Cameron Diaz
Diaz in 2011, Dfree/bigstock.com
Birth Name: Cameron Michelle Diaz
Place of Birth: San Diego, California, United States
Date of Birth: August 30, 1972
Ethnicity:
*father – Cuban [Spanish, including Asturian, possibly other], one eighth Spanish-Venezuelan
*mother – English, Scottish, Irish, German
Cameron Diaz is an American actress, model, entrepreneur, producer, and author. Her roles include The Mask, The Last Supper, My Best Friend’s Wedding, There’s Something About Mary, In Her Shoes, Shrek, Vanilla Sky, The Counselor, and Charlie’s Angels and its sequel.
Cameron is the daughter of Billie, an import/export agent, and Emilio Diaz, an oil company foreman. Cameron is married to musician Benji Madden, with whom she has two children.
Cameron’s paternal grandparents were of Cuban descent [with Spanish, including Asturian, ancestry]; her father also had one eighth Spanish-Venezuelan ancestry. Cameron’s mother has English, Scottish, Irish, and German ancestry. Cameron has also stated that she has Native American ancestry on her mother’s side (sometimes specified as Cherokee Native American). It is not clear if this ancestry has been verified/documented. There are no Native American ancestors, Cherokee or otherwise, in Cameron’s mother’s recent and relatively recent family tree.
Cameron’s paternal grandfather was Emilio Cadiz Diaz Jr. (the son of Emilio F. “El Gato” Díaz and Joaquina “Queenie” Cabranes Cádiz). Cameron’s grandfather Emilio was born in Tampa, Florida. Cameron’s great-grandfather Emilio was a Cuban emigrant, from Havana. Joaquina was also a Cuban emigrant, and was the daughter of a man surnamed Cabranes, and of a Venezuelan emigrant, Antonia Cádiz Sánchez, who was of Spanish descent.
Cameron’s paternal grandmother was Gertrudes Lavin (the daughter of Luis Lavín García and Mercedes Duarte Alonso). Gertrudes was born in Florida. Luis was born in Cuba, to a Spanish-born father, Francisco Felipe Lavín, and a Cuban-born mother, Gertrudes García. Mercedes was also born in Cuba, also to a Spanish-born father, Manuel Duarte, and a Cuban-born mother, Mercedes Alonso.
Cameron’s maternal grandfather was William Marion Early (the son of John Winchester Early and Chloe Kendall Allen). William was born in Missouri. John was the son of William Robin Early and Emma Rozella Fusselman. Chloe was the daughter of Charles Marion Allen and Catherine Delcina/Della Babb.
Cameron’s maternal grandmother was Elizabeth Jeanette Waddingham (the daughter of Joseph Herbert Waddingham and Elizabeth Rankin Withers). Cameron’s grandmother Elizabeth was born in California. Joseph was born in Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada, the son of Joseph Waddingham, who was born in North Cave, Yorkshire, England, and of Frances Anna Kels/Kells, who was born in Templeport Parish, County Caven, Ireland. Cameron’s great-grandmother Elizabeth was born in Illinois, to an English father, Richard James Withers, and a mother from Missouri, Nancy/Nannie S. Scott.
Sources: Genealogy of Cameron Diaz – https://gw.geneanet.org
Genealogy of Cameron Diaz (focusing on her father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Cameron’s paternal grandmother, Gertrude/Gertrudes Lavin, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Cameron’s maternal grandfather, William Marion Early, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Cameron’s maternal grandmother, Elizabeth Jeanette Waddingham, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Elizabeth Jeanette Waddingham on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Cameron’s maternal great-grandmother, Elizabeth Rankin Withers, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
ugh united states drive me crazy, LATINO/HISPANIC is not a race! there’s white latinos, black latinos, mixed latinos, brown latinos, asian latinos etc etc. travel a little bit and educate yourself ;)
So true, Daniel. I’m brazilian and I’m white. I came from a latin culture, not a latin race. I’m very proud of my latin (culture) background.
It is not the United States. It was a classification system made up by white men in order to opress and divide and conquer other groups. Now for some reason white latinos come to the US and blame everyone else for why they are not considered white LOL.
Ok ms.queentramp
That was invented in USA, because in other parts of the world Latino is not a very used word. Americans invented that of hispanic and latino as ethnicity, race and classification of people and think that is a race, when before, latino was about Romans and LATIN America was called like that because Latin Europe. That was not about oppressors.
Chica@ No she is not mexican.
She isn’t latina at all, she is SPANISH, not Cuban.
She is ppart Cuban she has said it before, i believe she said her grandfather was
her father is cuban she is cuban duh
Spanish, is a laguage. NOT an ethnicity.
Well Spanish is an ethnicity to people who live in SPAIN in Europe..All this shit on this site about Latina being a race just because they speak Spanish there does not make them Spanish people it is a culture HISPANIC ,Of course there is people in South American countries that have Spanish heritage but not every single person in South America is of Spanish heritage,Immigrants from many European countries went over there Polish,Frech, Italian ,Irish, Portugese,German and more.,There is White,Black Brown and Asian HISPANICS and people try to act as if it`s a race how can it be for gods sake..Its ridicilous how stupid people act,Idiots show not be allowed one this site if they do not even know the difference between RACE and ETHNICITY it is not that hard to understand,
Ya and i forgot th difference between NATIONALITY aswell.
If she is of Spanish descent, she is more latina than mixed mexicans in USA. Spanish blood is what makes most mexicans Latino. Because I doubt that indigenous people fromMexico consider themselves Latino. Not even most mexicans used, that is just used in USA.
No no no she is Mexican!!1
I didnt know she was Cuban(latina)? Explains the last name “Diaz.”
Shamshir@ Native american :]
Are you from India btw? (: