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Birth Name:
David James Archuleta
Birth Place:
Miami, Florida , USA
Date of Birth:
December 28, 1990
Ethnicity:
Honduran, Irish, German, Iroquois, Basque and Danish
The American Idol star was born to a Honduran mother and an American father of Basque (Spanish), Danish, Irish, German, and Iroquois descent. David’s father Jeff stated this on his twitter page.
An interesting point is that 90 percent of Hondurans are Mestizo, ie. being a mixture of Amerindian and European descent. Archuleta made his television debut at the age of 11 on the show, The Jenny Jones Show for future Latino stars.
Source:
http://twitter.com/jeffarchuleta
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Wow I had no idea he had Basque in him, not many of them are famous. Proud to be half basque!:D
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Then what is basque?
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Basque is an ethnic group from the Basque country area, which is in the northern part of Spain (europe) which borders southern france. There is Spanish Basque as well as French Basque. While they speak Castilian Spanish through requirement by Spain´s laws, they also have their own ethnic dialect that they speak, as well. Hope this helps!
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Its a bit of a surprise that David Archuleta is half latino/white. He clearly appeared full Latino. Besides about last names telling someones enthinicity is part true & wrong. Because if someone has basic last name like Garcia or Rodriguez you could guess that persons Hispanic(i.e. Mexican,Puerto Rican,Cuban,The Americas, South America,Spain.)
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uhhhhmmm garcia, gutierrez are white european last names, so are spaniards from spain.
latinos have those last names just like haitians have french last names, it doesnt mean people with those last names arent white!
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How can he look “fully Latino”. Latino isn’t a race, Latinos are of different races some are White, some are Indigenous American, some are Black, some are Asian, and the rest are a mix of different combinations that I just mentioned. His white father would probably have a Spanish surname because Spanish is a white language and Spanish people who are white have Spanish surnames, the reason non-white people have Spanish surnames is because of colonization. Just like black people in the US have English surnames.
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David Archuletas half latino/white? I thought he was full latino. You learn something everyday :)
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wow didnt no that
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i thought Archuletta was an italian name??? i have like 6 billion italian friends and Archuletta sounds like an italian name… David is super hunky and someday we will totally hook up… hahaha just kidding guys:) but seriously Archuletta is totally italian…
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A last name doesn’t base someones enthicity, stop being so ignorant.
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He’s cute.
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he looks weird like if he was drunk yesterday
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