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in reply to a message by Evangelina Cantú Carreón
I'm 99.9 % sure my wife's Biological father Antonio Cantu was from Mamulique, he was definitely born in Monterey Mexico, and his mother's maiden name is Trevino. You could be my wife's prima. I will talk to her and get more information, because I am also a research person for my family, who live in Texas ,Louisiana, and California. My wife's name is Cynthia Hernandez/Conant. Her mom's last husband ,adopted my wife ,and gave her the last name of Hernandez, but she is actually ( Cantu)..
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My mother's last name is Cantu and she was born in San Juan Texas but raised in General Bravo N.L. We were raised in Pharr, Texas which is the Rio Grand valley in Texas, millions of Cantu's there....I lived in Spain for 16 years and never saw a Cantu. The name does not exist in Spain, it is from Italy...
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You are absolutely correct. There are no Cantu’s in Spain because they fled. They were Jewish and were persecuted for their religious beliefs. When I was in Madrid I went to a place that sold coat of arms for surnames and they told me Cantu would not be found in Spain because it was not a authentic Spanish surname. They settled in Italy when they fled their mother land then some settled in Spain briefly than fled to Mexico settling in Tamaulipas and Nuevo León, Mexico. That’s what my research shows.
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Very interesting, have you found any other information
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