Birth Name: Natalia Jiménez Sarmiento
Place of Birth: Madrid, Spain
Date of Birth: December 29, 1981
Ethnicity: Portuguese Romani, Spanish
Natalia Jiménez is a Spanish singer. Her father is Spanish. Her mother is of Portuguese Romani heritage.
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Birth Name: Teresa Natalia Falsone
Place of Birth: Catania, Sicily, Italy
Date of Birth: August 11, 1986
Ethnicity: Sicilian Italian, possibly some Spanish
Tea Falco is an Italian actress and photographer. She starred in Bernardo Bertolucci’s film Me and You.
Tea’s mother is Marilia Zapata. The surname “Zapata” is Spanish.
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Birth Name: Sergio Ramos García
Place of Birth: Camas, Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain
Date of Birth: 30 March, 1986
Ethnicity: Spanish
Sergio Ramos is a Spanish professional footballer. He plays for Real Madrid and the Spain national football team. Sergio is the son of Jose María Ramos and Paqui García.
Sergio’s maternal grandfather was Juan García Caballero.
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Birth Name: Éric Daniel Pierre Cantona
Place of Birth: Marseille, France
Date of Birth: 24 May, 1966
Ethnicity:
*Italian, 1/4 French (father)
*Spanish-Catalan (mother)
Eric Cantona is a French actor and former international footballer for the French national team. He is the son of Albert Cantona and Éléonore Raurich.
Eric’s paternal great-grandparents were born in Sardinia, Italy.
Eric’s paternal grandparents were Joseph Cantona (the son of Salvatore Cantona and Maria Josephine Caria) and Lucienne Thérèse Faglia (the daughter of Gardenzio Luigi Mattia Faglia and Maria Anna Ollive). Gardenzio was from Piedmont, Italy. Maria Anna’s parents were French.
Eric’s maternal grandparents were Pedro Raurich (the son of José Raurich-Muner and Josépha Ventura-Candona) and Francesca Farnos (the daughter of José Farnos-Dolin and Carmen Treix-Armangol).
Sources: Genealogies of Eric Cantona – http://www.rfgenealogie.com
http://gw.geneanet.org
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Birth Name: Xavier Hernández Creus
Place of Birth: Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain
Date of Birth: 25 January 1980
Ethnicity: Spanish
Xavi is a Spanish professional footballer. He is considered to be one of the greatest central midfielders of all time. He is also considered by some to be Spain’s greatest ever player.
Xavi’s father is Joaquim Hernández López, a former footballer.
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Birth Name: Vicente del Bosque González
Place of Birth: Salamanca, Castile and León, Spain
Date of Birth: 23 December 1950
Ethnicity: Spanish
Vicente del Bosque is a former Spanish footballer and football manager. He led the national team to win their first-ever FIFA World Cup in 2010, and then to retain their European Championship in 2012.
Vicente is the son of Fermín del Bosque and María del Carmen González.
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Birth Name: Germán Alejandro Garmendia Aranis
Place of Birth: Santiago, Chile
Date of Birth: April 25, 1990
Ethnicity: Chilean (Spanish, possibly other)
HolaSoyGermán is a Chilean Internet personality. He is the son of Germán Luis Garmendia Macías and Cecilia del Carmen Aranis Mancilla.
HolaSoyGermán’s paternal grandparents are ? Garmendia and ? Macías.
HolaSoyGermán’s maternal grandparents are ? Aranis and ? Mancilla.
Source: http://holasoygerman.info
Birth Name: Edgardo Jose Santiago Valenciano
Place of Birth: Santa Mesa, Manila, Philippines
Date of Birth: August 6, 1964
Ethnicity:
*Filipino (Bicolano) (father)
*Puerto Rican (including Spanish and some either African or Taino), Italian, Portuguese (mother)
Gary Valenciano is a Filipino musician. His father, Vicente Calacas Valenciano, was Filipino, from Camalig, Albay. His mother, Grimilda Santiago Olmo, is Puerto Rican, from Arecibo. She is of Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and some either African or Taino descent. Gary is married to Maria Anna Elizabeth “Angeli” Pangilinan.
