"The history of our family in New Mexico is not the history of conquerors, but the story of a humble people who throughout hundreds of years in this land have never asked for more than the opportunity to move about freely to pursue a decent living. It is not necessarily the history of an academic elite, or a rich merchant class, or of a politically prominent people, or of persons who excelled in military or civic careers. It is a history, though, of a people who have anonymously contributed to this land and who have blended ever so well into the landscape and ambience of this truly enchanted place we call New Mexico."

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-Francisco Sisneros, Sisneros: A New Mexico Family History