Raica Oliveira
Oliveira in 2007, photo by s_bukley/bigstock.com
Place of Birth: Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of Birth: 22 January, 1984
Ethnicity: Brazilian [Portuguese, African, Indigenous, possibly other]
Raica Oliveira is a Brazilian model. She has modeled for Emanuel Ungaro, Vogue, Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Yves Saint Laurent, JLO, Chanel, Elle, Lancôme, Victoria’s Secret, XOXO, TNG, Pepe Jeans, the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, H&M, Marie Claire, and Ann Taylor, and worked as a fashion reporter for Jornal Record.
She is the youngest of three children of Maria da Conceição Oliveira and Jehovah de Melo Brito. She has two brothers, Givago, an economist, and Pablo, a lawyer. Raica graduated from the Sao Vicente de Paula school in Niteroi. She speaks Portuguese, English, French, Spanish, and Italian.
A picture of Raica with her parents can be found here.
Raica’s patrilineal ancestry can be traced to her third great-grandfather, Onofre Machado de Cerqueira (c. 1828, Piauí – September 4, 1903, Piracuruca, Piauí).
Raica’s paternal grandfather was Aderson Rodrigues de Brito (the son of Tertulino Rodrigues de Brito and Joana Batista de Brito). Tertulino was the son of Mariano Pereira de Cerqueira and Perpétua Rodrigues de Brito. Joana was the daughter of Clementino de Brito Passos and Isabel Batista da Conceição.
Raica’s maternal grandmother was Zeneide de Brito Melo (the daughter of Beneas de Moraes Melo and Avelina de Brito Melo). Beneas was the son of Abilio de Moraes Melo and Lina Rosa de Jesus. Avelina was the daughter of Eduardo de Brito Passos and Maria Rosa de Melo.
Sources: Birth record of Raica’s father – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Raica’s paternal grandparents, Aderson Rodrigues de Brito and Zeneide de Brito Melo – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Raica’s paternal great-grandparents, Beneas de Moraes Melo and Avelina de Brito Melo – https://www.familysearch.org
I don’t see any “African” at all in her bone structure. She looks European and Amerindian/Indigenous.
If there’s any African the percentage is probably very low.
she have african bloody your mother looks black and your father is white.
???????????? What do you mean “YOUR mother looks black and YOUR father is white”? Who the hell are you talking to?
Ed!t-I don’t know if English is your first language.
and i know you are gay
Her mouth is relatively african
yes, because she born to portuguese father and black brazilian mother.
“Her mouth is relatively african” OMG, there are also many stupid people who think that Angelina jolie is african because she has natural fuller lips
She’s pretty.
European or African CANNOT be ethnicity- that’s ridiculous
Europa has aprx 50 countries and it’s about 50 ethnic groups
Africa has 54-57 meaning all countries in Africa has different ethnic groups
@Boog
well I see what you are saying, but it would be pretty hard to tell where her African heritage is from, seeing how black people during those days mixed together. the European background might be easier
Brazilian is not an ethnicity. In Brazil there are people of any ethnicity. If you want to say that she is only Native American the description is wrong too, because she obviously has additionally a great amount of european blood( probably about a 60% looking at her parents). Her father is white with portuguese roots. Her mother looks mixed: Native American, Black and a little White.
http://fotos.caras.uol.com.br/media/images/large/2014/02/05/img-583319-raica-oliveira20140205171391627241.jpg
She represents Brazils mixedness
Where exactly is the source for her mother’s heritage? Wikipedia doesn’t state it and i haven’t found anything when i searched for their ethnicity.
Here is a picture of Raica and her parents http://revistaquem.globo.com/Revista/Quem/foto/0,,40248491,00.jpg her mother seems mixed with white, native and African and her father seems Portuguese.
sorry about that link http://fotos.caras.uol.com.br/media/images/large/2014/02/05/img-583319-raica-oliveira20140205171391627241.jpg
her mom looks pseudo Australoid
or Indian
https://raicaoliveira.weebly.com/uploads/7/7/3/3/773386/8441465.jpg
Yes, for a weird combination of features, triracial Brazilians often look Indian/South Asian.