Gary’s paternal grandparents were ? Valenciano and ? Calacas.
Gary’s maternal grandfather was Agustín Santiago y Cruz (the son of Cecilio de Santiago y López and Alejandra Cruz y Frassinetti). Agustín was white. Cecilio was the son of Bernardo de Santiago y Serrano and María López y Martinez, whose own father, José Lopes (later José López), was a Portuguese immigrant. Alejandra was the daughter of Santana Cruz y Rodríguez and Belén Frassinetti y Ríos. The surname “Frassinetti” is of Italian origin.
Gary’s maternal grandmother was Emérita Olmo y Serrano (the daughter of Gabino Olmo y Onofre and Epifania Serrano y Rodríguez). Emérita was either colored (mulatto) or mestiza. Gabino was the son of Galo Olmo y Serrano and Asunción Onofre y Carrión. Epifania was the daughter of Bernardino Serrano y Cruz and Dominga Rodríguez y Gómez.
Sources: Gary’s birth record – https://familysearch.org
Gary’s mother on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Gary’s maternal grandparents, Agustín Santiago y Cruz and Emérita Olmo y Serrano – https://familysearch.org
Birth record of Gary’s maternal grandfather, Agustín Santiago y Cruz – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Gary´s maternal great-grandparents, Cecilio de Santiago y López and Alejandra Cruz y Frassinetti – https://familysearch.org
Death record of Gary’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Bernardo de Santiago y Serrano – https://familysearch.org
Death record of Gary’s maternal great-great-grandfather, María López y Martinez – https://familysearch.org
Death record of Gary’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Santana Cruz y Rodríguez – https://familysearch.org
Death record of Gary’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Belén Frassinetti y Ríos – https://familysearch.org
Birth record of Gary’s maternal grandmother, Emérita Olmo y Serrano – https://familysearch.org
Birth Name: Leonor Elizabeth Ceballos Watling
Place of Birth: Madrid, Spain
Date of Birth: 28 July, 1975
Ethnicity:
*Spanish (father)
*English (mother)
Leonor Watling is a Spanish film actress and singer. She was born in Madrid, Spain, to a Spanish father from Cádiz, Andalusia, and an English mother.
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Birth Name: Gina D. Ravarra
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, U.S.
Date of Birth: May 20, 1966
Ethnicity:
*Spanish-Puerto Rican (father)
*African-American (mother)
Gina Ravera is an American actress. Her father is Puerto Rican, with Spanish ancestry. Her mother is African-American.
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Place of Birth: Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Date of Birth: May 29, 1982
Ethnicity: Brazilian (Portuguese, Spanish, Italian)
Ana Beatriz Barros is a Brazilian model. Her parents are Sônia and Reinato Barros. She is said to have Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian ancestry.
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Birth Name: Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria
Place of Birth: Santiago, Chile
Date of Birth: September 29, 1951
Ethnicity: Chilean (Spanish, including Basque, possibly other), English, French, Greek, Swiss-French
Michelle Bachelet is a Chilean Socialist Party politician. She has served as the President of Chile since 2014. She is the daughter of Alberto Bachelet Martínez, a Chilean Air Force Brigadier General, and Ángela Jeria Gómez. She was married to Jorge Dávalos Cartes.
Michelle’s paternal grandfather was Alberto Bachelet Brandt (the son of Germán Bachelet Beault and Luisa Brandt Cadot). Germán was the son of French immigrants Louis-Joseph Bachelet Lapierre, of Chassagne-Montrachet, Côte-d’Or department, and Françoise Jeanne Beault, of Cheilly-lès-Maranges, Saône-et-Loire department. Luisa was the daughter of Swiss-French immigrants Oscar Brandt and Marguerite “Margarita” Cadot.
Michelle’s paternal grandmother was Mercedes Martínez Binimelis (the daughter of Rodolfo Martínez Mercado and Mercedes Binimelis Argomedo). Rodolfo was the son of Pedro Martínez Caballero and María de las Mercedes Mercado. Michelle’s great-grandmother Mercedes was the daughter of Pascual Binimelis Campos and Mercedes Argomedo Lurquín.
