Carmen Yulín Cruz

Birth Name: Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto

Place of Birth: San Juan, Puerto Rico

Date of Birth: February 25, 1963

Ethnicity: Puerto Rican (Spanish, Basque, Catalan, possibly other)

Carmen Yulín Cruz is a Puerto Rican politician. She has served as Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, since January 14, 2013.

Mayor Cruz’s middle name, Yulín, is inherited from her paternal grandmother.

Mayor Cruz’s father, Pedro Antonio Cruz y Vega, was born in Guánica. Mayor Cruz’s mother, Carmen Irene Soto y Molina, was born in Lares.

Mayor Cruz is married to psychologist Alfredo Carrasquillo Ramírez.

Mayor Cruz’s paternal grandfather was Pedro Antonio Cruz y Vicens (the son of José Rafael Cruz and Margarita Vicens y Vargas). Margarita was the daughter of Spanish immigrant Pedro Vicens y Morey, of Majorca, Balearic Islands, and of Gabriela Vargas.

Mayor Cruz’s paternal grandmother was Lutgarda Vega y Rosario (the daughter of Juan Clímaco Vega y Guzmán and Mariana Rosario y Arroyo). Clímaco was the son of José María Vega y Vega and Petronila Guzmán y Alameda. Mariana was the daughter of José Ramón Rosario y Higuerra and María Crisóstoma Arroyo y González.

Mayor Cruz’s maternal grandfather was Salvador Américo Soto é Irizarry (the son of Manuel Soto y Segarra and María Evangelista Irizarry y González). Manuel was the son of Eugenio Soto y Alicea and María del Carmen Segarra y López. Evangelista was the daughter of Damián Irizarry y Roman and María Irene González y Hernández.

Mayor Cruz’s maternal grandmother was Irene Molina y López (the daughter of Ildefonso Molina y Borrero and Nazaria López y Soto). Ildefonso was the son of Isabel Molina y Padua and María Monserrate Borrero y Quílez. Nazaria was the daughter of Bernardino López y Pujol and María de los Ángeles Soto y Segarra.

Mayor Cruz’s matrilineal ancestry can be traced back to her fifth great-grandmother, Tomasa Irizarry y Ríos, of San Sebastián.

Sources: Mayor Cruz’s father, Pedro Antonio Cruz y Vega, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Mayor Cruz’s mother, Carmen Irene Soto y Molina, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Marriage record of Mayor Cruz’s paternal grandparents, Pedro Antonio Cruz y Vicens and Lutgarda Vega y Rosario – https://familysearch.org

Marriage record of Mayor Cruz’s paternal grandfather, Pedro Antonio Cruz y Vicens, to Gregoria Sepúlveda y Rodríguez – https://familysearch.org

Birth record of Mayor Cruz’s paternal grandmother, Lutgarda Vega y Rosario – https://familysearch.org

Birth record of Mayor Cruz’s maternal grandfather, Salvador Américo Soto é Irizarry – https://familysearch.org

Birth record of Mayor Cruz’s maternal grandmother, Irene Molina y López – https://familysearch.org

Mayor Cruz’s paternal great-grandmother, Margarita Vicens y Vargas, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Death record of Mayor Cruz’s paternal great-great-grandfather, Pedro Vicens y Morey – https://familysearch.org