Enrique Iglesias
Iglesias in 2007, Joe Seer / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler
Place of Birth: Madrid, Spain
Date of Birth: 8 May, 1975
Ethnicity: Galician, Puerto Rican/Spanish [Andalusian, Castilian, Valencian], Filipino [Kapampangan], distant French, possibly distant Austrian
Enrique Iglesias is a Spanish-born singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, and cartoonist. He has written songs in both Spanish and English.
His father, Julio Iglesias (Julio José de la Cueva Iglesias), is a Spanish singer, with Spanish and Galician Spanish ancestry. His mother, Isabel Preysler (Maria Isabel Arrastia Preysler), is a Filipino journalist, socialite, and television host. Isabel’s ancestry is Spanish and Filipino [Kapampangan], with possible, distant, Austrian roots. After his grandfather was kidnapped by armed Basque group ETA, Enrique was raised mostly outside Spain, particularly Miami, Florida.
Enrique has three children with his partner, Russian tennis player and model Anna Kournikova. His half-sister is socialite and television personality Tamara Falcó.
Enrique’s father has stated that he has, or that he thinks he has, some degree of Sephardi Jewish ancestry on his own mother’s (Enrique’s paternal grandmother’s) side. It is not clear if this ancestry has been documented/verified. Julio’s recent ancestors were not Jewish.
Enrique’s paternal grandfather was Julio Iglesias Puga (the son of Ulpiano Iglesias Sarriá and Manuela Puga Noguerol). Julio was born in Ourense, Province of Ourense, Galicia, Spain, and was a prominent gynecologist. Ulpiano was the son of Juan Iglesias and Carmen Sarria. Manuela was the daughter of Elías Puga de la Torre and Elisa Noguerol Buján.
Enrique’s paternal grandmother was María del Rosario de la Cueva y de Perignat (the daughter of José de la Cueva y de Orejuela and Dolores Perignat y Ruiz de Benavides). José was the son of Manuel de la Cueva y Campo Redondo and Rosario de Orejuela y Prieto. Enrique’s great-grandmother Dolores was evidently born in Guayama, Puerto Rico. She was the daughter of José Mariano Eleuterio Gavino de la Santísima Trinidad Perinat y Ochoa, a Spanish military officer, from Seville, Seville, and of Manuela Ruiz de Benavides y Pérez. Enrique’s great-great-grandfather José was of part French ancestry, from Paris.
Enrique’s maternal grandfather was Carlos Pérez de Tagle Preysler (the son of Don Fausto Preysler y Moreno and María Carmen Pérez de Tagle Pastor). Fausto was the son of Don Joaquín Preysler/Preisler Cernuda and Doña Natalia Moreno Ravelo, who were from Cádiz, Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain. Enrique’s great-grandmother María Carmen was born in Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, Central Visayas, the daughter of Don Benito Pérez de Tagle y Mijares and Doña Carmen Pastor Teves.
Enrique’s maternal grandmother was María Beatriz Arrastia y Reynares (the daughter of José Salgado Arrastia and Teodorica Reinares). María was born in Lubao, Pampanga, Central Luzon, Philippines. José was the son of Don Valentín Arrastia Roncal, who was born in Allo, Navarra, Spain, and of Francisca Serrano Salgado.
Enrique’s maternal great-grandfather, José Salgado Arrastia, was also a paternal great-grandfather of American actor Steven R. McQueen, making Enrique and Steven half-second cousins.
Sources: http://www.elmundo.es
Genealogy of Enrique Iglesias – http://www.geni.com
Iglesias in 2007, photo credit: jonklinger
he looks defiantly looks like a typical Filipino Mestizo most of them look Filipino only a few of them look Spanish he defiantly looks Spanish he doesn’t look Filipino you wouldn’t think so by looking at him i can’t see any Filipino in him.
His mother is a mixed Filipino woman, so of course that’s why he doesn’t look Asian.
filipinos are mostly asians. wow.
Fucking idiot, I never said they weren’t. I said HIS MOTHER IS MIXED. She isn’t fully Filipino. She’s half white aka EURASIAN. I hate when retards put words into my mouth that I didn’t fucking say.
Some of you are so stupid. Vanessa Hudgens is half Filipino and half white and does she look Asian? NO, she looks Hispanic! Which is why she played a Hispanic character in High School Musical. Cassie Steele, Dave Bautista, Erik Spoelstra, and Darren Criss are all half Filipino and half white. They all look Hispanic to me. Well Darren Criss looks white, but I guess he could pass as Greek or Italian. Anyway, my best friend is mixed Filipino and white and I swear I thought she was Mexican at first, but then she told me her mom is Filipina and her dad is White. I live in SoCal where there’s a lot of Filipinos and I know a bunch of mixed Filipino people. They all look different. There’s no stereotypical mixed look. So yes, I believe that Enrique has Filipino blood!!
Darren Criss seems white, he could fit in all Western and Southern Europe
correction; his eyes are hazel (light brown) and his hair is dark brown (brunet) I think it should be listed
he’s also part jewish from his dad
His father has said that his own mother (María del Rosario de La Cueva y de Perignat) was Jewish, but there is no evidence of that in this family tree (or others). Perhaps it is a family legend.
http://www.geneall.net/H/per_page.php?id=261014