Banda - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

BANDA Henry Jr 1947-1991

t42MountOlivet — 2009-10-26 12:48:14Z

BANDA Henry Jr 1947-1991

I photographed this gravestone in the Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 208,545 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com

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BANDA Carmen V 1956-1956

t42MountOlivet — 2009-10-26 12:43:11Z

BANDA Carmen V 1956-1956

I photographed this gravestone in the Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 208,545 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com

If you know more about this person please reply here instead of contacting me because this is most likely not my family.

Re: Roots from Texas

jbanda07 — 2009-10-08 18:53:01Z

also am a banda, I also live in dallas tx, my parents and grandfather are from nueva rosita coahuila mexico, great grandmother born in nebreska,

Re: banda

jessebanda — 2009-09-15 00:31:52Z

Seems we have lots in common, My father was from Cerritos San Luis Potosi and Most of my family migrated to Dallas or Matamoros , He passed away 2 years ago .. Im looking to find the rest of my family

Banda's from Mexicali, Mx

booeybubbles — 2009-07-12 02:09:47Z

My father is also a Carlos Banda his fathers name was Cesario Banda and his mothers name is Isabel. His parents or grandparents originally came from Zacatecas. Juchipila I think.

I know I got at least one sister, multiple brothers, and a ton of primos.

Get in touch,
Karla E. Banda

Re: Banda's

smherns03 — 2009-04-29 02:25:51Z

Did Estefana and Maximillian Banda have a daughter by the name of Guadalupe Band who later married Leon G. Santos? They are my grandparents whohave passed away.We have family in Holland, MI my grandmothers sister lives there according to my mom Guadalupe Santos.

Re: Banda-Laredo

smherns03 — 2009-04-29 02:13:49Z

By any chance do your relatives live in Holland,Michigan and are some how related to the Arredondo's?

Re: Grandmother

smherns03 — 2009-04-29 02:03:48Z

My Granmothers name is Guadalupe Band who married Leon G. Santos. I believe my grandmothers dad name is Maximillian Banda and also had a son by the same name.My grandparents have since passed away.My grandad was born in Dolores, Texas or Laredo, Texas in 1898. I am curious if some how this all ties tgether.

Banda from Yorktown,DeWitt Co., Texas

saintsmo — 2009-03-27 12:22:47Z

Looking for descendants of Ventura/Bentura Banda married to Leonarda Castillejo. I link by a Contreras marriage to a Banda. Would love to exchange information.
Many thanks, saintsmo@swbell.net

cool

crbanda — 2009-03-23 15:39:09Z

this so cool... to know that there are other bandas outthere.

Re: madelinne Banda :)

petarbanda — 2009-02-11 14:10:57Z

where are you originaly from?

Re: madelinne Banda :)

madelinne7 — 2009-02-08 18:18:52Z

hey watzz up im madelinne Banda from californiaaaaa here were i live wr the only family that we have that last nameee:)

BANDA Kimberly 2000-2000

t42CrownHill — 2009-02-06 18:37:42Z

BANDA Kimberly 2000-2000

I photographed this gravestone in the Crown Hill Memorial Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 200,613 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com .

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Banda from Southeast Asia

jedmix — 2008-12-06 18:40:35Z

I'm Jed Banda from the Philippines,a part of South East Asia. According to my Great Grandfather our clan BANDA, where originally from Indonesia and had migrated here in the Philippines during the 18th Century,The time where Philippines was under the Spanish Colony,and where Borneo legends say was part of the Philippines but was sold by a DATU (King of one of the tribes) to the neboring country which was Indonesia. Thus forcing the clan to travel northward of the Philippines.

another Banda :)

petarbanda — 2008-11-29 16:28:55Z

i am from croatia and all of my relatives are originaly from the Kordun and Krajina region on the former border between Croatia and Bosnia. in croatian banda means side.. and also can mean the gang..

any relatives from there??

:)))

petar

Re: Banda's in california

bandac1069 — 2008-11-11 05:54:18Z

Looking for BANDA's from San Luis Potosi( ceritos,villa juarez,,Teposan)

Re: Roots from Texas

albanda — 2008-09-17 02:03:24Z

I am a banda from dallas tx, gparents from acapulco mexico whos ancestors were from africa where the english bandas owned them as slaves.. might help...

