I am very distantly related to Sir Francis Drake, and Sir Richard Hawkins, as well as a bunch of Irish thieves, and Scottish louts. Many of my Ancestors were puritans that settled in Connecticut and Massachusetts in the early 1600's, as well as Oyster Bay and Harlem New York.
It's nice to see someone admit this.
I find my wife's DNA far more interesting but much harder to track actual lineage. 55.4 % European ( 33.2 % East Iberia, 18% west Iberia, 4.1% Northern Italy) 9.8% Berber (Morocco), 22.4% West African ( 9.2% Yoruba, 5.2%, Mandinka,, 2 % Akan , 2 % Manjck,1.7% Fula, 1.7% Esan) 1.7% Southern African (Ovambo) and 10.7 % Taino ( Padre Las Casas)
To the DR? I came to the DR as a sailor back in the early seventies, and the rest is history!
You see, that’s when you ruin it, Bob. You’re in DR now. He is not sir, he is the English pirate Francis Drake. For one thing, the DR doesn’t recognizes nobility titles and any titles given by any European monarchy. Only military and education titles, those gained through merit and they can’t be inherited or passed to anyone else. You esrn them and they go with you to the grave. The other thing that Drake was a thief, a murderer and a criminal. He is directly responsible for this like all records from the main church in SD go back to 1586 when everybody knows SD is much older than that. He burn all the records in what is now Columbus Park, desecrated all the churches (a big thing back then), made the main cathedral his headquarters whike he held SD for ransom. That is just the tip of the ice berg.
In the Netherlands when a child is born as an earl or duke or any nobility title it forms part of his or her name, so it will be on the birth certificate.
Actually John Hawkins and Francis Drake were cousins and the Hawkins built ships for the Royal navy. Hawkins, although a man of his times was as disreputable as Francis Drake. He was considered the founder of the British Slaver trade although he only made three trips to Africa where he bought slaves from the Portugues the first trip and from African tribal leaders the second and third time. All three trips delivered the Africans to the Carribean. My connection to him is through his daughter Elizabeth who would be my 7th great grandmother.
Drake had a long history of hate for Catholics, and he also had a military title (admiral) besides being knighted by the Queen. Drake had the first English circumnavigation, and second circumnavigation overall. He was knighted for defeating the Spanish Armanda, a much larger navy than the British one at the time. One man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist. Look how many people worship Che Chaverra, a psychopathic murderer.
my mistake - He was knighted after he returned to England after his circumnavigation of the globe.
Usted, estimado caballero, ended up being an outstanding, hard-working, law-abiding, honest citizen.
Thanks!
To be employed by the same outfit for which you worked prior to retirement, is a testament to the type of individual you are, and the value you add to the company. Well deserved, estimado caballero.
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The hatred for Catholics wasn’t just a Drake thing, it was a Protestant thing. Even in the United States where Protestanism has always been greater than Catholicism, historically there has been an anti-Catholicism slight. John F Kennedy was the first Catholic president, elected in the 1960’s in a country that has existed since 1776. That was important because for being a Catholic he wouldn’t win any presidential elections before then.
English titles of any kind weren’t recognized in the Spanish Empire, especially those granted by its queen.
Of the English, but not of all. Many Spanish had done that before him and before humanity. The first Dominican to sail around the world hasn’t happen yet.
The Spanish Armada was sunk by a storm on its way to invade London. It should be noted that the king of Spain basically decided to invade England after he got news precisely of what Drake had done in Santo Domingo. An actual defeat with abort the invasion attempt, yet it didn’t.
