Pedro Durán y Chávez Otero, II

OTERO Haplogroup R1b1a2a1a2c (L21) DF-63 Galicia Spain/España ... Pedro alternately used the Otero surname and the famous Duran y Chaves name in baptismal records for his children. Some have speculated "wrongly" that Pedro was the orphaned son of the famous Pedro Duran y Chaves, and he may have been raised by Cayetano de Otero who served as a Franciscan priest in Albuquerque at the time Pedro was born in 1735 in nearby Atrisco. Pedro was in-fact the actual son of Cayetano de Otero, despite his role as a priest, and Quiteria Duran y Chaves. In any case, Cayetano de Otero was born about 1701 in the Galicia region of Spain and professed his vows on Jan. 29, 1725 at Puebla, Nueva Espana. He came to New Mexico and was at Zuni by 1731 and at Pecos in 1732-33.

Pedro and his wife Maria Juliana (Alari) Otero lived in Sabinal NM (about 10 mi. South of Belen) until their deaths.