Mary Cummins Genealogy

09/18/2025

Kitzia Mitre stated in the television series "Made in Mexico" that she's a descendant of Montezuma. Some said she wasn't. She actually is. So are most Mexicans because Montezuma's daughter "married" had children with a Spaniard. I know because she's my cousin and she's in my family tree. Link to article in first comment. Her family tree and genealogical link to Montezuma is in the article.

07/29/2025

Philanthropist and animal lover Wallis Annenberg passed away this morning. She is survived by her four children and five grandchildren. I did her family tree and the tree of her father many years ago for Geneastar. Link to that tree in first comment per FB algo. Wallis Huberta Annenberg 1939-2025.

05/18/2025

I did Malcolm X's tree for Geneastar many years ago. His 100th birthday is May 19, 1925. Link to the tree first comment.

04/07/2025

Henry Louis Gates is doing a show on his own family history on "Finding Your Roots." I did his tree and that of his wife Sharon Adams ten years ago but wrote an article about it five years ago. Link to article in first comment.

02/23/2025

Family tree of George Crenshaw. George Lafayette Crenshaw was an American real estate developer and banker who helped develop several upscale residential developments in mid-city Los Angeles and Southern Los Angeles neighborhoods in the early 1900s including Lafayette Square and Wellington Square. He was the owner of C.H. Brown Banking Company in Missouri and the Crenshaw Security Company in Los Angeles, California. The Crenshaw district of Los Angeles and its principal thoroughfare, Crenshaw Boulevard and Destination Crenshaw bear his name. Link in first comment per FB algo.

12/11/2024

Family tree of Luigi Nicholas Mangione. His ancestors are all from Italy going back five generations so far. They've lived in Maryland for four generations.

12/07/2024

This has recently been in the news. Ariana Grande is not Hispanic. She is 100% Italian going back at least five generations to Italy. Link to her family tree is first comment per FB algo.

08/25/2024

at Hollywood Forever in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California by Mary Cummins. Amazing gravestone of Mike Szymanski.

Mary Cummins - Los Angeles, California. Ancestry, heritage, DNA, genealogy research about historical figures and celebrities.

08/22/2024

Ancestry sells your photos, documents, content for profits, money no matter what they say. Read the fine print. If you load it on their site in your private tree, they now own it and can keep and publicly sell it forever. Don't load your content to Ancestry.com! I explain how to build your family tree without giving your content to Ancestry. https://marycumminsmarycummins.blogspot.com/2024/08/ancestry-owns-your-content-photos.html

Mary Cummins - Los Angeles, California. Ancestry, heritage, DNA, genealogy research about historical figures and celebrities.

08/01/2024

Is Kamala Harris black? Yes. I did this family tree years ago for Geneastar.

Mary Cummins investigative reporter, journalist, news reporter in Los Angeles, California, USA.

07/13/2024

Cheech Marin was born July 13 as Richard Anthony Marin in Los Angeles, California. His parents were Mexican Americans Elsa (née Meza), a secretary, and Oscar Marin, a police officer for the LAPD. He became a famous comedian, actor, artist and art collector. Here's his family tree which I made years ago. I'm a cousin of his wife. arin https://en.geneastar.org/genealogy/marinrichar/cheech-marin

07/13/2024

Tomorrow will be 70 years since Frida Kahlo died July 13, 1954. Here is her family tree I did for Geneastar. I'm related through her husband Diego Rivera.

Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈfɾiða ˈkalo]; 6 July 1907 – 13 July 1954) was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Inspired by the country's popular culture, she employed a n...