Birth Name: Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll
Place of Birth: Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
Date of Birth: February 2, 1977
Ethnicity:
*Lebanese (father)
*Colombian, including Italian/Sicilian, Spanish [Castilian], Catalan, possibly other (mother)
Sakira is a Colombian singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer, model, and choreographer.
Her father, William Alberto Mebarak Chadid, was born in New York City, New York, U.S., and is of Lebanese descent. Her mother, Nidia del Carmen Ripoll Torrado, is Colombian, born in Arenosa, Colombia. Shakira’s mother’s ancestry includes Italian/Sicilian and Spanish (Castilian), Catalan, as well as possibly other. Shakira has two children, Milan Piqué and Sasha Piqué, with her partner, Catalan Spanish football player Gerard Piqué.
Sakira’s name, Shakira, means “thankful” in Arabic. She uses Turkish-Arabic belly dancing in a lot of her performances.
Shakira’s paternal grandfather was Alberto Mebarak Spath (the son of Moisés Isaac Mebarak and Labibe Spath S.). Alberto was born in Cartagena, Bolívar Dept, Colombia, to Lebanese emigrants, from Beirut and Zahlé, respectively. Moisés was the son of Isaac Mebarak and Marta. Labibe was the daughter of Moisés D. Spath and Marie (or María in Spanish) S.
Shakira’s paternal grandmother was Isabel Chadid Baizer (the daughter of Pedro Chadid Raide and Rosa Baizer Gandur). Isabel was born in Sincelejo, Sucre Dept, Colombia, to Lebanese parents. Pedro was the son of Tannus Shdid, later Antonio Chadid Harb, and of Sade Raide. Pedro moved to Colombia in 1895.
Shakira has said that she has Italian/Sicilian ancestry from her maternal grandmother, whose surname was “Pisciotti”. She stated this here (from 0:41) and here (from 3:20).
Shakira, Gerard Piqué, and her parents.
Sources: BBC article on Shakira’s Lebanese ancestry – http://news.bbc.co.uk
Genealogy of Shakira (focusing on her father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Baptismal record of Shakira’s father – https://familysearch.org
Baptismal record of Shakira’s paternal grandfather, Alberto Mebarak Spath – https://familysearch.org
Confirmation record of Shakira’s paternal grandfather, Alberto Mebarak Spath – http://www.rodriguezuribe.co
Baptismal record of Shakira’s paternal grandmother, Isabel Chadid Baizer – https://familysearch.org
Records of some of Shakira’s father’s family – http://www.rodriguezuribe.co
Interview with Shakira’s father about her mother’s ancestry – http://www.lavanguardia.com
YouTube video about Shakira’s Catalan ancestry – http://www.youtube.com
1st photo by kathclick/bigstock.com
2nd photo by Prphotos
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Moisés was the son of Isaac Mebarak and Marta. Correct Alberto’s mother to Labibe Spath S., and she was the daughter of Moisés D. Spath and Marie (or María in Spanish) S.
Split Catalan away from Spanish.
I would also split Italian away from Colombian.
*Colombian [Spanish, Catalan, possibly other], Italian/Sicilian (mother)
Or maybe just (looks a little better):
*Colombian, Italian/Sicilian (mother)
Shakira’s father William Mebarak’s visa documents are now available online. These are the sources:
Baptismal record of Shakira’s father – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSZ9-5SN5
Baptismal record of Shakira’s paternal grandfather, Alberto Mebarak Spath – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSZ9-5SNK
Baptismal record of Shakira’s paternal grandmother, Isabel Chadid Baizer – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSZ9-5SNV
Correction
She has stated to have Italian ancestry from a Sicilian grandmother on her mother’s side whose surname was “Pisciotti”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GB5uKtuFYE (from 0:41) and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4-o7AZP-2I (from 3:20)
Pretty lady! She looks full Lebanese tho. Before I knew where she was from I thought she was southern Europe or something. Now I get it
Does anyone know which of her maternal grandparents are Italian?
Her mother Nidia del Carmen was born in Arenosa, Colombia. Not even her maternal grandparents are spanish, they are colombian. They say her great-great-grandfather could have been catalan but they don’t even know for sure. In an interview with her father he says:
– Your wife, Nidia Ripoll, comes from catalan ancestry?
– Her greatgrandfather might migrated from Catalonia to Colombia, but we don’t know much more than that.
So please guys, change her ethnicity to colombian with spanish ascendancy cause she’s not fully spanish. Btw, since she started dating Gerard Pique (open supporter of the Catalan separatist movement) she started bragging about her catalan roots, nobody knew anything about them before, she was even a Real Madrid fan! Lamer.
Source:
La Contra: William Mebarak Chadid
http://goo.gl/2NjRjX
@MadBadDog Her mother was born in Columbia yes, but from Italian and Spanish descent.
Where does the Italian ancestry come from cause Ripoll and torrado are catalan and Castilian respectively.Unless its from a great grand parent in that case she would be like 12.5 percent.
Agree. It’s not confirmed/documented. As Adriana Lima’s Japanese ancestry.
I have got Alberto Mebarak Spath’s confirmation record: http://www.rodriguezuribe.co/documents/BogotaSanVictorinolibro1deconfirmaciones.pdf
Alberto was the son of Moisés Isaac Mebarak and Latibe Spath. Moisés and Latibe were Lebanese immigrants, from Beirut and Zahlé, respectively.
Sorry, wrong confirmation record. This is the correct one: http://www.rodriguezuribe.co/documents/Bogot%E1%20-%20San%20Victorino%2C%20libro%202%20de%20confirmaciones.pdf
looks 100% levantine.
lol on what planet
Lebanon, Israel, Syrian and Cyprus?! I won’t include Jordan though since they are mostly of Saudi/Arabian descent.
For being only a quarter she looks quite italian in this photo.
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