Michelle’s maternal grandparents were Máximo Jeria Johnson (the son of Máximo Jeria Chacón and Lely Johnson) and Ángela Gómez Zamora (the daughter of ? Gómez and ? Zamora). Michelle’s great-grandfather Máximo was of Greek and Spanish (Basque) descent, and was the son of Gregorio Jeria León and Justa Chacón. Lely was the daughter of an English physician working in Chile.
Source: Genealogy of Michelle Bachelet – http://www.geni.com
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Birth Name: Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado
Place of Birth: Guayaquil, Ecuador
Date of Birth: April 6, 1963
Ethnicity: Ecuadorian (Indigenous, Spanish, possibly African), remote French
Rafael Correa is an Ecuadorian politician and economist. He has served as President of the Republic of Ecuador since 2007. He is the son of Rafael Correa Icaza and Norma Delgado Rendón. He is married to Belgian teacher Anne Malherbe Gosselin.
Rafael’s paternal grandfather was Rafael Antonio Correa Jurado (the son of Rafael María Correa de Saa y Espinosa and Victoria Jurado y Pérez). Rafael’s great-grandfather Rafael was the son of Rafael María Correa de Saa y Soberón and María de los Dolores Espinosa. Victoria was the daughter of ? Jurado and ? Pérez.
Rafael’s paternal grandmother was Sara Icaza Mora (the daughter of Edmundo Santiago Icaza Valverde and Mercedes Mora Crespo). Edmundo was the son of Carlos Octavio Gerardo Icaza García and María Asunción Valverde Letamendi. Mercedes was the daughter of Antonio Medardo Mora and Ángela Crespo Elizalde.
Rafael’s maternal grandfather was Simón Valentín “Valentine” Delgado Cepeda (the son of Simón Delgado Gutiérrez and Susana Cepeda López). Rafael’s great-grandfather Simón was the son of Pedro Delgado López and Juana Evangelista Gutiérrez. Susana was the daughter of Emiliano Cepeda Farías and Josefina López Cedeño.
Rafael’s maternal grandmother was Luz Isabel Rendón Rendón (the daughter of Luis Felipe Rendón García and Luz Isabel Rendón Peralta). Luis Felipe was the son of Luis Robinson Rendón Peralta and Rosa García. Rafael’s great-grandmother Luz Isabel was the daughter of Juan Norberto Rendón Treviño and Luz Peralta. Rafael’s great-grandmother Luz Isabel and Luis Robinson were siblings, making Rafael’s great-grandmother Luz Isabel and Luis Felipe aunt and nephew, respectively. Juan Norberto’s great-great-grandfather Pedro Ignacio de Barboteau y Rabreate (birth name possibly Pierre-Ignace Barboteau), was French, from Nantes.
Sources: Genealogies of Rafael Correa – http://www.geni.com
http://geneall.net
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Birth Name: Juan Manuel Santos Calderon
Place of Birth: Bogotá, Colombia
Date of Birth: August 10, 1951
Ethnicity: Colombian (Spanish, possibly other)
Juan Manuel Santos is the 32nd President of Colombia. He has been in office since 2010. Juan is the son of Francisco Enrique Santos Castillo and Clemencia Calderón Nieto. He is married to María Clemencia Rodríguez Múnera. He was previously married to Silvia Amaya Londoño.
Juan Manuel’s patrilineal ancestry can be traced back to his seventh great-grandfather, Juan de Santos.
Juan Manuel’s paternal grandfather was Enrique Calibán Santos Montejo (the son of Francisco Santos Galvis and Leopoldina Vitalia de las Mercedes Montejo Camero). Francisco was the son of José María Santos Plata and Antonia Facunda Galvis Galvis. Leopoldina was the daughter of Joaquín Montejo Roa and Gustavia Eustacia Camero Bermúdez Venegas y Ovalle.
Juan Manuel’s paternal grandmother was Nohemí Castillo Montejo (the daughter of Indalecio Castillo Montejo and Rosa Montejo Roa). Indalecio was the son of Jacobo Castillo and Josefa Montejo Roa. Rosa was the daughter of José Fructuoso Francisco Montejo Moreno and María Ramona Roa Roa.
