Preserve genealogical knowledge
Recover, verify, and organize family history before fragile records, local knowledge, and living memory are lost.
Genealogy across records and generations
Every family leaves a trail. We help you follow it.
We preserve genealogical knowledge and connect documented family lines with Y-DNA and mtDNA—before records, memories, and opportunities to test disappear.
MAGENHA is more than a document-finding service: every case can strengthen a wider, evidence-based understanding of families, places, migrations, and lineages.
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Documentary genealogy
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Y-DNA & mtDNA lineages
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Public education
Why MAGENHA exists
A preservation project—not simply a search service.
Our work joins documentary evidence, uniparental genetics, and public education to keep family knowledge useful, testable, and open to future study.
Connect records with haplogroups
Place Y-DNA and mtDNA results in historical context through documented ancestors, dates, places, and chains of descent.
Protect lineages at risk
Prioritize direct paternal and maternal lines whose remaining testable representatives may otherwise disappear.
Invite the public into discovery
Promote interest in genealogy, genetics, archaeology, population history, and the fields that help explain human origins.
Genealogical research
From a single record to a defensible family line.
We research baptismal, marriage, and burial entries in Catholic ecclesiastical records; reconstruct family lines; and verify previous genealogies—especially where these records are difficult to access or unavailable online.
Explore the research service-
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Share your question
Tell us who or what you hope to find and provide the information you already have.
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We check feasibility
Availability depends on the locality, period, archive, record type, and access currently possible.
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Registration for new and returning clients
From August 14, 2026, accepted new clients complete a paid one-time registration. Long-inactive returning clients are evaluated individually.
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We agree on the research plan
Records generally fall within a reference range of approximately US$5–30, but every case is evaluated individually.
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We follow and document the evidence
Located sources are analyzed, transcribed where appropriate, and connected to the wider genealogy.
Where we research
Deep regional knowledge, honest limits.
Our established work is rooted in Cuban genealogy. We also accept selected research in Spain. Coverage always depends on the locality, period, repository, and current access—not simply whether a place appears on a map.
Review current coverageEstablished coverage
Cuba
Catholic parish and diocesan records of baptism, marriage, and burial where access is available.
Limited coverage
Spain
Selected Bishoprics and locations, generally for focused or continuing family research.
Lineage Research Program
Connect a haplogroup to a documented history.
If you or an appropriate relative already has—or independently obtains—a relevant Y-DNA or mtDNA result, MAGENHA can evaluate the corresponding direct paternal or maternal line.
When the lineage falls within the areas and periods we can research, the project may cover up to 100% of the standard genealogical work needed to document that specific uniparental line.
- DNA testing is voluntary and never required for normal genealogy services.
- You manage testing and the testing account entirely independently.
- We do not request passwords, account access, raw DNA files, match lists, or private genetic information.
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Begin with what you know
One name, one place, one date can open a new path.
Send us a short description of your research goal. We will first let you know whether it fits our current coverage.