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Birth Name:
Jennifer Lynn Lopez
Birth Place:
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Date of Birth:
July 24, 1969
Ethnicity:
Puerto Rican
The American-born actor and R&B singer was born to Puerto-Rican Parents. She is married to Latin singer Marc Anthony who is also of Puerto Rican descent.
Source:
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1093638,00.html
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Jennifer ethnic is not puerto rican she is:
afro-mestizo which it means she has some of african,some of amerindian and some of spanish. Watch her face she has some of black but maybe she never say it.
P.D Jessica Alba has some of black too!!
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Jessica Alba had a DNA test done when she was on George Lopez.The test results said that she was 0% African, 13% Native American and 87% European.Her mom is Danish and French Canadian descent and her dad is Mexican American.Where is the black in her?
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To jojo
Actually no sub-saharan African blood,which are the only people they count as black.The black people in the north have different blood types and they count them as arab.Plus their blood types are like the ones in spain,it doesn’t matter what they look like on the outside
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Have you seen her family members besides her two sisters because some of them don’t look all downside and taino to me. One which is her niece that I saw was real dark with coarse hair, and she had brown eyes. You would of mistaken her for being black!
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Yes But That Black Blood Could Have Came From Her Niece’s Father Side!
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Jennifer Lopez is probably a mix of Taino Indian and Spaniard. Not all Puerto Ricans have african blood. I took a dna test and it showed that I am a mix of Spaniard and Taino. So stop saying that all Puerto Ricans have african blood and are denying that side because that is not true. A lot of us “mostly the people who live in the center of the island” are only of Taino and Spaniard race. Educate yourselves bunch of idiots.
Si no han visitado Puerto Rico mejor no comenten! ;)
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To Anonymous
You haven’t taken any test,so stop lying.
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To the anonymous at 12:41
I agree with you,that first anonymous person most likely hasn’t taken anything.Now I do agree that not everyone has recent heritage,but everyone in the world does indeed have the heritage.I know you might have been taught to have that heritage makes you less than human,I understand that.However you guys really need to let that training go bye bye.Oh and Jlo not being part black,please stop it
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–For your info. I did took a dna test “Y-DNA67+mtDNAPlus” at family tree dna “ftdna.com” to find out more about my heritage.
Jlo to me look like a native american mix with Spanish.
I have a question for you. So to me Jessica Alba and Jlo have the same skin complexion. Do you think Jessica Alba have some african heritage?
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To Anonymous
Ok if you took a test,that fine with me.All that says is that your one of the ones that is just Spanish an Taino.However as the good Dr. has say only 12% of you are like that(BTW, that what he say not me).Now as far as Jlo and Jessica go,no they’re not the same.If you’ve been on this site long enough you’ll will see that skin complexions mean nothing.Here an example:
Andrew Kennedy:
http://www.dejavucomedy.com/images/comedians/andrew%20kennedy.jpg
He’s (Latino an White),take a look at his complexion,yet he’s the first one to tell you his Great Grandmother was a black woman.Next when they do blood test,if your not Sub-Saharan they don’t consider you black.So the people in the North part of Africa,no matter what they look like are not consider black.The same thing for the black people in Asia.Even if their skin and Facial Features,traditions,and history says African,their blood says Asian(negritos).So even when Jessica DNA test says no Sub-Saharan black blood,Doesn’t mean no African heritage,just means she’s not Sub-Saharan.Black people are and have always been all over Africa and in Europe.Or her African bloodline may be very old or to low to count.See if you look at that video of her test again,you’ll hear Lopez saying Sub-Saharan aka Black.That was completely wrong for him to say,but that might be what he was taught.Now I could give you Example after example of people who are white skinned and yet have black blood.Take James D. Watson:
http://www.foxnews.com/images/315116/1_61_watson_james.jpg
Now does he look like a black man to you?Yet he has black blood about 17%.
I’m sorry I go on to much
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Wut Do U Mean Please Stop?… When I See White Features On A Black Person, You Start To Comment That Black People Can Have Those Features Without Being Mixed?
So Let Me Ask You This….JLO Can Have All Of Her Features Without Being Part Black…..Those Hips Can Come From Her Amerindian Side…Amerindians Have Hips Like Her? Soooo…
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To total23
First off what’s up?Next how many Amerindians have you ever seen with that built,who themselves were not mixed with black?I pretty much can say it’s rare,if any.Blacks mixed often with natives down there,that’s also a proven fact.Also last time I saw,indian hair is straight,as well as Spanish hair.Jlo hair is normally curly or really wavy,which also shows a different heritage,(that’s my own opinion)so it’s not a fact,but look at her grandma.Now it could have come from her Spanish side,but as I have also shown,they themselves were also mixed with black,although the levels in spain are low now.However we are talking about PR.Now going by DR.Cruz 1 in 3 have African heritage,so the odds are pretty good.Next it’s a proven fact,that black people have those features without being mixed,I thought I let you see this already.
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For your info. I did took a dna test “Y-DNA67+mtDNAPlus” at family tree dna “ftdna.com” to find out more about my heritage.
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To anonymous
I took your advice and went to educate myself.Guess what I found,Dr.Juan Martinez Cruzcdo say only 12% of all puerto ricans are of spanish heritage,ain’t that something?Now he did back you up by saying not all you have recent african heritage just basically 1 in 3.So there you have it,the ones of you that don’t have african blood can relax,it means your human after all.However Jlo is still a different story
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Stop impersonating me! I’M the real fuzzybear!
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Waht?
