Damien Aragon’s research on the ancestry of Francisco Valdés Altamirano led to the extraordinary finding that he was descended from several conquistadors who served under Fernando Cortés when the Spanish army and its native allies conquered Tenochtitlan (Mexico City) in 1521 (“Going by the Book: Further Research into the Valdés Altamirano Family,” in the September 2022 edition of the New Mexico Genealogist) In the June 2024 edition of the New Mexico Genealogist, Damien and I
