Cristiano Ronaldo
Ronaldo in 2011, sportgraphic / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro
Place of Birth: Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Date of Birth: 5 February, 1985
Ethnicity: Portuguese, as well as one eighth African-Cape Verdean
Cristiano Ronaldo is a Portuguese professional footballer. He is a forward for, and captain of, both the Saudi Professional League club Al Nassr and the Portugal national team. He previously played for Sporting CP, Manchester United, Real Madrid, and Juventus. He has won five Ballon d’Or awards. He is considered to hold the record for most goals scored in men’s professional football, under some criteria.
He is the son of Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro and José Dinis Aveiro. One of his great-grandmothers was from Cape Verde. His sister is singer Kátia Aveiro.
Cristiano was named after U.S. President Ronald Reagan. He has had six children, including three with his partner, Spanish-Argentinian model Georgina Rodríguez.
Cristiano’s paternal grandfather was Humberto de Aveiro (the son of José de Aveiro and Isabel Rosa da Piedade). Humberto was born in Madeira. José was the son of José de Aveiro and Maria de Jesus. Isabel was born on Praia, Cape Verde, and was listed as “preta”/black on her death record. She was the daughter of Rosa Maria dos Santos.
Cristiano’s paternal grandmother was named Filomena Martins Pereira.
Cristiano’s maternal grandfather is named José Nunes de Viveiros. José was born in Machico, Madeira, Portugal.
Cristiano’s maternal grandmother is named Matilde dos Santos (the daughter of Matilde). Cristiano’s grandmother Matilde was born in Monte, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.
Sources: https://www.pressreader.com
Genealogy of Cristiano Ronaldo – http://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Cristiano Ronaldo (focusing on his father’s side) – https://i1.wp.com
Article about Cristiano’s father’s family – https://mbasic.facebook.com
Death record of Cristiano’s paternal great-grandmother, Isabel Rosa da Piedade – https://www.familysearch.org
His great grandmother is from Cape Verde
http://www.asemana.publ.cv/spip.php?article38357
so his Great grandma was most likely part recent African mixed lineage;since that what a person from there usually is
I saw something on RTP about this, and they showed a pic and the lady looked pretty Portuguese to me. Then again, she could very well have had some African ancestry, no doubt. It’s hard to tell sometimes.
Makes sense to me. He looks like he could be mixed with something other than Portuguese.
is cape verdean gonna be added to his ethnicity.
Ethnic, Will you gonna put cape verdean to his ethnicity?
Yes
i just saw it on his wikipedia
that hes part cape verdean african
@angel- there is no such thing as cape verdean african. That is like saying because a person is from the U.S. that they are American Native. There were no Africans on any of the 10 islands when the Europeans arrived there.
his mom is white. i know. but his father side is pretty mixed
just look at him. and his childhood picture. mixed 100%
Are u sure he was “dating” Paris Hilton not just a three nights of make out sessions?
I guess it depends on what you define “dating” to be
i have a friend who got mouros in his family, and he looks exactly CR.
it means Moor. Moor is like northern africa and modern muslim people. And the portuguese are mostly decended from spain. The first king of portugal was the son of the king of spain.
ps. <3 ronaldo
yeah =) are you portuguese?
Portuguese are not decended from spain! Portugal is much older than Spain, in fact, it’s one of the oldest countries (if not THE oldest) in Europe! Once Portugal was conquered by Spain, but it didn’t last long and we already had a history of centuries as an independant country before that.
You’re right, Portugal did not descend from Spain. But the truth is, Portugal is a country due to family squabbles, meaning money. Up until 1000 years ago, people flowed freely between the Iberian borders without issue.
So you’re right, Portugal did become independent first. But we’re the same people as Spain with slight variation.
