Carmelo Anthony
Anthony with wife La La Anthony in 2011, Rena Schild / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Carmelo Kyam Anthony
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: May 29, 1984
Ethnicity:
*father – Puerto Rican [African, some Spanish and Indigenous/likely Taíno], distant Venezuelan
*mother – African-American
Carmelo Anthony is an American professional basketball player. He has played for the Denver Nuggets, the New York Knicks, the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Houston Rockets, the Portland Trail Blazers, and the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is 6′7″.
His father, Carmelo Iriarte, was born in Manhattan, to Puerto Rican parents, of African, and some Spanish and Indigenous [likely Taíno] descent, along with distant Venezuelan. His mother, Mary Anthony, is African-American. His father died when he was an infant.
Carmelo has a son, basketball player Kiyan Anthony, with his former wife, disc jockey, television personality, and actress La La Anthony. La La is of African-Puerto Rican descent.
A DNA test whose results were displayed on the show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2017) stated that Carmelo’s genetic ancestry is:
*70% African
*24% European
*6% Native American [Indigenous]
Carmelo’s paternal grandfather was Andres Iriarte Rodriguez (the son of José Luciano Iriarte and Angelina/Angela Rodriguez). Andres was born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. José Luciano was the son of Benicia Iriarte. Benicia’s mother, Valentina Echeandia/Iriarte, was mixed race, part African, and was born into slavery in Güigüe, Venezuela.
Carmelo’s paternal grandmother was named Carmen “Carmela.” Carmen was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico.
Source: http://www.puertorico-herald.org
Melo is Half Black & Rican & LaLa is 100%, but there son looks 100% Black
That’s because there son is 100% black by American standards!, LaLa is a black puerto rican, carmel anthony is african american and probably mixed with black puerto rican heritage, so I would say that child is majority black!
well carmelo dad is rican but he is aro rican like tego
nuthings wrong with that im just saying
and my boyfriend is afro rican to
and hes lite borwn and kinky hair
and his bro his dark skinned like and african
so theres differnt ricans
I think if I was a reporter at press conference today I would ask him if his puerto rican to justify what people think! He is half puerto rican if his pops was puerto rican n moms african.
LaLa is 100% Puerto Rican! Both her Parents are Rican
Not to throw stones, but “anyone” who speaks of race, when referring to another person’s descent is off base. We are of one race, the human race. Red, yellow, black, white and brown, we all originated in East Africa. Man migrated from there; Northward, into and through Europe and into Asia and the Indian sub-continent. From there, we crossed the Bering land bridge, into North America, and down into Central and South America. The final leg of the migration of man, was into the South Pacific, Australia; i.e., the Australian. The long and the short of it is that everyone is East African in origin.
All of the different “races” are mutations of the original East African man. The mutations that have taken place throughout man’s existence, have had to do with environmental adaptation. There is a nickel’s worth of difference between the “races.” There is about the same amount of difference between the major (and minor) religions. The differences between cultures are what is problematic, and that is because “people” make them so.
Open your eyes people! We are really all the same.
that is one of the most intelligently correct comments I have read in years. Keep speaking the truth to the people who need info