Alyson Le Borges
Le Borges in 2013, photo by Prphotos.com
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Date of Birth: 4 September, 1986
Ethnicity: French, Breton, Corsican Italian, German/Swiss-German, Spanish
Alyson Le Borges is a French model and actress.
She was born in Paris, France, the daughter of Marie-Hélène Le Borges and actor Anthony Delon. Her father was born in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., to French parents. Her mother is French. Alyson’s mother is pictured here.
Alyson’s paternal grandfather was French actor, producer, and singer Alain Delon (Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon, the son of François Fabien Delon and Édith Marie Suzanne Arnold). Alain was born in Sceaux, France. François born in Craponne-sur-Arzon, Haute Loire, Auvergne, France, and was a projectionist, who was director of the cinema Le Régina in Bourg-la-Reine. He was the son of Jean-Marcel Delon, who was of French descent, and was a civil engineer, who was given the Legion of Honour in 1892; and of Marie-Antoinette Evangelista, who was born on Prunelli-di-Fiumorbo, Haute-Corse, Corsica, of Corsican Italian background. Alyson’s great-grandmother Édith was the daughter of Alfred Louis Arnold, who was born in Paris, Île-de-France, France, and was of mostly German and Swiss-German, and some French, origin; and of Maria Minard, who was also born in Paris, and was a model for Jeanne Lanvin.
Alyson’s paternal grandmother was actress Nathalie Delon (originally Francine Canovas, the daughter of Louis Joseph Canovas and Antonietta Rodriguez). Nathalie was born in Oujda, Morocco, and was of Spanish ancestry. People of French and other European ancestry who lived in French North Africa were known as Pied-Noir (literally Black Feet). Louis was born in Ouiard, Oran, Algeria. Antonietta was born in Melilla, a Spanish enclave in Morocco.
Sources: http://www.gala.fr (in French)
http://cinevedette4.unblog.fr (in French)
Genealogy of Alyson Le Borges (focusing on her father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Alyson’s paternal grandfather, Alain Delon – http://www.gatinaisgeneal.org
Genealogy of Alyson’s paternal great-grandfather, François Fabien Delon (focusing on his father’s side) – http://gw.geneanet.org
Her last name sounds half Breton and half Spanish
It’s an Iberian surname she just has a French connector
Her paternal grandmother was actually born in Morocco to a French mother and a Pied-Noir father, Louis Canovas.
http://cinevedette4.unblog.fr/583-nathalie-delon/
Based on his surname, Canovas (Cánovas), Louis could have Spanish ancestry, which makes sense since he was a Pied-noir.