Ah, then if it was your great-great-grandfather, then it wasn't the 1500s. Remember, I said I traced my grandmother's great-great-great-grandparents. I've traced up to my fifth great-grandparents who lived in the mid to late 1700s. So if we're talking about your grandparent's great-grandfather. If this grandparent is still alive, they could give you the name and the area of Spain they left in order to somehow get to the Philippines, but it was obvious there was no direct ship at that time as I mentioned.