Michelle Rodríguez
Rodríguez in 2009, photo by Featureflash / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Mayte Michelle Rodríguez
Place of Birth: Bell, Texas, U.S.
Date of Birth: July 12, 1978
Ethnicity:
*Puerto Rican (father)
*Dominican Republic (mother)
Michelle Rodríguez is an American actress, DJ, and screenwriter. She had her breakthrough with Girlfight, and has starred in The Fast and the Furious, Resident Evil, and Machete franchises, on the show Lost, and in the films 3 A.M., Blue Crush, S.W.A.T., BloodRayne, The Breed, Battle in Seattle, Gardens of the Night, Avatar, Trópico de Sangre, Battle: Los Angeles, Turbo, The Assignment (2016), Milton’s Secret, Widows, She Dies Tomorrow, Crisis, and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.
She is the daughter of Carmen Milady Pared Espinal, a native of the Dominican Republic, and Rafael Rodríguez Santiago, a Puerto Rican. Her father served in the U.S. Army. Michelle lived with her mother in the Dominican for a few years during her childhood, then Puerto Rico, and Jersey City, New Jersey.
A DNA test whose results were displayed on the show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012) stated that Michelle’s genetic ancestry is:
*72.4% European
*21.3% African
*6.3% Native American
Michelle’s paternal grandfather was Juan Valerio Rodríguez González (the son of Zenón Rodríguez Vargas and Pilar González Cruz). Zenón was the son of Reyes Rodríguez and María Josefa Vargas López. Pilar was the daughter of Francisco González and Josefa Cruz Camacho.
Michelle’s paternal grandmother is the daughter of Juan Santiago Rodríguez and Juana Santiago Santiago. Michelle’s great-grandfather Juan was the son of Juan Santiago Pérez and Juana Rodríguez Vargas; Juana was the sister of Michelle’s great-grandfather Zenón Rodríguez Vargas, making Michelle’s paternal grandparents first cousins, once removed. Michelle’s great-grandmother Juana Santiago Santiago was the daughter of Loreto Santiago Rivera and María Higinia Santiago López.
Michelle’s maternal grandfather was named Alfredo Pared (the son of Victoria Pared).
Michelle’s maternal grandmother was Sarah Espinal (the daughter of Hilario Piña Batista and Raymunda Espinal).
i just watched finding your roots
she is 72% european 20% african and 6% native american
i could see all of that in her
She look part Native American.
She is a black Hispanic, that identifies herself as a half Puerto Rican and half Dominican.
Caribbean Latinos identify themselves by their nationalities not their race. Is a cultural thing brought to the United States and despite the racism, it is still how they identify themselves, not black or white or Indian.
Rodriguez is 72 percent European, 21 percent black and 6 percent NATIVE AMERICAN
Go Michelle!! Welcome! I see at least 21% (according to the above stats) are of the FIRST PEOPLE–welcome to the blood! LOL
Lmfao dumbass bitch, she is not a black Hispanic. She’s a mixed Hispanic that is mixed with white (Spanish), black, and Native American. She looks multiracial, how tf you gonna say she looks black?
I saw dna admixture testing results on her that said she was 60% black. None of them are 100% accurate. You have to test family members to get a more complete picture. And different sites could possibly give different results. Some tests will only give maternal or paternal dna. And this confuses people. I think people get too caught up on physical appearances. There would be no need for these tests if you could simply look at someone and see what they are. Physical appearance is based on probability BUT it is also random. I have family that are probably genetically “blacker” than Michelle, but appear far whiter.
interesting, Zoe Saldana is the same ethnicity, half Dominican half Puerto Rican and everyone is quick to point out that she is black, but Michelle Rodriguez who is the same thing has everyone saying “she aint black”, even though she said in an interview her mother is very dark skinned and this caused conflict between her families.
Zoe Saldaña and Michelle Rodriguez are “only” the same ethnicity in USA.But interesting you don’t say that Will Smith have the same ethnicity than Brad Pitt.Zoe and Michelle only have ancestors that are from the same country, they are not obviously the same level of black. Hispanic, latino, Puerto Rican and Dominican must not be considered ethnicities.If that is the case American and Anglophones must be too.Hispanic, latino is like Anglophone, about first language.Puerto Rican, Dominican and American are nationaties,people there have can different ethnicities.
She doesn’t look like she has black in her. Looks mestiza.
The puerta ricans and dominicans are black mixed
Because of the slavery from the spanish
Yep you’re wright they mated with the some of africans on those caribbean islands that’s why some of the spanish people from the islands appears mixed with some african and european features
Which may explain why a lot of Puerta Ricans have an affinity with black Americans and not so much an affinity with Mexicans and why of all the Latino people, blacks see Puerta Ricans as brothers and sisters and each often identify with the other–blood recognizes blood! (besides, most black Americans are also mixed with some % of European blood)
Yes she does. Not alot, but in the first season of finding your roots they did an admixture test on her and she had a small amount of African ancestry from her mom’s Dominican side.