Hi, I’m going through baptism records, searching for ancestors and ran Into this one and have seen others with “expuesto en casa de..”, what does expuesto mean? I used translate but does not make sense. Does it mean the child was abandoned at this persons house or can this be his illegitimate child ? This one caught my attention because I have Hernandez Gamiño in my family tree.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-FQ9S-6B?from=lynx1UIV7
Thank you
Esther
expuesto
It means the child was abandoned in the house of.
Danny
expuesto
How sad and thank you.
Esther
expuesto
i have a couple people listed that way. although that's what it means, i do think many times the houses they're left in are probably related to them.
Danny
Expuesto
I agree with Danny.
The motive for abandonment of an infant could be poverty, or, it could be a cover-up for a child out of wedlock, a rape, a case of incest, or even a kidnapping.
Expuesto
It’s amazing what these small paragraph documents can tell you, the different scenarios it could be.