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Birth Name:
Joaquin Rafael Bottom
Birth Place:
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Date of Birth:
October 28, 1974
What Race or Ethnicity?:
English, German, Jewish
The Puerto Rican actor and aspiring musician was born in Puerto Rico but raised in The US.
His father was the son of Robert Merrill Bottom and Beulah Ernestine Ingram. Bottom’s ancestry is traced below (he is mostly English and a little German), and Beulah Ernestine Ingram was the daughter of Robert Lee Ingram and Georgia May Leach or Lydie.
River’s mother was the daughter of Jewish parents from Hungary and Russia.
He is the brother of the late River Phoenix.
Source:
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
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well that makes no sense, he is puerto rican? His parents are german english and jewish? nice
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puerto rico is commonwealth state
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i know this is because i’m a quater puerto rican,italian, french-candian and domincan too
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Joaquin Phoenix is very much PUERTO RICAN!!! It’s on his birth certificate.
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Excuse me but the comment, “born in Puerto Rico, but raised in the United States” is incorrect. The last time I checked, Puerto Rico was NOT an independent nation, but part of the U.S.
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You do have a point, but try saying that to a puerto rican and they will cut your head off and feed it to the crows. they still believe in the seperation of one day that. That is why sometimes places and nationalities are important!
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Richard Fiorello: You tell a Puerto Rican what DeeDee said and you won’t get your head cut off!!! We don’t want Puerto Rico to be a state. Look at Hawaii!!!! Puerto Rico has had the opportunity to elect to be a State but it did not pass. We DON”T WANT TO BE A STATE!!! We don’t our heritage to be taken away to include our BEAUTIFUL FLAG!!!!
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What is that comment, “born in Puerto Rico, but raised in the United States”? Excuse me, but Puerto Rico IS part of the United States. Last time I checked it was not an independent nation.
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and he’s white with blue eyes :)
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