Aarón Sanchez

Sanchez in 2004, photo by Prphotos.com

Birth Name: Aarón Andres Sanchez

Place of Birth: El Paso, Texas, U.S.

Date of Birth: February 12, 1976

Ethnicity: Mexican

Aarón Sanchez is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, television personality, cookbook author, and philanthropist. He has appeared on the show Iron Chef America.

Aarón was born in El Paso, Texas; not Chihuahua, Mexico as is sometimes indicated, the son of Zarela Martinez, a restaurateur and cookbook author, and Adolfo Sanchez. His family moved to New York in 1984, where his mother launched the Café Marimba. Aarón has a son with his former wife, singer Ifé Mora.

A DNA test whose results were displayed on the show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2014) stated that Aarón’s genetic ancestry is:

*66.4% European
*24.6% Native American
*3.7% Sub-Saharan African
*2.9% unknown [no match]
*1.6% North African
*0.7% South Asian
*0.1% Oceanian

Aarón’s maternal grandfather was named José Martínez Solano. José was born in Mexico.

Aarón’s maternal grandmother was Aida Gabilondo (the daughter of Hilario Gabilondo Corella and Ana Acuña). Aida was born in Arizona, to Mexican parents.

Source: Birth record of Aarón Sanchez – https://www.familysearch.org