Re: An explaination for why Mexicans share the last name of my Great-Grandmother.

albanda — 2008-09-17 02:01:22Z

I am no expert on my name but i recently talked to my grandmother about it who is from Acapulco Mexico, and her ancestors are from africa where the English Banda's owned slaves... might help..

Re: Banda-Laredo

2006-03-10 20:21:42Z

My grandmother was Guadalupe Banda (Rosales) she was from Nuevo Laredo in Tamaulipas, Mex. her parents (Father: Jose Banda & Mother: Maria?Rosales) were from San Luis Potosi, From what I've heard Bandas are common in San Luis.

Re: family ancestory coat of arms

2006-03-10 20:16:17Z

I'm also looking into the Banda family history. My granmother was Banda from Nuevo Laredo according to her and her siblings her parents were from San Luis Potosi that name is pretty common there from what I hear from friends of mine who were actually born there.

Re: Banda Family from Italy

2004-07-10 16:30:43Z

Thanks for the information

Re: Banda Family from Italy

2004-07-09 18:28:10Z

Regarding Costanzo and Pietro Boley:

Both originally went to work in tanneries in Ontario, Pietro stayed in Huntsville Ontario while his brother Costanzo settled in Mellen.

Costanzo's wife and daughter Adele joined him in Ontario, arriving September 19, 1903 on the Philadelphia. The ships list says she was headed for Gravenhurst, which means that she was probably joining him in Bracebridge. (Often the ticket was to Gravenhurst, a few miles from Bracebridge).

The link between Ontario and Mellen is tannery work.

Fayette Shaw had built the tannery in Mellen, while one of his cousins owned tanneries in Bracebridge and Huntsville Ontario. There are a few instances of men who went to Ontario settling in Mellen and vice-versa.

The Mellen tannery appeares to have employed men from Meana di Susa as early as 1900, and when the Huntsville and Bracebridge tanneries needed workers they went looking in the same place.

There is a half page biography of Costanzo Boley in volume 2 of A Journey Into Mellon, and there is some info on Pietro Boley in Huntsville with Spirit and Resolve.

Emile Franco
Ottawa Canada

European Banda Origins

2004-06-23 21:09:50Z

Using the new www.EllisIsland.org website, I was able to count
the percentage of listed immigrants with the Banda surname.

country % of listings with Banda surname
--------------- ----------------------------------------
Hungary 21
Italy 10
Austria 7.6
England 7.1
Russia 6.7
Germany 6.4
Canada 3.9
Scotland 3.7
Belgium 2.3
France 2.3
Lithuania 2.3
Spain 2.1
London 1.8
French 1.6
Switzerland 1.6
Romania 1.4
Denmark 1.1

**only countries with a percent greater than one are listed

Most of the immigrants going through Ellis Island with a Banda
last name, came from Hungary.

Italy came in second with half as many immigrants.

Most Banda immigrants through Ellis Island originate from
the Austro-Hungarian region of Europe.

Re: Banda Family from Italy

2004-06-10 12:55:08Z

I have spent most of the hunt on the Boley side and not the Banda side. One of the reasons that I have not been in contact with John Boley in Mellen was that when I started tracing the Boley name I ran into several Costanzo Boley's and also several Costanzo Bolleys. It got a bit frustrating and I became unsure about some of my data.
Did you find Margherita Barbara Banda in the Ellis Island records - she was very difficult to find. The name they had her and Adele listed under was Bilej. I searched the years between the births of Elana in 1902 - born Italy and John Peter born 1905 in WI. I knew that she had to have come across between those years.
You can contact me directly at rellingsen47@msn.com

Rich

Re: Banda Family from Italy

2004-06-10 06:41:32Z

Rich,

Very interested in the family history. My mother is Margaret Ferando Roherty. Her father dropped one of the r's. ( to make the search more difficult in 2004! )

On the Ellis Island site I found Costanzo and Pietro Boley coming over on the same ship: I also found my Grandpa Mark Ferrando coming over with his parents in 1908 at age 11.

