Status: Desperate
Music: Over It - Katharine Mcphee / Lost Without You - Robin Thicke

I’ve been trying to complete my family tree since 2003 but it seems like the third generation (upward) from me is a dead end. I just can’t find any more information regarding my great grandparents on my dad’s side more than what I already have.

I started trying to find out more about my ancestry when my Film 102 (Philippine Cinema) professor, Mrs. Len Pareja, gave me an irrelevant homework. She told me to find out how we are connected by completing my family tree because, she said, she was quite sure I would find her name there. I thought it was a very easy job considering that Dimen is a very uncommon name. But until now, I haven’t gotten past the third generation.

So let this entry serve as a call to everyone whose last name is Dimen or everyone who is somehow connected to any Dimen in any way. Please send me an e-mail: dimen@yoshke.com. This call goes out to any Dimen in the Philippines, and also England, Canada, and the United States. Most of my distant relatives are said to have migrated to the countries mentioned above. It also goes out to any Dimen in Germany, Hungary, and Romania who is aware of any of their ancestors or relatives moving to the Philippines between the 19th century and the start of the 20th. Please, send me a message.

My grandparents are Julio Dimen and Emeteria Antonio but my grandmother’s original last name was Zaragoza (Emeteria Zaragoza, Spanish). She just changed it because of some stupid family issues. But I’m more interested in tracking my Dimen roots (and not the Zaragoza).

Please help me build my family tree.

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