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Look whoever this is stop playing around and get your own name
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meant to say shouldn’t have been born
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to truth: now it is true many were brought there as slaves,but many came there freely.However to say it was a mistake,is to say you should have been born,see how silly that sounds?Now those who deny that part of their heritage,do so only because that how they’ve been raised.and how it seems your culture has been set up.The system that has people of whiter skin set above all others.However as they have stated on many sites including this one,that no matter how light your skin gets,they will see you as nothing but(their word:niggas),they repeat this over and over.Now that African lineage helps to make you who you are,and to hate that part of you is just dumb
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p.ricans deny black heritage cuz it was a mistake dey wer bought as slaves and forced on the island it contaminated our culture so did white we rather say we have taino indian in us but it happend nd we cant control it there for we are boricuas.aka puerto ricans
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Well whether p.ricans deny it or not, its apart of their heritage and it makes them who they are today. Another thing, African and Spanish culture influenced the music and dance of that part of the world and created Latin music like Salsa.
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im puerto rican an we proud of who we are so idont no where this is coming from that we deny are africano heritage we dont like every other race the light skinned always stick out in some case but were proud an we make the second largest group of latinos in america an that viva puerto rico aqui tuy
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It’s coming from the others on here that say they’re PR.They are quick to deny that African heritage
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Self-hate is the worst type of hate. You sound so uneducated. and ignorant. Unfortunately many of you hate the African blood beneath your own skin, in your own veins, but your looks, your music, your food, your soul can’t even escape it. African women were also the ones who gave birth to you. Can a mother give birth to her child and her child be blessed from rejecting her? 30 percent of your maternal DNA spells out Africa and yet …You are a product of the racist Spanairds that set foot on the Island. God bless you so that you may grow. You’ll wanna talk black act black, but don’t want to be black. In this land called america, all it takes is one drop of African blood. You are totally exposed now, everyone knows that you might hide behind the name of a country, but you are not a a race, you are a mixture of three races ..and yes none is better than the other. If you don’t respect your heritage, how do you expect to be blessed. You sound so ignorant. No one can respect that. I am european, east african, and west African. Each grandparent has their own story and culture. And I am totally proud.
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to cici:first I have to disagree with you in the fact that black have never just stayed in Sub-Sahara Africa,they’ve always been in the North also.Also during the begining of colonial time ,they refer to black people as Moors,negro came later.Next,in the begining Arabs never refer to themselves as white,because they were either brown or black in color,as many are still;calling themselves white wasn’t until fairly recent.Also most of the middle east people as much as they will deny it are mixes with recent black blood,just because people can’t see what they believe are the only black features black people have,doesn’t mean they aren’t mixes with black people.People all around they world have been trained for generations to deny the African heritage,and promote they other
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well first you haven’t seen all of Africa lately have you.Next ,she has African lineage,you don’t have to have black skin to be part of that culture.Like I keep saying you guys love the benefits of a bloodline,but hate the source.You people really need to stop it
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Are some of you blind? She does not look African.
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to sham, i agree with you that jlo is american, everyone born or raised in america is american. In latin america we see jlo as an american.
but if you dont mind i have to disgree a bit with “latin backround”
the words “latino” and “hispanic” are complete social construct of the united states, the words hispanic and latin do not exist in latinamerica like they do in the u.s.a. jlo is simply an american from new york , both her parents were from puerto rico, so jlo is first generation but shes american. jlo is not latinamerican and she will never be. its ridiculous that the u.s.a calls people like jlo, jesica alba “latinos” like what the hell is that. all the countries of the american Continent are nationalities not ethnicities fro example Canadian is a nationality but there no such thing as having canadian blood or being of the Canadian race, American is a nationality too not a race or ethnicity, same go’s for Puerto rico, its a nationality not a race or ethnicity, same rules apply for Mexico, all the countries of central america, the Caribbean and south america. but many americans actually believe that Puerto rican is its separate race , or that Colombian is its own race etc, but that is ridiculous its just like saying Canadian or American is a race. for example this is the ridiculousness , lets say we have a european descended candian, a native american descended canadian and a sub saharan african descended canadian, now if all 3 of these people moved to america, the euro descended canadian would just be seen as any other “white” guy, same gos for the “black” canadian as he will be seen as any other “black” guy and the native american canadian would just be seen as native american. and if black Caribbeans immigrated to america they would just be seen as any other black person but if a black colombian, white colombian, and native american colombian immigrate to america they are not seen as black, white or native american they are seen as this whole “latin thing” which is ridiculous.
an american would call an american of native american descent simply native american, they would call a canadian of native american descent simply native american too, but a native american of mexico are called “latinos” its ridiculous.
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Yes, it’s fine I didn’t know how to call it so I put “latin background” =P. I agree with you, the people from that country speaks very wrong and it’s annoying. But here is a question for you, if a person born in the U.S.A. have parents that were born in Colombia then that person is of latin background or something? That person will be from the U.S.A. but with latin origins… I don’t get it xD you tell me. And another question, do you speak spanish?.
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if a person is american of immigrant parents then they are 1st generation, so you could be 1st generation italian, irish, lebanese, chinese etc. so an american with immigrant parents from colombia would just be a 1st generation colombian,they are american with a colombian backround, i wouldn’t say “latin backround” because thats just a made up blob that u.s politicians created. there is a big difference in being a 1st generation colombian from being a 1st generation mexican, i couldn’t put both of these people in the same bag because it would not be right.
and to answer your question yes i do speak spanish.
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I agree that if somebody is born in like the USA than their nationality is American.But that’s not gonna take away their ethnicity.
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