As I mentioned previously, my grandmother Adele Boley Ferrando was born in Italy to a Margaret Banda. I wonder if her family is the connection to Grosso, Boley and Ferrando.

Thanks for your response,
Richard Roherty
Tucson, AZ

Boley, Costanzo
Italy Italian North
Meana
April 28, 1903
26y
Ship: Noordam
Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France
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Boley, Pietro
Italy Italian North
Meana
April 28, 1903
28y
Ship: Noordam
Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France

Re: Banda Family from Italy

2004-06-10 03:04:37Z

Hello Richard,
Your e-mail was a welcome surprise.
You must be a son of Margaret Ferrando.
I have been in touch with your Mothers cousin John Boley of Mellen. It has been a couple of years since I did any e-mailings with him. He was very helpful with information about your family. My Grandfather, Giovanni Battista Grosso came to the US in 1905. We thought he came straight over to Washington state, but his Ellis Island Passenger list said that he went to Mellen, to visit his cousin Costanzo Boley. I looked up Mellen in the phone book and started calling all the Boley's until I found John. We have exchanged a lot of e-mail and I then set off to find the connection between our grandfathers... Unfortunately I have not yet found that connection. Are you interestested in Your Family history?

Rich

Re: Banda Family from Italy

2004-06-08 02:20:29Z

Hi,
My great grandfather, Costanzo Boley (1877- N/A) married a Margaret Banda in the Torino, Italy area. They had four children, my grandmother, Adele , Madeline, John & Theodore. According to my mother, Margaret died in Italy, Costanzo moved to Mellen WI & married Maimie, who took care of young Theodore. The Boley family continued to live in Mellen, WI.

Richard
Tucson, AZ

Banda

lastonestanding — 2008-03-19 02:13:53Z

Richard Francis Banda
Los Angeles Times March 18, 2008
August 5,1926-March 13, 2008
Beloved husband, brother, father, and grandfather. attended Cathedral High, La. 1941-1944. Served in the US.Army 185th infantry 1944-46.
Survived by Esther, his wife of 57 years,sister Margaret Caudillo; daughter Clarisssa (Charles Serio); son Richard granddaughter Lucia Serio grandsons Alex Krell and Galen Jeffrey.
Funeral servies held today at noon at St.Thomas More Church in Alhambra.

Re: Banda's in california

fernandezreyna — 2008-08-05 08:35:40Z

my mother's name is Reynalda Banda From Jalisco. Her Father was Deciderio Banda. someone mentioned concepcion, but I am not sure who that is. I'll find out. We are from Jalisco

Roots from Texas

bandajd — 2008-02-24 17:37:09Z

I'm another Banda with roots from Texas...Father was born in a mining town, Shafter, Texas..Grandfather was Jesus Banda from Mexico..The family migrated to Arizona where my cousins currently live...

Re: Banda Family from Italy

glucchesi1 — 2006-04-03 17:55:19Z

Louis (aka Luigi) and Maria Banda (maiden name "Boley") are my great grandparents. They arrived at Ellis Island June 5th, 1909, from Meana de Suza, Italy, on the ship "La Provence". They lived in Mellen, Wisconson until the early 1920's when they moved to San Francisco after a fire burned down their house in Mellen. Their oldest child, Adele, died as an infant shortly after their arrival to Mellen. Katherine is my grandmother and is still living in San Francisco at age 92. She married Bruno Lucchesi in 1935, but has been widowed since 1994. Louis and Maria's other children include: Emily, Ellen, John, Emiel, Rosemary, and George and Margaret. Emiel (married) is 85 and lives in Petaluma, CA, and Rosemary (single), 79, lives in San Francisco. Emily died at age 26 in 1942. I believe Margaret died as a young child. John, Ellen and George lived long lives, married with large families, but are now deceased.
Louis Banda's parents were Giovanni Banda and Catterina Pelisera. Louis's siblings included Eugenio, Rosina, Lucia and Marietta.
Maria Banda's (Boley) parents were Battista Boley and Elena Odiardi. Her siblings included Aldrado, Ermelinda, Onorina, Anna and Eugenio. Maria's sister Anna married Eufrasio Pelissero and they had a daughter Helen who lives in Toronto, Canada. Helen contacted me a few months ago for family info as she is going to Italy this spring. Maria Banda (Boley's) maternal grandparents were Giuseppe Odiardi and Maddalina Franco.
I do not know much of the pre-America stories from the Banda family, but I am very interested to learn more. How are you related? Email me any time at glucchesi@mac.com

Re: Another Banda!

jerry_clavier — 2005-01-13 08:19:16Z

Do you have any information on Martin Alvarado?

