Andrew Cuomo
Cuomo in 2004, photo by PrPhotos
Birth Name: Andrew Mark Cuomo
Place of Birth: Queens, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: December 6, 1957
Ethnicity: Italian [Campanian, Sicilian]
Andrew Cuomo is an American politician. A Democrat, he has served as Governor of New York, since January 1, 2011. He was previously United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, from January 29, 1997 to January 20, 2001, and Attorney General of New York, from January 1, 2007 to January 1, 2011.
Andrew is the son of Matilda (Raffa) and Mario Cuomo, himself a Governor of New York, from January 1, 1983 to December 31, 1994. His brother is journalist Chris Cuomo. Andrew has three children with his former wife, human rights activist and writer Kerry Kennedy, the daughter of Ethel (Skakel) and politician Robert F. Kennedy.
Andrew’s paternal grandfather was Andrea Cuomo (the son of Donato Cuomo and Germana Castaldo). Andrea was born in Nocera Superiore, Salerno, Italy.
Andrew’s paternal grandmother was named Immaculata Giordano/Giardano. Immaculata was born in Tramonti, Salerno, Italy.
Andrew’s maternal grandparents were Charles Raffa and Mary Gitto. Charles was born in Messina, Sicily, Italy. Mary was also Italian.
Sources: Partial family history of Andrew’s father – http://blogs.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Andrew Cuomo – http://www.geni.com
He looks Egyptian. Even Ben Kingsley looks more European than him.
I agree! Sicilian’s have a large influence of Arab ancestry.
@bearboy
This a crowd of Egyptians: http://blogs.r.ftdata.co.uk/photo-diary/files/2013/04/egypt1.jpg
and Andrew Cuomo at normal lighting:
http://www.prphotos.com/p/MSA-022551/gov-andrew-cuomo-at-friars-foundation-gala-honoring-robert-deniro-and-carlos-slim-in-new-york-city–arrivals.html?&ps=2&x-start=36
The “Arab” influence in Sicilians is actually negligible and even phenotypically nonexistent.
I am not sure I agree. Arabs have been living in Sicily and other parts of southern Italy since the early 800’s where there had to be a decent amount of mixing. Also I believe Governor Cuomo (along with almost every other person of southern Italian descent) has ancestors that were Normans and even Jewish ancestry as well (due to forced conversions in Italy like during the Spanish inquisition.) But I do agree with you that Cuomo and other Italians have lighter skin tone than the people of the middle east and north Africa.
why do you have a fetish for Jewish people? aren’t you Norwegian?
he looks good
reminds me of the guy working at the pizza restaurant..
he looks good
reminds me of the guy working at the pizza restaurant
He has a fro.
Melungeon?
I think so.
Will he be our 31st Melungeon president?
Does he have ancestors from Louisiana?
Want to understand does Melungeon mean multi racial as in European, Sub-Saharan African, and Native American ancestry?
@follers who were the 30 before him?
@ ashash
it’s absolutely normal to have white people with curly hair, check out Roger Daltrey (example). Cuomo hair arent actually curly
Good point! But look at this picture of mayor Bill De Blasio http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/10/15/article-2460291-18BD911700000578-37_634x396.jpg
haircuts like that were more popular back in the days.
Germany’s Paul Breitner with England’s Kevin Keegan:
http://talksport.com/sites/default/files/tscouk_old_image/Paul_Breitner_kevin_keegan_hamburg_56632854.jpg
Even David Bowie during his Space Oddity early fame spotted a curly hairstyle. Check out. It was cool back in the days.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Cuomo