Re: Manuel de Moya
This is a response to this post (
http://dr1.com/forums/showthread.php/30528-manuel-de-moya?p=1612960&viewfull=1#post1612960), particularly the part where he mentions the rumors of a child that has always been denied.
Just want to say that you should take that rumor seriously.
A quick anecdote.
There has been a similar rumor concerning one of the Espaillat branches from La Vega. The family has kept the rumor a secret, but
es un secreto a voces. Many decades ago the head of the family had an affair with one of his maids and a child was born from that endeavor. Nothing was known about this even though the woman gave birth to a very light skin mulatto, but because of his blended looks perhaps didn't raise suspicion. Well, about 4 or 5 years ago the daughter of the guy born from that endeavor apparently learned about that secret that was kept from her and developed a desire to meet her real paternal grandfather. She went to their house and met him and some of his legitimate offspring and she insisted that he was her paternal grandfather. He denied everything claiming that it was another Espaillat, not him; but the young woman's grandmother and her father did confirmed to her that he was her grandfather, so she insisted. Supposedly he told her in front of his legitimate offsprings that he was not her grandfather,
but that if she wanted to she can call him
abuelo.
The irony is that the young woman looks just like him and even resembles some members of previous generations of Espaillat. Unlike her father, she has a very European look as does her two brothers.
Supposedly when the old man became sick and was interned at a clinic, even though she was not told about his state directly and was not invited, she went to visit him at the clinic. The rumors about that encounter is that he seemed happy to see her there and when she approached to give him a hug, he gave her an unexpected strong and long hug. I think he came to his senses and knew well what the truth is.
Shortly after that he died, not that long ago. Given the importance of the family, his death was published in many Dominican newspapers.
The legitimate offsprings have remained ambivalent about this because they believe their father when he denied it, but also because they think she and her father are after their money. I personally don't think she or her father are after that, even though they are of humble origin because the old man never recognized his illegitimate son. To this day she hasn't done anything to even remotely give the impression that she was after their money, but rather wanted to know who her grandfather was. They don't even sign with Espaillat, because for most of her father's life he has been resentful towards the Espaillat, so he always signed with his maiden last name. Since the old man died, they haven't been back in attempting to reconnect with the rest of the Espaillat. They all live close to each other too, because while many of the old man's legitimate offsprings live in La Vega proper, the young woman lives with her family near the Santo Cerro.
The big question now is how many more kids that the old man had with other maids he probably cheated with.
So, even if the rumors about De Moya's illegitimate son has been denied, don't accept that as the ultimate truth without investigating further what truly happened.
I'm not giving any more detailed info about who the old man was, because its a well known family and they want to keep this quiet. But, given that De Moya's are originally from La Vega too, if you ask around your family, you might figure out who it was. You might even know the exact Espaillat branch I'm talking about.
