This is the Y-DNA descendant report of Captain Alberto del Canto created by Crispin Rendon. Alberto del Canto is my 11th great grandfather and he lived during the late 1500's and early 1600's.
This report by Crispin Rendon is an attempt to document or discover the Y-DNA of Alberto del Canto. Presently as Crispin mentions there are two lineages and both have different Y-DNA. The reasons can vary but more male descendants need to come forward.
So if you are a Rodriguez and can trace your line back to Alberto del Canto with documentation please contact Crispin Rendon.
Introduction of Report by Crispin Rendon
This is what Crispin has to say about his report.
Crispin Rendon
Author/Researcher
Alberto del Canto was a Portuguese conquistador that founded some communities in New Spain (present-day Mexico) during the late 1500's. He was born in the Azores Islands in about 1547 as Alberto do Canto. The places he founded included Saltillo as well as Santa Lucia, the first attempt at establishing a city located at present-day Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. He married Estefania de Montemayor, daughter of his rival Diego de Montemayor who successfully founded Monterrey. When Estefania left Alberto, she went back to her father and her children were given his surname.
Many of Alberto del Canto's descendants that would carry his YDNA have the Rodriguez surname now. Rolando and Eddie Rodriguez have trees linking back to Alberto. Y-DNA 37 marker testing results for Rolando are R-M269 and for Eddie are I-P37. It is not possible for del Canto's male line descendants to have two different haplogroup designations that are not recently connected to each other. Either one or both of these branches does not connect to del Canto through the paternal line. Errors in the genealogical record research or non-paternal events (due to adoptions, affairs, etc.) could explain the different results. It is interesting to note that Rolando's results closely match that of the Garza lineage. Look for highlights in this report to follow their documented lines. Rolando's (RM269) branch is highlighted blue and Eddie's (I-P37) branch is highlighted yellow.
We need more men who may be descendants of Alberto del Canto through their paternal line, to take a Y-DNA test to research this lineage. We thank Rolando, Eddie, and to those who have provided funding to our group genetic genealogy research.
This chart shows how the paper trail records of Rolando and Eddie are suppose to connect to Alberto. Generations after their split are not shown. https://dna.updog.co/canto/
Get A Copy of the Report, Y-DNA Descendants of Captain Alberto del Canto
Make sure to get your own copy of this report today, since you never know. One day he may end up being your ancestor or of someone you may be doing research on for someone else.
Here is the link to Download it: https://drive.google.com/open?id=11axzVvctTk9ZPJsAtcWL0uvcNdFfcVi1
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Are You a Descendant of Alberto del Canto?
If you are, let me know in the comments section of this post. Make sure to leave your email, and I will email you my line connecting me to Alberto del Canto so that you may add me to your family tree.
Don’t forget to download your very own copy of this report. Have fun!
I have traced my father’s genealogy back to Alberto del Canto. Alberto’s and Estefania’s son Miguel del Canto used the surname Montemayor. He married Monica Rodriguez Trevino in 1674 Many of their descendants , estending down to great-grandchildren, used the surname “Rodriguez Montemayor” regardless of parentage.
The sources I have used were: “With All Arms” by Carl Duaine; googling various names on the internet; “The Conquistadores and Crypto-Jews of Monterrey” by David T. Raphael; and the familysearch.org site.
Miguel’s daughter, Petronila married Captain Lazaro de la Garza Falcon Gonzalez. Their daughter Angela married Captain Jose Gonzalez de Paredes Olea Camacho. Their daughter Josefa Gonzalez de la Paredes Garze married my father’s 5th great-grandfather, Captain Luis de la Fuente Cavello on 07 Jan 7110 in Saltillo.
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My father is deceased (I am 84 yrs. old) but, because of the various sources I have used (including a genealogical report of my ancestors by Crispin Rendon), I believe my information is correct.
Again, thank you for the work you are doing.
Betty, thank you for sharing this information with us.
I have him on my tree
Alberto del Canto + Estefania Montemayor Porcayo
Miguel de Montemayor + Monica Rodriguez Trevino
Diego Rodriguez de Montemayor + Inez de la Garza Gonzalez
Miguel Rodriguez de Montemayor + Lucia Garcia de Saldivar
Miguel Rodriguez Montemayor + Rosa Teresa Moya Trevino
Antonio Leonardo Rodriguez Moya + Antonia Pena Estrada
Miguel Rodriguez Pena + Maria Olaya Moreno Aguirre
Isidro Rodriguez Moreno + Maria Guadalupe Vallejo Moya
Prudencio Rodriguez Vallejo + Maria Guadalupe Vallejo Villalon
Tomas Maria Rodriguez Vallejo + Manuela Corona Garcia
1866-1947
Tomas Maria is my maternal great grandfather
From Alberto del Canto to Miguel Rodriguez Pena I relied on the work of Santiago Vallejo from his family
tree on the site “Familias del Valle del Huajuco” .
