We were fortunate to be able to visit with a lot of Luis' relatives on this trip, including relatives that live in other parts of the US. Relatives are listed below as they relate to Luis. This list is probably not complete but I did my best.
Cruz Family
Jose Antonio (Tonio) Cruz - grandfather
Jose Luis Cruz - father
- Gloria Cruz - mother
- Jose Luis Cruz (Junior) - brother
- Sara Cruz - Sister-in-law
- Kendra Cruz - Niece
- Andre Cruz - Nephew
- Joel Luis Cruz - brother
- Mandi Cruz - Sister-in-law
- Tristyn Cruz - Niece
Nilda Cruz - aunt (Jose's sister)
- Nilda - cousin
- Oskar Morales - second cousin
- Allan Ramirez - second cousin
- Vicmarie Morales - cousin
- Victor Morales - cousin
Lydia Cruz - aunt (Jose's sister)
- Angel David Negron - cousin
- Antonio (Tony) Negron - cousin
- Edith (Edy) - cousin
Gladys Cruz - aunt (Jose's sister)
- Papo Lopez - uncle (Gladys' husband)
- Gladymar Lopez - cousin
Iris Cruz - aunt (Jose's sister)
- Pablo Cruz - uncle (Iris' husband)
- Pablo (Pablito) Cruz - cousin
- Alexandra Cruz - cousin
Yolanda (Yoli) Cruz - aunt (Jose's sister)
- Victor (Vitito) Santiago - uncle (Yoli's husband)
- Yolimar Santiago - cousin
- Yomary Santiago - cousin
Cosme Family
Carmen Gloria Figueroa - grandmother (Gloria's mother)
Gloria Cruz - mother
Carmen (Kuchy) Cosme - aunt (Gloria's sister)
- Angel - uncle (Kuchy's husband)
- Madeline - cousin
- Debbie - cousin
Luis (Luisito) Cosme - uncle (Gloria's brother)
- Zuleika Cosme - cousin
- Radhames Gutierrez - Zuleika's husband
- Sebastian Cosme - cousin
Angelo (Papo) Cosme - uncle (Gloria's brother)
Danny Cosme - uncle (Gloria's brother)
Part 1 - Beach fun
Mandi enjoying a roadside pina colada.
Sara and I taking pictures of each other
Part 2 - San Juan Day celebration at Vitito and Yoli's house
Vitito digging into a grapefruit off the tree in their yard.
Yaya and Sara enjoying some of the grapefruit.
Luis and his grandpa Tonio.
The cousins in Yoli's pool - Siena, Kendra, Andre (underwater), Tristyn, and Mason.
Vitito and Luis checking out some homemade rum that looks more like a bomb.
It got so hot Jose had to join the kids in the pool! From left - Kendra, Tristyn, Jose, Siena, Mason, and Andre.
Cruz boys with their Tia - Joel, Junior, Gladys, and Luis.
Dominoes is the most popular game in Puerto Rico. This is a serious game with Papo, Tonio, Vitito, and a friend.
Cousins - Joel, Yomary, Junior, Alexandra, and Luis.
Kendra, Andre, and Mason.
Cousins in the pool - clockwise from top: Alexandra, Yomary, Yolimar, and Gladymar.
Part 3 - Cosme family gathering at Luis' childhood house
Siena, Mason, Kendra, Papo, Andre, and Tristyn.
Mandi and Tristyn.
Grandma Gloria and Gloria.
Sisters - Kuchy and Gloria
Jose and Debbie
Madeline, Madeline's daughter, and Kuchy
The Cruz cousins meet the Cosme cousins - From left: Mason, Amanda, Tristyn, Kendra, Siena, Madeline's daughter, Andre, and Jose in front.
With great grandma Gloria from left: Mason, Amanda, Tristyn, Kendra, Grandma Gloria, Madeline's daughter, Siena, and Andre.
Mason, Grandma Gloria, and Andre.
Our family with Gloria and Grandma Gloria.
From left: Tristyn, Gloria, Grandma Gloria, Luis, Siena, and Mason.
Cosme family:
Back row - Madeline's husband, Madeline, Kuchy, Debbie
Middle row - Angelina, Angel, Grandma Gloria, Amanda, and Madeline's daughter
Front row - Gloria, Luisito, and Papo
The whole Cosme group!
Siena, Tristyn, and Mason having fun.
Part 4 - Dinner at Gladys' house
Lydia and David - Luis' family from Boston.
Boston cousins - Edy, David, and Edy's son Jaden.
Lydia and Sara dancing!
Part 5 - Dinner at Kuchy's house
Luis and his uncle Danny.
Zuleika, Sara, Junior, and Radhames.
Jose reading in Dio Nueve.
Luis chatting up his Tio Angel.
Gloria, Debbie, and Zuleika.
The ladies!
Back row - Kuchy, Sara, Kendra, Gloria's cousin, Gloria, Zuleika, me, Yaya
Front row - Debbie, Angelina, Amanda, and Siena
The gentlemen!
From left - Angel, Radhames, Junior, Andre, Sebastian, Danny, Luis, Mason, and Jose.
3 generations of Cruzes - Jose, Luis, and Mason
Junior, Zuleika, and Radhames
Part 6 - Cruz Family reunion at Yoli and Vitito's house
Note that it had been many years since this many members of the Cruz family had been together at once (10 or 20 years) with family living in Oregon, Texas, Maryland, Boston, and Puerto Rico so this reunion was a pretty special occasion.
Luis and his cousin Nilda from Dallas.
Cousins Nilda (Texas) and Vicmarie (Baltimore) with a friend.
Cousin David from Boston.
Cousin Alexandra and her boyfriend. The kids had a great time playing in the ocean a few days later with Alexandra and her "novia".
Luis and his cousin Vicmarie.
Oskar and Yolimar.
Edy and her son Andre checking out the pool.
Tony holding his nephew Jaden.
Cousin Pablito and his girlfriend.
Sara having a face to face with dinner.
Sisters Nilda, Iris, and Lydia.
Boston family with cousin Victor.
The boys! From left - Jeff, Oskar, David, Vicmarie's husband, and Allan.
Gladymar and her boyfriend.
We got a typical PR rainstorm in the middle of the reunion. The swimming continued though!
Didn't stop the grownups from huddling for cover though.
Primos! Tony and Junior.
Gloria and Jose
Iris and Pablo
Lydia and Jose
Yoli and Vitito
Lydia and Iris
The Cruz family!
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