Thanks, JT Alvarado

Re: Banda may be Italian or rather is Italian

darkesthour2005 — 2007-09-19 07:32:21Z

Yes, as a matter of fact I do know of some Bandas' from Italy or rather people with a similar surname who settled in Chile, Brazil, and Argetina.

In fact, get this, my Great Grandmother had a brother who settled somewhere in Argentina or even Chile. Her Father also had 2 brothers, who I believe also had families.

Don't ask me about Mexico though, I'm not sure how the Banda Surname ended up there but I do know that Italians did emigrate to the country of Mexico in the early 1900s.

Conduct a DNA test if you can. I again say, more evidence points to the "Banda" surname being Italian, or at least my evidence.

An explaination for why Mexicans share the last name of my Great-Grandmother.

darkesthour2005 — 2007-08-29 21:15:13Z

Sorry, this will be my last post but my interest is peaked by the fact that, "Banda" is prevalent in Mexicans.

I was going through the records here on Ancestry.com and it shows more Bandas' live in the Southwestern United States.

I do know that the name Banda is Italian or a name stemming from the Romance languages but I don't understand why the name is numerous in Mexico and the Southern U.S.

There were Italian-Mexicans, a substanial amount. Have any of you who are Mexican-American and have an Italian name tried contacting the Italian-Mexican Heritage foundation in Mexico?

Here is an interesting read on Italian Mexicans:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian-Mexicans (Sources included).

There are about 50,000+ Italian-Mexicans and it is quite possible that the Banda name traveled through Mexico from Italy. Then again you could just be an Indian who adopted the name by coicidence or your ancestors played in a Band. I urge you to conduct a DNA test and see what ethnic background you are, if it comes out you have European roots, well then, your ancestors are probably Italian Mexican immigrants.

Thanks again, and keep me posted on what you Banda Mexicans find about the name Banda, here is my e-mail address, darkest_hour_2005@yahoo.com

Re: Banda may be Italian or rather is Italian

darkesthour2005 — 2007-08-29 20:32:01Z

I've spoken to the Genealogist I've hired.

My Great-Grandmothers family is Italian, from Northern Italy. He told me that it is in-fact an Italian name stemming for the Visigoths who settled in various regions.

You can probably assume that it is also spanish and french, it most certainly is not African or Asian. The Banda Islands are actually the Kepulauan Bamda islands, and the M is silent when pronounciating the term. In these said Islands the "Banda" term is used differently and pronounced differently, it is also not a surname in the province.

The name was also used by a dictator in Africa, Hastings Banda in a remote part of Africa, who's name is probably anglicanized as it is quite normal for many educated Africans to change their names.

There is also the Banda people in Africa. They all have the name Banda but it's an African tribe having had little contact with Europeans. It's very remotely and Coincidental that they share our name, and again it could be the same issue with the Indian version, as in it is pronounced more differently than it is spelled.

I've conducted a lengthy and pricey DNA test and the results show no trace of African or Semitic roots, but rather shows I'm 100% of European lineage. Now it is perhaps a very small chance you could be from Indonesia or Africa and have that last name but It's rare, very rare that any person in the Contiental United States kept the name, "Banda" when they were brought over on slave ships from Asia and Africa.

My Genealogist assures me that it is indeed a European Name found more commonly in countries with Romance Languages (Italian, Spainish, & French).Those of you wondering it's origin, it's Southern European.

I would advise a DNA test. They have different prices for various tests, I underwent a lengthy one that cost around $800. There are less expensive ones that will merely establish your race or ethinic background.

