is SO not important right now. =D)

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  1. Kikita says

    April 29, 2008 at 1:32 am

    I’m not sure how I feel about being called “offspring” . . . 😉

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  2. Chantel says

    April 29, 2008 at 6:14 am

    That series of pictures is just…wow. Just wow.

    Reply
  3. mario says

    April 29, 2008 at 11:25 pm

    What great pictures!!And Renee Zellwegger would be perfect!!
    And, Kikita, “offspring” is better than “spawn”. Right??
    Lovely family, from beginning to now.

    Reply
  4. Kathleen B says

    July 25, 2012 at 7:32 pm

    Hi Marta…I JUST found out about the Filipinos in Cuba. They settled where your Papi was from – Pinar del Rio. I loved your blog about your daughter’s trip back to Cuba.
    Kathleen

    Reply
  5. [email protected] says

    January 17, 2015 at 4:54 am

    Love, love, love the pictures

    Reply

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