Cool. Are their surnames Spanish?
My paternal great grandfather came to Louisiana via the Canary Islands. Originally from Oviedo, Spain the last name is Spanish and common among Mexicans and Central Americans. My grandparents would get angry when people assumed they were Hispanic. SPANISH is one thing HISpanic is another. The are called Las Canarias now but were proud Spaniards who spoke Catalan even in St Bernard parish as fishermen.