Juan Manuel’s maternal grandfather was Jorge Calderón Umaña (the son of Aristides Calderón Tejada and Ana Rosa Umaña Quijano). Aristides was the son of Aristides Calderón Reyes and Ana Rosa Tejada Mariño. Juan Manuel’s great-grandmother Ana Rosa was the daughter of Peregrino Ramón Umaña Neira and Marta Quijano Candía.
Juan Manuel’s maternal grandmother was Teresa Nieto Restrepo (the daughter of Miguel Nieto Ricaurte and María de Jesús Restrepo Santamaria). Miguel was the son of José Fernando Nieto Fernández and Francisca Ricaurte Camacho. María de Jesús was the daughter of Anselmo Restrepo Ochoa and Bernardina Santamaría Rovira.
Juan Manuel’s matrilineal ancestry can be traced back to his sixth great-grandmother, Rosa Giraldo.
Source: Genealogy of Juan Manuel Santos – http://www.geni.com
Birth Name: Nicolás Maduro Moros
Place of Birth: Caracas, Venezuela
Date of Birth: November 23, 1962
Ethnicity: Venezuelan and Colombian (both including African, Indigenous, and Spanish), Sephardi Jewish
Nicolás Maduro is a Venezuelan politician. He has been President of Venezuela since 2013. He is the son of Nicolás Jesús Maduro Garcia, a Venezuelan, and Teresa de Jesús Moros, a Colombian, from Cúcuta. He is married to Cilia Flores.
One source states that Nicolás’ father was also Colombian. However, he was actually born in San José de la Costa, Falcón, Venezuela. Also, Nicolás’ paternal grandmother, María Presentación García, was reportedly born in Pamplona, Norte de Santander, Colombia. However, she was actually born in Paraguaná Peninsula, Falcón, Venezuela.
Nicolás’ paternal family ancestry is of part Sephardi Jewish origin. They trace their migration to Venezuela from Curaçao, and prior to that Holland (Netherlands), ultimately coming from the Netherlands’ community of Spanish and Portuguese Jews (i.e. Western Sephardim).
Nicolás’ paternal grandparents were Nicolás Maduro and María Presentación García.
Nicolás’ maternal grandparents were Pablo Antonio Moros Rodríguez (the son of Rafael Moros and Natividad Rodríguez) and Adelina Acevedo Escalante (the daughter of José María Acevedo and Simona Escalante). Rafael was the son of Faustino Moros. José María was the son of an unknown father and Alejandra Acevedo. Simona was the daughter of an unknown father and María del Tránsito Escalante.
Sources: http://ccee.fullblog.com.ar
Family history of Nicolás Maduro – http://genealogiacolombiana.com
Baptismal record of Nicolás’ mother – https://familysearch.org
Birth Name: Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri
Place of Birth: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Date of Birth: April 19, 1970
Ethnicity:
*Spanish (father)
*Italian (mother)
Luis Miguel is a Mexican singer. His father, Luis Gallego Sánchez, was a Spanish singer, songwriter, and guitarist, from Cádiz. His mother, Marcella Basteri, is Italian, from Carrara.
Luis Miguel’s paternal grandparents were Rafael Gallego Rey (the son of ? Gallego and ? Rey) and Matilde Sánchez Repiso (the daughter of ? Sánchez and ? Repiso).
Luis Miguel’s maternal grandparents were Sergio Basteri (the son of Ferruccio Basteri and Ida) and Vanda Tarrozzo.
Source: Genealogy of Luis Miguel – http://www.geni.com
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Birth Name: Manuel Carlos Valls Galfetti
Place of Birth: Barcelona, Spain
Date of Birth: August 13, 1962
Ethnicity:
*Spanish (Catalan) (father)
*Swiss-Italian (mother)
Manuel Valls is a French politician. He has served as the Prime Minister of France since 2014. His father, Xavier Valls i Subirà, was a Spanish painter, from Barcelona. His mother, Luisangela Galfetti, is Swiss-Italian, from Ticino. He is married to Anne Gravoin. He was previously married to Nathalie Soulié.
