A few years ago I discovered a shocking DNA surprise through 23andme and Ancestry - showing my biological father was a friend of our family. My elderly aunt is 85, and she has been helping me learn about our family history. She shared that there were stories that my grandfather rode and fought with Pancho Villa, and first met my grandmother while helping families - possibly near Zacatecas. I was told that Helen was born in Zacatecas, Mexico in 1902. My grandfather Santos was likely in his 30’s when he met her, and he may have already had a family, but he convinced her to “run away with him” and start a life together. I have been told that when he crossed into the states, he changed his surname (from possibly Aguilar or Aguilera) to Ramirez. We have a beautiful, first photo of my grandparents together dated 1917, and he looks rugged and handsome (wearing hat, with scarf tied around his neck), but we’re not sure of his actual age or last name. We’re also not sure if he abandoned a family, or fled from Pancho Villa - since he chose to take a new last name. They married in 1917, when my grandmother was 15, and eventually settled in Minnesota. Together they raised 14 children, including my biological father Joseph. They were migrant farmers, and he eventually worked with the railroad. My grandfather was elderly (age unknown) when he passed away in 1966, but my grandmother lived into her mid 90’s, and outlived him by over 22 years. I’ve checked DNA matches, but there are only a few distant matches found in Mexico. We’d like to find out more about him, and hopefully pictures, names of Pancho Villa’s men between 1910-1915 or 1916 could be helpful!

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