I have been reading a lot of these reviews of celebs and what makes me laugh is that anytime a European person doesn’t fit the “stereotype” of what a European person looks like everyone comes along and says they must be mixed! I’m Irish and even within Ireland we have so many different types of “looks”. My best friend has snow white skin, pale blue eyes and blonde hair. Another good friend has jet black hair, almond shaped deep brown eyes and tanned skin. I have dark brown hair, medium fair skin and very green eyes. I have really high cheek bones and unusually shaped eyes – if I posted a photo up here and said I was part Native American everyone would believe it. My Grandfather had brown hair and blue eyes yet his facial structure was indentical to an Apache or Comanche. My maternal Grandmother had jet black frizzy hair, sallow skin and almond shaped brown eyes. People looking at photos of her when she was young always comment on how “Jewish” she looked. Yet, all the people I have described are “100%” Irish. There is so much variation within individual ethnicities. And anyway, ultimately we all came from one lovely black African lady … she is the Mother of us all :-) If I could meet her I would give her a big hug and thank her for making such a beautiful and varied global family. We are all more similar than we are different and we should embrace these similarities.
I think most people who regularly use this site know that each ethnicity is more varied than most people think. For example, If you look at Fuzzybear’s and Drexxx’s comments they always show examples of varied African people. If you look at comments about Italian people youll see that a lot of people on here argue that Italians are very varied in appearance. I often comment on the diversity of Japanese people, who most people think are homogeneous.
I think this site demonstrates the diversity of ethnicities rather than encourage stereotypes of what an ethnicity is supposed to look like.
no ethnic most here do not know that every country has varied people and looks and are completley ignorant and racist all you have to do is look at the comments
.Maybe when you posted this 2years ago people on here has sense.Obviously not now it seems to have go down hill.I don`t see you moderating much on this site much.and is totally does encourage stereotypes.sry but it`s the truth.just being honest
Well I have a full time job and other responsibilities so its hard to read every comment on here daily. Ill get there though.
ETHNIC .You should get someone to help you out if its too much work if you have a job aswell. Really its none of my business anyway ,But pages about race and ethnicity will always attract racists and trolls and be popular .I think everyone here is so sick of seeing stupid comments they just start commenting crap themselves why not?everyone here anyways at it. .Im not trying being an arse_hole just what i notice.Its not an attack on you just about the people that are too immature to being using the internet.lol
Secondly i seen you a message asking to block my ip over a week ago from here coz i cant seem to do it on my comp anytime i get on my comp out of of habit i always end up looking at recent comments on this site its kind of addictive,ha, which is a bad thing coz most of the recent comments are just stupid racist trash.
And i would rather thing people like this did not exist in the world.And be happy unlike most here who live resentful lives.
When ever you get around to it if you can plz
You would be doing me a big favour.
Thanks;);)P
I wish i never started reading the comments on this page it a great page but the comments ruin it.
I mean the comments ruin it for me,But oh well you cant turn back time.
This site attracts fanatics who have nothing to do
@lol you’re always watching everyone’s comments, will take care of your life!
You do a great job ethnic. It is an interesting site you have here and so many varied comments and points of view. It is very addictive.
Thanks for the comments Alice. I appreciate it
Yes Mili fanatics like you why not use your real name everyone already knows you.Comment on the same celebrities it gets old and boring broaden your horizons.You seem to watch everyone on here you think your the site Gaurd dog mind your own.
Following everyone around weird stalker.That is why you use name Mili because you look weird and crazy following and commenting everyone go away.
Omg another Irish person.
Excuse me while I squee! Lol.
I totally agree with you. Me and my sister, for example, are partially Asian, but we both have really blue eyes and really pale skin, and she has light blonde hair. Yet if we tell anyone, they’re like, “Oh you’re lying!”
People are so ignorant. Dx
The most common misconception people have about Portuguese or Spaniards is that they’re not white. My mom is Portuguese born, believe me: she’s as pale as they come. Truth is: English, Irish, Welsh or Scottish are not nordic. They have Northern European blood, yes. And their skin tends to be whiter than a Spaniard, but that’s due to a few thousand years of being in the wet cold. Truth is, their hair colour doesn’t lie, neither do their features. You can never confuse an Englishman with someone from Finland or Sweden. Sorry, that’s just the truth. Mel Gibson who is of Scottish descent looks like my cousin Jorge from Portugal. I am Irish on my dad’s side and Portuguese on my moms.