HOW MANY IN YOUR PARTY? A HONDURAN FAMILY′S U.S. JOURNEY
The Beginning The beginning of our family lineage starts in Magdalena, a small municipality in the Honduran department of Intibucá. The region of Intibucá is vastly mountainous and located geographically in the southwest area of Honduras. Magdalena is situated near the El Salvador–Honduras border, only three-hours distance between the two countries. My grandparents both came from wealthy parents, who arranged for the couple to get married at a young age. They both 18
settled in Magdalena in the late 1960s, where they would begin raising a large family. My grandmother was only 16-years-old when she gave birth to her eldest daughter, Sonia, in 1969. There were six more children born in the following decade, two boys and four girls. The group of seven was a real handful to take care of for two parents. My grandfather took it upon himself to bear the financial responsibilities of the household. He used his parent’s inheritance to buy a farm on the outskirts of Magdalena.