In conclusion, if you live in the States and your last name is Banda (Banta, Bandi, or Bande), you are more than likely of Southern European origin. (French, Spanish, or Italian)

Thank you and I am more than satisfied with the results, I hope you find my information helpful and my email address is Darkest_Hour_2005@yahoo.com, feel free to e-mail me if you wish to know more about the origin of "Banda".

Re: family ancestory coat of arms

darkesthour2005 — 2007-08-29 04:21:03Z

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Mexican

Major BREAKTHROUGH.

That region was settled by Italians, which means Banda is Italian.

Re: Banda may be Italian or rather is Italian

darkesthour2005 — 2007-08-29 03:48:14Z

Her father Salvadore was a Police Officer in Northern Italy, in Trento Northern Italy. Her mother was a home-maker and the daughter of a Career-Soldier, Antonio Lugi Ferritti.

I've also noticed Italian surnames are also very unique and rare, which could explain Banda rareness. As I said, I do have a professional working with me and he is pretty pricey so I would appreciate any help in tracing this rare name. He keeps telling me it's a Northern-Germanic Name that spread during the early centuries of the Holy Roman Empire into Italy that became bastardized by the latin language. Originally Band, then turned into Bandi or Banda.

They do end with an "AH, or Long A vowel sound."

Banda may be Italian or rather is Italian

darkesthour2005 — 2007-08-29 03:32:01Z

I recently found out my Great Great Grand-Mother, Angela Di Banda was from Northern Italy. She married my Great Grandfather Peter Schubert. (Austrian-Hungarian Empire at the time, in Modern day Czech Republic).

Her father was Salvadore di Banda and her mother Angela Ferritti (Sp?) Banda.

She was not African (As I originally though the name was of Asian/African descent) from pictures, she was in fact a burnette with light hair. I also understand that there was a substanial amount of Italian-Mexicans (Which could explain some of you people in Texas having the name).

Some of you are wondering if it's African, it's not. My sources and info tell me a lot of the names in Africa are anglicanized. What strikes me as odd is that this name is rare, really rare, all around the world as well. It seems more prevalent in Mexico, which perhaps it is a mestizo adopted surname or rather a latin-american surname that has been adopted by Indegenious people of Mexico for-whatever reason.

Well this is all I can offer for now, I think or rather from what I know it very well could be Italian or a rare Italian name, perhaps it was a taboo surname or perhaps it was a noble surname. I still want to research the name further and have a hired some professional help.

Re: Another Banda!

darkesthour2005 — 2007-08-29 03:17:03Z

It is Italian/Spanish name.

It's a no way related to the Banda Islands which real name is "Bamda"

The King Bahdu or African King Banda is a mere Anglicanization of the name. The Banda people is also an anglicanization, their real name is bahmeda. It's very difficult to trace a surname with little or no roots.

The name appears to be rare, perhaps because the people who immigrated to Mexico/Cuba were sporadic. It is possible that it is an occuptional surname as well, which would explain incosistencies in relations.

You must understand that people change their names, quite frequently, for example, a Smith family of Germany may not be related to Smith from England, that's probably because someone changed their name.

I have a great grandmother who's name was Angela di Banda (Northern Italy only child of Salvadore Banda and Angela Ferritti Banda), she was Italian and she married my great grandfather a German immigrant. Remember this when searching for a surname, it doesn't always relate to other names, in fact your name could have been Bindy, Banhu, Banta, Bantu, and so forth.

Banda-Riano

MurdockBanda — 2008-03-16 03:43:44Z

I'm looking for any info on Andrea Banda & her sister Santos Banda Gallegos. Andrea was my great grandmother and her mother's last name was Riano possibly Rianjo. Andrea was born in 1903 and she passed away in 1982. My g reat grandmother passed away when I was very little so I don't know a lot about her past. She and her sister came from Mexico in their teens, but never really spoke about their parents apparently. If you know of any other siblings or info on their parents, please contact me.
Thank you,

Re: Banda may be Italian or rather is Italian

julio1475 — 2007-09-18 03:50:03Z

Do you kow of any Bandas that may have settled in Chile?

Re: Banda's From Cierritos, close to San Luis Potosi

JanetZamarripa82 — 2007-11-29 01:02:00Z

Hello, well wanted to write to you and let you know that my boyfriend's last name is also Banda and that he is from a little rancho (village) next to Cerritos, SLP, Ojo De Agua. I will ask him if he knows or has heard of that name.

