Birth Name: Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva
Place of Birth: Madrid, Spain
Date of Birth: September 23, 1943
Ethnicity: Spanish (including Galician), 1/4 Puertorican, possible Sephardi Jewish.
Family Info: Julio Iglesias is a Spanish singer and songwriter.
He is the son of Julio Iglesias, Sr. , and María del Rosario de la Cueva y Perignat (1919-2002). Iglesias’ paternal ancestry comes from Galicia, his paternal grandparents were named Manuela Puga Noguerol and Ulpiano Iglesias Sarria. His maternal grandparents were José de la Cueva y Orejuela (1887-1955), and Dolores de Perignat y Ruiz de Benavides, who was a native of Puerto Rico. Iglesias is of Jewish ancestry from his maternal side, having mentioned his mother’s name “de la Cueva y Perignat” (literally “of the cave”), referring to Jewish people in hiding, is a very common Jewish name.
The surname “Iglesias” is Spanish for “church”.
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