Dr. Francisco Xavier Martinez Aguirre's first wife died giving birth to her 9th child. Four years later he married again. The winds of fate swept the descendants of this second marriage into North America while the descendants of the first marriage remained, for the most part, in South America.
See Family trees for these two families
The second wife of Dr. Martinez came from a very large family with an intriguing history. You've come to the right place to read about this history.