Comments on: What makes Cagayan de Oro tick? Or why Cagayanons (natives and non natives alike) love our city?

By: Mikko

Mikko — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:10:54 +0000

Umm..does anybody have the Velez Clan Family Tree?

By: Grace Corrales

Grace Corrales — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:57:35 +0000

Hi Rene, first time to surf CDO site and came across your name and your mom’s! How are you guys doing? Please give my regards to your mom, Mela and your sister Christina.

By: rene malferrari

rene malferrari — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:08:46 +0000

hi, im one of the 6 sons of the late roberto “berting” gabor malferrari, my mom is mela x. velez.c u around

By: maria esperanza rosello-echem

maria esperanza rosello-echem — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:26:51 +0000

yes indeed. the list goes on. and one doesn’t have to look far to agree to what you are saying.

my mother is gloria marfori, one of the 11 children of Dr. Jose Marfori of Luzon who married Carmen Velez Neri of Cagayan de Oro. Of their 11 children, seven are married to wonderful people who are NOT from cagayan de Oro, namely my mother gloria rosello, Azucena elloso, carmen Dolar, Roberto Marfori, Eva Hipona, Adelina Picardal, and Carolina Pascual.
I think it has largely to do with the thin population of CDO then. I was told that in the 1930s and in the 1940s, there were just four really big families (Velez, Neri, Roa and Chaves), and one’s choice of a lifetime partner was sort of limited to these four big families. Pretty soon, everybody became “relatives” with each family knowing every other family down to the last apo, maybe even down to the last gene.

this pariente outlook made every visitor from another city more “mysterious” than the locals, rather interesting to be with and too good of a catch to let go.
so my mother married a cebuano, Jesus Rosello and lived in Cebu, and I married a Kagay-anon, Luis Gabor Echem.

By: camille abonitalla

camille abonitalla — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 06:36:13 +0000

hi im camille r. abonitalla my father name is marlon abonitalla but were in cebu and the rest of my family are in cagayan de oro

By: jefferson malferrari

jefferson malferrari — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:15:22 +0000

malferrari rulez!! italian blood! italian beauty… filipino style…. bwahaha!

By: gadjin abonitalla

gadjin abonitalla — Tue, 20 May 2008 08:47:33 +0000

hello 2 abonitalla out there

By: JUVY A ABONITALLA

JUVY A ABONITALLA — Tue, 06 May 2008 02:24:30 +0000

hi my name juvy even though i did not know here she still of the family that streving in life and the rest the abonitalla families. i’m sorry that i wasn’t there during that time but i extend my condolence to the family.

By: elcris abonitalla

elcris abonitalla — Mon, 05 May 2008 06:34:20 +0000

By: Angelica Capistrano Mortola

Angelica Capistrano Mortola — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:22:31 +0000

Hello! This was indeed a fun read. I grew up with so much history of Cagayan and it’s familes told to me by my paternal lola Felicidad Velez, daughter of Francisco Neri Velez. My paternal lolo is Jose Roa Mortola. Heheh so that mean’s daghan na kaayo ko cousins

It’s refreshing to read history and I hope that the next generation will still be able to get in touch with their roots.

Hi King! Skye ni! More power!!!