Cristiano Ronaldo
Ronaldo in 2011, sportgraphic / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro
Place of Birth: Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Date of Birth: 5 February, 1985
Ethnicity: Portuguese, as well as one eighth African-Cape Verdean
Cristiano Ronaldo is a Portuguese professional footballer. He is a forward for, and captain of, both the Saudi Professional League club Al Nassr and the Portugal national team. He previously played for Sporting CP, Manchester United, Real Madrid, and Juventus. He has won five Ballon d’Or awards. He is considered to hold the record for most goals scored in men’s professional football, under some criteria.
He is the son of Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro and José Dinis Aveiro. One of his great-grandmothers was from Cape Verde. His sister is singer Kátia Aveiro.
Cristiano was named after U.S. President Ronald Reagan. He has had six children, including three with his partner, Spanish-Argentinian model Georgina Rodríguez.
Cristiano’s paternal grandfather was Humberto de Aveiro (the son of José de Aveiro and Isabel Rosa da Piedade). Humberto was born in Madeira. José was the son of José de Aveiro and Maria de Jesus. Isabel was born on Praia, Cape Verde, and was listed as “preta”/black on her death record. She was the daughter of Rosa Maria dos Santos.
Cristiano’s paternal grandmother was named Filomena Martins Pereira.
Cristiano’s maternal grandfather is named José Nunes de Viveiros. José was born in Machico, Madeira, Portugal.
Cristiano’s maternal grandmother is named Matilde dos Santos (the daughter of Matilde). Cristiano’s grandmother Matilde was born in Monte, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.
Sources: https://www.pressreader.com
Genealogy of Cristiano Ronaldo – http://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Cristiano Ronaldo (focusing on his father’s side) – https://i1.wp.com
Article about Cristiano’s father’s family – https://mbasic.facebook.com
Death record of Cristiano’s paternal great-grandmother, Isabel Rosa da Piedade – https://www.familysearch.org
Ronaldo is 100% Portuguese.
Yes, agreed. Portuguese are not very exotic looking. Most are Atlato-Mediterranean, no different than Galicians, Brits, or French particularly from the Atlantic coast.
Ronaldo’s siblings if you look at them are very Portuguese looking and what most would expect, don’t let the tan confuse you.
Ronaldo is actually tanned, but I can see how some confuse him with being part African because of his athletic prowess. Yes, Ronaldo had family members on his mother side that owned business in Cape Verde in the early 20th century as many Madeirans at the time did. But the supposed tie/link comes from his great grandfather’s family that came back to Madeira after a long drought. So yes, there are Cape Verde ties, but the family lineage you speak of was ethnic Portuguese and not African Cape Verdean. Hope this clears up the misunderstanding.
Am I the only one who thinks it’s weird Ronaldo failed to mention he is part Cape Verdean? He always goes on about loving the country.
NO
HES PART CAPE VERDEAN ITS AFRICA
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HES GREAT GRANDMA WAS CAPE VERDEAN
SHE WAS BLACK
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C.RONALDO HAS THAT BLACK BLOOD IN HIM
he looks mixed, some time ago I thought he was brazilian!
http://maxcdn.fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/591/842/382/005/cristiano_ronaldo_baby41.jpg
http://www.happyfame.com/wp-content/plugins/WPRobot3/images/24a8d__Cristiano-Ronaldo-with-son-Cristiano-Jr-Picture.jpg
You mean that the African side of him is insignificant?