LAS VEGAS – NOV 17: Julieta Venegas at the 17th Annual Latin Grammy Awards Press Room at T-Mobile Arena on November 17, 2016 in Las Vegas, NV kathclick
Birth Name: Julieta Venegas Percevault
Place of Birth: Long Beach, California, U.S.
Date of Birth: November 24, 1970
Ethnicity: Mexican [Spanish, Indigenous (Yaqui), 1/16 French]
Julieta Venegas is a Mexican singer, songwriter, musician, producer, and actress.
She is the daughter of photographers Julia Edith Percevault Manzano and José Luis Venegas Mesta. She grew up in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. Her twin sister is photographer Yvonne Venegas. Julieta has a daughter with Argentinian musician Rodrigo Garcia Prieto.
In an article about their family history, Julieta’s sister, Yvonne, stated:
My great-great-grandfather was a French priest who came to Santa Rosalía and ended up marrying a Yaqui woman; there he settled and had his children and his grandchildren. But my family and I know very little about this past.
Julieta’s maternal grandfather was Rodolfo Percevault Ceseña (the son of Francisco Percevault Sobarzo and Amelia Ceseña Sandez). Rodolfo was born in Santa Rosalía, Baja California Sur.
Julieta’s maternal grandmother was Julia Manzano Verdugo (the daughter of Heraclio Manzano Gallardo and Maria Manuela Verdugo Arias).
Sources: Family history of Julieta Venegas –https://www.excelsior.com.mx
Genealogy of Julieta Venegas – https://gw.geneanet.org
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