I am attempting to get a paternal great grandson of Tomas Maria to test and I will share the results when I get them.
J. Aguilar, please contact Crispin (his report has his email) so you could coordinate with him and others on how to be able to share the results if you can get that person to take a Y test. There is a sale now, so it is the best time to order a DNA test.
Good morning,
Thank you so very much for all the work that you and others share with us.
This morning as I made an attempt to download the book on Sabinas Hidalgo by Crispin Rendon, I got an ALERT from my Norton Antivirus that the page was a fraudulent site. I have never downloaded anything before from We Are Cousins, but I decided to give it a try. Please check it out as I would like very much to have copies of the books that you make available on your site.
Respectfully and very grateful for your work,
BCG
I can’t upload all my info at this time, but from ancestory I have traced that my 12th great grandfather is Diego de Montemayor and my 11th great grandfather is Alberto del Canto. My 11th great grandmother is Estafania.
My birth name is Canales. Have you traced any heritage to the Canales family.
Thank you
Whitnee
Hi! My name is Alberto Montemayor RodrÃguez and my tree genealogy come until Alberto Del Canto and Estefania Montemayor Porcayo.
Great to meet you, they are also my ancestors.
Hola, Moises. I have ancestors that come from Saltillo. I would like to speak to you. I live in Round Rock, Texas. Is there a phone number you are willing to share with me so I can call you? Very interested in speaking to you.
Due to time constraints, I can’t get on the phone because if I do I know I can spend up to two hours. Send me an email instead.
Also, can you help me with the geneology of my family. I am willing to share my family tree I have put together on Ancestry.com. My email is [email protected]
Thanks.
At the moment I can not since I am researching full time for my next book.
Mr. Garza. Is there another genealogist who can help me with my family tree?
estimados compañeros interesados en la genealogia quisiera saber si el valle del huajuco hoy municipio de santiago y sus alrededores fue fundado por desentiendes de don diego de monte-mayor y alberto del canto
En la pagina 17 del libro “Primeras Familias del Cercado Ascendientes y Descendientes Siglos XVII y XVII” el Profecor Eulogio Omar Montalvo indica que el Guajuco fue fundado por descendientes del primer y segundo matrimonio de Diego de Montemayor. Uno de ellos incluye a su hija casada con Diego de Montemayor. La respuesta a su pregunta es si.
I am related through Estaphania Montemayor and Diego. I would like some more information related to the lineage through her and their offspring. Please email me whenever you have a chance. Thanks!
You can find that information in my book titled “Montemayor: Last Names of Nuevo Leon”, here is the link to it https://lastnamesofnuevoleon.com/montemayor/
I am a direct descendent from Alberto del Canto; the surname Rodriguez Montemayor or now Rodriguez have many direct male descendents; according to some studies the surname del canto or do canto was chandos from Sir Jhon Chandos, an english knight from norman ancestry, if this is the case Y haplogrup would be I P37, Viking. According to history books Sir John Chandos did not have children, but according to other accounts he married a sephardic ladie during the 100 year war. He served under the plantagenets. Coat of arms is very similar to the do Cantos in Portugal.
Hi my name is Vanessa Marie Rodriguez. I've just discovered alberto del canto is my 15th great grandfather. I plan to have my dad Guadalupe Rodriguez take the test pretty soon . But I came upon your website and found it very interesting and wanted to reach out.
Hello, Vanessa thank you for reaching out. It would be interesting to see his DNA results. I know that Crispin Rendon had collaborated with someone that was a Rodriguez that was also a descendant. We also have a FaceBook group on Alberto del Canto. If you have not done so please look it up and join it.
My name is Ranjel Rodriguez Barba, I am a direct uninterrupted patrilineal descendent of Cpt. Alberto del
Canto. He was my 11th great grandfather. My family lineage from Cpt. Alberto del Canto is as follow
Cpt. Alberto del Canto y Estefania Montemayor Porcallo
Cpt. Miguel del Canto Montemayor y Monica Rodriguez de Farias
Cpt. Diego Rodriguez de Montemayor y Maria Inez de la Garza Gonzalez
Cpt. Francisco Rodriguez de Montemayor de la Garza y Maria Juana Cavallero de Barraza
Joseph Yldefonso Rodriguez de Montemayor Cavallero y Xaviera Treviño Villarreal
Yldefonso Rodriguez de Montemayor Treviño y Maria Juana Eusebia Cisneros de Abrego
Jose Crisanto Rodriguez Cisneros y Maria Inez Tamez Villarreal
Pedro Jose Rodriguez Tamez y Maria Guadalupe Gonzales Rodriguez
Jesus Maria Rodriguez Gonzales y Carmen Pequeño Dias
Julian Rodriguez Pequeño y Maria Guadalupe Sias Ysaguirre
Jose Benito Rodriguez Sias y Maria Manuela Gonzalez Platas
Antonio Rodriguez Gonzalez y Aurelia Escobedo Mejorado
Antonio Rodriguez Gonzalez was my grandfather. The information on the first five on this list was gotten
from " Somos Primos, Los Descendientes de Alberto del Canto". The information on the rest I got from
Ancestry.com, "registros de bautismo, matrimonio, y defuncion de la iglesia Catolica y del registro civil".
