Across the Atlantic, Spain stood transformed. The Reconquista ended in 1492, Granada fell, and Columbus set sail toward horizons unimagined. Under Ferdinand and Isabella, faith and empire marched hand in hand—driven by zeal, ambition, and the Inquisition’s shadow. Out of this crucible emerged Cortés and the conquistadors, carrying muskets, war dogs, and ambitions that would forever alter the New World. It is here that the de la Garza name begins to flicker in the record—rooted in Spain, yet destined to entwine with Mexico’s fate. Between nobility and humility, conquest and survival, the family’s story took shape in the turbulence of a Spain hungry for glory.

Family Tree Sagas blends genealogy and storytelling to bring ancestral history alive—Sicily, Mexico, and Texas frontiers told through vivid research and creative narration.

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Sicilian Sagas https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAKekxPZVtP2AgnDGku1ms4e5wX0rhDx
Dispatches from the Disputed Texas Territories https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAKekxPZVtPs9tBP02e_gAmhHxWtZ5Hi