Aroldis Chapman
Birth Name: Albertín Aroldis Chapman de la Cruz
Place of Birth: Holguín Province, Cuba
Date of Birth: February 28, 1988
Ethnicity: African-Jamaican, African-Cuban
Aroldis Chapman is a Cuban-American professional baseball player. He is a pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball.
Aroldis is the son of Maria Caridad De La Cruz and Juan Alberto Chapman Benett. His paternal grandparents were Jamaican.
Source: http://m.mlb.com
Well, then, there you go, bablah. Nice find!
His paternal grandparents were Jamaican.
Any sourcing for this? I wouldn’t be surprised given the surname, but we need a source to make such a change.
I can’t give you a source other than his word. There are no Cuban records available on-line.
If he said this, then there should be a video or article of it. Where did you hear him say this? Again, I believe you, but where is the source so we can make the change?
This article ESPN did on him:
https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=4381376