This is from your paternal (father) great grandmother's side. Paternal means "father." Your great grandmother (my father's mother) raised me. Her name was Evelyn DeGuire and she was born in 1913 and died on my birthday in 2007. She was 94 years old when she died. She married a man by the name of Ellis Tyson and her name became Evelyn Tyson. They had a son by the name of Calvin Tyson. Calvin Tyson is the father of Dexter Tyson and Dexter Tyson has 4 children whose names are Jordan, Rachelle, Arianna and Ariel.

So how far back do we go? Over 100 years ago, your great, great, great, great grandfather came from France and lived on the Caribbean island of St. Kitts. His name was John DeGuire senior. He married a woman from an island off the coast of Africa known as Madeira (Mad-ear-ra) which is owned by Portugal. The people from that island are called Portuguese. Her name was Mary De Jesus and she also came to St. Kitts to live. They had a son by the name of John DeGuire Jr. John DeGuire had 7 children. Here are their names:

1. Ursula DeGuire

2. Kenneth DeGuire

3. Evelyn DeGuire -------> Calvin Tyson -------> Dexter Tyson -------> Jordan, Rachelle, Arianna, Ariel Tyson

4. Emmanuel DeGuire

5. Virginia DeGuire

6. Thibouza DeGuire

7. Keithley DeGuire

So it goes like this:

John DeGuire senior ------> John DeGuire Jr -------> Evelyn DeGuire --------> Calvin Tyson------> Dexter Tyson

Mary De Jesus Sophia Warner Ellis Tyson Melvina Marshal Sonia Mills

Dexter Tyson

------------------------> Jordan, Rachelle, Arianna, Ariel

Sonia Mills

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Ok, remember that Ellis Tyson married Evelyn DeGuire and Evelyn DeGuire became Evelyn Tyson. They had a son by the name of Calvin Tyson and then Calvin Tyson had a son with Melvina "Grandma Shirley" Marshal (her married name is now Melvina Duruo) and his name is Dexter Tyson. Dexter Tyson then had 4 children with Sonia Mills (now Tyson) and their names are Jordan, Rachelle, Arianna and Ariel.

Who was Ellis Tyson?

Ellis Tyson was the son of Robert and Elizabeth Tyson on the island of St. Kitts. They (Robert and Elizabeth) were born back in the 1800s on the island of St Kitts. Robert and Elizabeth had 10 children which would be your great, great uncles and aunts and Ellis is YOUR great grandfather and MY grandfather. Here are their names:

Ellis Tyson

Charles Tyson

Johnny Tyson

Catherine Tyson

Jane Tyson

Robert "Bobby" Tyson Jr.

Walter Tyson

Peter Tyson

Winifred Tyson

Edmond Tyson

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Ellis Tyson then married Evelyn DeGuire and they had 4 children. Here they are:

Antonio Tyson

Vida Tyson

Calvin Tyson ------------> Dexter Tyson -------------> Jordan, Rachelle, Arianna, Ariel (Tyson)

Blondina Tyson

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So this is it:

Robert Tyson ---------> Ellis Tyson -----------> Calvin Tyson -----------> Dexter Tyson ----------> Jordan, Rachelle, Arianna, Ariel (Tyson)

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In the 1930s, Ellis Tyson and some of his brothers and sisters left St. Kitts and moved to the Dominican Republic to find work. They ended up having children while they were living in the Dominican Republic. Ellis Tyson then moved back to St. Kitts and met EvelynDeGuire and married her and she became Evelyn Tyson and they had 4 children. Remember, Ellis Tyson had other children he left back in the Dominican Republic. They are my father's brothers and sisters too which would make them my aunt and uncles and your great aunts and great uncles. This is how you ended up having family in the Dominican Republic.