Thank you for your interest in our family name.  My name is Felix Eric Barrientos Jr., and I live in Los Angeles, my parents raised five children in Toledo, OH where some of them still live.  We have now spread to Chicago and  Miami.

I began that website some time ago and have never really been back to contribute to it.  I had hopes that my family would become involved and equally contribute based upon their memories or experiences as I am the youngest and only didn't really experience the hardships or moving about as they did.  My oldest sister Alma now lives in Chicago w/her family and is 12
years my senior.  It seems that although we all have some degree of interest, especially my sister Anita (2nd child) in our history but somehow have never made it a proirity to spend some time with it.

I don't know first hand, but she has recently expressed to me that when her first born arrived, some 18 years ago, she handed my Dad a blank book of some sort and asked him to jot down some of his memories of his life, his family, etc. but he responded by saying that he didn't want to do that, had no interest in relaying/discussing his history.  I believe that hurt her as she had told him she wanted her kids to know the family history.  I for one, find our entire family tree, or history somewhat ambiguous.  My dad, born in Texas (I think)  was  orphaned, raised by aunts, shuffled around, then on his own at an early age, guess he was a regular "ruffin" only to find his father and meet for the first time when was 16.  We did meet our grandfather but never really had a relationship with him.  He lived to a ripe age of, I think 90 some, died not too long ago, within the last maybe 6 years or so.

Mom was born in Texas too, but her father left her family just after she was married in the 40's.  We never knew him, I think maybe my oldest sister may have some memory of him, unsure.

It is so odd that I you have written and I have found this, as I am not online much anymore these days.  But, coincidentally, I am flying home to Ohio tomorrow to be with my dad for Fathers day.  My folks are in their 70's and I want to take every chance I can to be with them.

You have really stirred up my enthusiasm in wanting to know, find out more.   I will see what I can get out of them in the next week and this weekend as some of us will be together.  I will try to get some specifics.

You seem to have done some research, what can you tell me of the family name?    Maybe it will interest them/him to devulge some info. or stir some memories.  Do you have any specific questions I might ask my father?

Thank you for taking the time to write, I will take my laptop home with me so I will be able to show him your email, hopefully it will interest him, I realize we probably haven't  much time. I hope that isn't the case.  But, no
time like the present.

Oh, we have family, on mothers side in Edinburgh, are you at Pan Am?  Do you have any suggestions on how to research or where to go for resources?