Manuel’s paternal grandparents were Magi Valls i Marti (the son of Josep Maria Valls i Visens and ? Marti) and Carme de Subirà i Tomas. Josep was the son of Magí Valls i Bosch and ? Visens i Gelabert.
Manuel’s maternal grandfather was Ugo Galfetti (the son of Giuseppe Galfetti and Angiolina Ferrari). Angiolina was the daughter of Cesare Ferrari and Caterina Ferrari. Cesare and Caterina were both born with the same surname.
Manuel’s maternal grandmother was Alban Legobbe (the daughter of ? Legobbe and ? Monighetti). Manuel’s great-grandmother was the daughter of Natale Alessandro Federico Monighetti and Maria del Mue.
Source: Genealogy of Manuel Valls – http://www.geni.com
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Birth Name: Angelica Bayoneta Colmenares
Place of Birth: Santa Maria, Bulacan, Philippines
Date of Birth: April 23, 1985
Ethnicity: Filipino (including Hiligaynon), Chinese, Spanish (Galician)
Angel Locsin is a Filipina actress. Her father, Angel Montelibano Colmenares, is Filipino (Hiligaynon), of Chinese and Spanish (Galician) descent. Her mother, Emma Araneta Bayoneta, was said to be adopted by a Muslim princess. Angel’s stage surname derived from her paternal great-grandmother Esperanza Locsin.
Some sources state that Angel’s maternal grandfather was a Moro, who was the Sultan of Baloi. It is not clear if this Moro ancestry has been documented/verified.
Angel’s paternal grandparents were Adolfo Colmenares y Manapat (or Adolfo Manapat Colmenares in Filipino, the son of Inocentes Colmenares and Nazarina Manapat) and Rosario Montelíbano y Locsin (or Rosario Locsin Montelíbano in Filipino, the daughter of Aniceto Montelíbano y Guanzon, or Aniceto Guanzon Montelíbano in Filipino, and Esperanza Locsin). Inocentes was Spanish (Galician). The surnames Guanzon and Locsin are of Chinese origin. Aniceto was the son of Pedro Montelíbano and Sylvestra Guanzon y Locsin, or Sylvestra Locsin Guanzon in Filipino. Sylvestra’s maternal grandfather, Wo Sin Lok (later Agustín Locsin), was a Chinese immigrant, from Xiamen.
Angel’s maternal grandparents were Jaime Bayoneta and Erlinda Araneta.
Sources: Angel’s birth record – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS7L-BZRX
Marriage record of Angel’s father Angel Montelibano Colmenares, to Linda Villamor Arcenas – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-9PSD-9J
Marriage record of Angel’s maternal aunt Estela Araneta Bayoneta, to Felino Carza Cajanding – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-25XP-G
Birth Name: Carlos Alberto Martínez Tévez
Place of Birth: Ciudadela, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of Birth: 5 February, 1984
Ethnicity: Argentine (Spanish, likely Indigenous Argentine)
Carlos Tévez is an Argentine professional footballer. He plays as a forward.
Carlos’s biological father was also named Carlos. He was killed when Carlos was five years old. Carlos was left by his biological mother, Fabiana Martinez, when he was an infant. He was raised by his maternal aunt, Adriana Martinez, and by her husband, Segundo Tévez, who officially adopted him when he was fifteen.
Carlos grew up in the neighbourhood of Ejército de Los Andes, better known as Fuerte Apache. It was from there that he got the nickname of “El Apache”.
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Birth Name: José Manuel Arturo Tomás Chao Ortega
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Date of Birth: June 21, 1961
Ethnicity:
*Galician Spanish (father)
*Basque (mother)
Manu Chao is a French musician. He is of Galician Spanish and Basque ancestry. His brother is musician Antoine Chao.
Manu is the son of Ramón Luís Chao Rego and Felisa Ortega. Ramón was born in Villalba in Galicia, Spain. Felisa was born in Bilbao in Basque Country, Spain. They fled Spain after Ramón’s father had been sentenced to death by the dictator Francisco Franco.
Source: http://www.theguardian.com
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