Re: Another Banda!

erikayazmin21 — 2008-03-14 19:51:44Z

HEY IM ERIKA BANDA AND IM ORIGINALY FROM CD MANTE TAMAULIPAS ITS ABOUT 20 MINUTES OR LESS FROM XICOTENCATL

Re: BANDA FAMILY TRACE

mmartinex3 — 2007-04-25 04:30:12Z

MARIA BANDA, FATHER'S NAME IS JESUS BANDA, HIS FATHER GENARO BANDA, HIS BROTHER BENITO BANDA

Re: i just wan to get in touch with my family

mmartinex3 — 2007-04-25 04:26:39Z

HI, MY NAME IS MARIA BANDA, FATHER JESUS BANDA, HIS FATHER GENARO BANDA, FROM SAN DEIGO

Re: Hello, Banda is in fact not Italian (If you are of Mexican or Tejano Descent)

Adambanda2002 — 2007-10-25 07:00:15Z

I'm sorry, I forgot to add, the link I posted will take you to a list of Spanish Noble Names.

Unfortunately it's in Spanish but if you scroll down a bit it will lead you to an explaination of the Banda surname.

Also here is a wikilink to the order of Banda itself:

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orden_de_la_Banda
(Also in Spanish I'm afraid)

Hello, Banda is in fact not Italian (If you are of Mexican or Tejano Descent)

Adambanda2002 — 2007-10-25 06:55:55Z

http://usuarios.lycos.es/Virgosoft/Manual.htm

Banda is a noble name (Well not really a name) from the Basques/Cantabria regions of Spain.

My Maternal Grandfather's family are original Spanish Tejanos (Texans) who immigrated during the 1800s along with others from the Basques and Cantabria.

The name is not really a surname. The reason it's so rare is because it's the name of an order of Spanish Citizen-Soldiers in Cantabria and Basques. Many People of peasent descent later adopted this as a surname, similar to names pertaining to jobs. John Butcher (Not a surname but infact a person whom probably was a butcher).

I just want to clear this up. While perhaps Banda is Italian for some people, the name is from Spain, derived from an Order of Spanish Citizen Soldiers.Remember it's not uncommon for people to take names from battles or sacred orders.

If you're from Mexico, then it's a good chance you are descended from a Person (Of Spanish Descent) who adopted the name Banda which explains why we aren't related. Mexico was a place where people of Basques descent flocked to throughout the 1800s, also it is of Cantabrian descent.

In conclusion, unlike the Sanchez, Fernandez, Hernandez, and others that end with an ez, Banda ends with an "a" which obviously makes it distinct from the common surnames. This is usually a good indiction your name is probably from Northern Spain, as Northern Spain has distinct languages and distinct surnames.

Thank you and I hope this helped some of you who come looking.

Banda's in california

PBandaRojas — 2008-06-03 07:09:25Z

As someone wrote before, the Banda's must not have been very close! There seems to be Banda's everywhere but we don't seem to be related. I think we must be related because the name Banda is not as common as you might think,it is not like Garcia or Rodriguez. It must have originated somewhere.

I also don't know much about my fathers family history, because my father doesn't talk about it, I don't know why.

My father is Carlos Banda-Sepulveda, he had several brothers and sisters, I can't name them all. My grandfathers name was Concepcion Banda, and they are from michoacan Mexico.

I think I need to play more detective work and get some more names for you all. Any relatives out there?

Patricia

Re: Banda Family from Italy

emilefranco — 2007-02-12 21:58:46Z

Do you have an approximate birth year for your Maddalina Franco, or an approximate year for her marriage to Mr. Odiard? There are a couple of instances of a Maddalina Franco marrying an Odiard in Meana, and I may be able to take her line back a generation for you depending on who she is.

Re: Another Banda!

jackiericky08 — 2008-04-10 23:41:23Z

hey im from mount pleasant texas and we r a big family of bandas and my parents and grandparents r from mexico well from muzquiz coahuila... i always wondered about all the other bandas and if we r all somehow related