Hello, I did a free trial to look up Santos family lineage and after clicking as far back as I could go, it lead me to his wife Estephania and then to Capitan Alberto. I counted him as my 10th great-grandfather. I am not sure how accurate that website is. I no longer have access to this website the free trial ended. The website is called Myheritage.com. Josepha Manuela Cantu my 4th great grandmother is related to Capitan Alberto del Canto
Alberto del Canto is my 10th great-grandfather.
Hi! Alberto De lCanto is my 12 great grandfather on my maternal grandmother’s side 🙂
Hi Monica, do you also have any relation to Wenceslado Ramirez as well?
Ranjel Rodriguez Barba
May 8, 2022 at 9:56 pm
My name is Ranjel Rodriguez Barba, I am a direct uninterrupted patrilineal descendent of Cpt. Alberto del
Canto. He was my 11th great grandfather. My family lineage from Cpt. Alberto del Canto is as follow
Cpt. Alberto del Canto y Estefania Montemayor Porcallo
Cpt. Miguel del Canto Montemayor y Monica Rodriguez de Farias
Cpt. Diego Rodriguez de Montemayor y Maria Inez de la Garza Gonzalez
Cpt. Francisco Rodriguez de Montemayor de la Garza y Maria Juana Cavallero de Barraza
Joseph Yldefonso Rodriguez de Montemayor Cavallero y Xaviera Treviño Villarreal
Yldefonso Rodriguez de Montemayor Treviño y Maria Juana Eusebia Cisneros de Abrego
Jose Crisanto Rodriguez Cisneros y Maria Inez Tamez Villarreal
Pedro Jose Rodriguez Tamez y Maria Guadalupe Gonzales Rodriguez
Jesus Maria Rodriguez Gonzales y Carmen Pequeño Dias
Julian Rodriguez Pequeño y Maria Guadalupe Sias Ysaguirre
Jose Benito Rodriguez Sias y Maria Manuela Gonzalez Platas
Antonio Rodriguez Gonzalez y Aurelia Escobedo Mejorado
Antonio Rodriguez Gonzalez was my grandfather. The information on the first five on this list was gotten
from " Somos Primos, Los Descendientes de Alberto del Canto". The information on the rest I got from
Ancestry.com, "registros de bautismo, matrimonio, y defuncion de la iglesia Catolica y del registro civil".
Thank you for sharing!
Cool! Have you done your haplogroup yet? FTDNA gives ALL the markers and the haplogroup it is expensive but you can also try 23 and me it comes with the test basically.
En mi árbol genealógico soy descendiente directo de Alberto Del Canto, 18 generaciones han pasado ya.
Saludos primos
Hello,
I have recently learned that I am a possible descendant of Alberto del Canto through my paternal grandfather.
Alberto del Canto + Estefania Montemayor Porcayo
Miguel de Montemayor + Monica Rodriguez Trevino
Diego Rodriguez de Montemayor + Inez de la Garza Gonzalez
Alferez Miguel Rodriguez de Montemayor + Lucia Garcia de Quintanilla
Alferez Cristobal Rodriguez + Maria Francisca Javiera Rodriguez (Diego Rodriguez's widow "Alferez Cristobal's brother")
Cristobal Rodriguez + Maria Antonia Moya
Jose Joaquin Rodriguez + Maria Felipa Rodriguez
Jose Cristobal Rodriguez + Rita Soto
Antonio Rodriguez + Juana Garcia
Antonio was my father's great grandfather.
I was able to trace my direct line up to Antonio Rodriguez (1844-1901) and his father Cristobal Rodriguez (1810-1882), and from there I hit a roadblock. I then found the Texas Genealogy Society of Austin, and was able to use their resources to get back to Alberto del Canto.
Thank you for all of the time and work you've put in to this.
Hello Ryan, great to hear from you. From my research, I can confirm that this line is accurate. Also, have you tested your YDNA?