We have not yet asked whether the Waldemar Mercados of Houston are somehow related to the Ben Mercado who was a translator of Christian books, stationed in Miami for many years, married to Marian of South Dakota, presumably from Argentina originally, at least that is what we had thought. Ben Mercado's only son was Danny, a church organist in Chicago, gay some have said. We really don't know whether Danny is related to the Hiatt family. No one has ever offered any information on this point, nor are we ever in contact with the Mercados so we really don't know anything about that. Ben and Marian were not related to us and they are both dead now so Danny is alone in the world as far as we can tell.
