Guirao Hipolito Web Site

Welcome to our family tree!My name is James Guirao and I am the Webmaster of this Web site.My genealogy research is focused on the following families: Guirao and Hipolito sides of my fam.  You can contact me here for any questions: jgeezee@hotmail.com.The Guirao side originates from Ilocos Norte, PhilippinesThe Hipolito side originates from Ilocos Region and Cagayan Valley, PhilippinesBecause of the lack of historic records, I can only trace back to the early 1900's....The name GUIRAO comes from Portugal, although it may have originated from France. How the Guirao name came to the Philippines is still unknown? And so the question remains..Do the Guirao's of the Philippines come from European descent or is it just another name the Spaniard's gave us from the book Catálogo alfabético de apellidos?   The book of names was created by the spaniards in 1849. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catálogo_alfabético_de_apellidosThe name HIPOLITO also originates from Portugal. How did the filipino Hipolito's earn the name? Also, our Hipolito side has Chinese blood. But from where?Thank you for visiting!