Baudilia Rosalía Ceara Díaz

Maternal great-grandmother on the Lithgow line. Cibao-born (Gurabo, Santiago Province). Father per tree: Antonio Ceara (no further data). Mother unidentified in current tree — see DNA section, the brick wall on the matrilineal chain.

Children (Lithgow Ceara)

All by spouse Federico William Lithgow Alonzo:

• Federico William Lithgow Ceara (6 Jan 1902 La Vega – 1977 NY) — Dr. Lithgow, photographer/mountaineer; see Federico William Lithgow Ceara.
• Elsie Lithgow Ceara (21 May 1905 La Vega – 16 Feb 2006 Santo Domingo) — lived to 100.
• Arturo Antonio Lithgow Ceara (1907 La Vega – 1979 La Vega).
• Enrique Washington Lithgow Ceara (28 Apr 1911 La Vega – 3 Oct 1949 Ciudad Trujillo) — died at 38.
• Ana Luisa Lithgow Ceara (4 May 1913 La Vega – 26 Apr 2010 Santo Domingo) — Miguel's maternal grandmother.

DNA (added 2026-05-25, inferred from descendants)

• mtDNA haplogroup: L2b1a (inferred — Zaura's 23andMe mtDNA call is L2b1a; Zaura inherits via Annie ← Ana Luisa Lithgow Ceara ← Baudilia, so Baudilia's mtDNA = L2b1a). Sub-Saharan African (West African) maternal lineage. The unbroken female-line ancestress at the head of this chain was a West African woman trafficked to or descending from someone trafficked to Hispaniola during the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
• Baudilia herself is at the current end of the documented matrilineal chain — her mother is unknown / not in tree. This is the brick wall to be broken.
• The Ceara surname attaches via Baudilia's father (Antonio Ceara) and does NOT inform the maternal mtDNA line. Baudilia's mother's surname is unknown.
• See [[2026-05-25-annie-maternal-line-L2b1a]] — open research log, priority: identify Baudilia's mother via JCE death record La Vega 1976 + marriage record + Catholic parish records of Gurabo / Santiago.