George Lopez
Lopez in 2009, Joe Seer / Shutterstock.com
Place of Birth: Mission Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: April 23, 1961
Ethnicity: Mestizo Mexican
George Lopez is an American comedian, actor, and television personality. He was the host of the show Lopez Tonight from 2009 to 2011.
His father, Anatasio Lopez, was a Mexican emigrant, from Nayarit. His mother, Frieda, was born in Los Angeles, of Mexican descent. George has a daughter, actress Mayan Lopez, with his former wife Ann Serrano.
George’s paternal grandparents were named Francisco Lopez and Josefa.
George’s maternal grandfather was John Hernandez (the son of Pedro Hernandez and Raphaela Vargas). John was born in California, to parents from Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico.
George’s maternal grandmother was Benita N. Torres (the daughter of Alfonso Torres and Manulea Mares). Benita was born in California. Manuela was born in Santiago Apostol, Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico, the daughter of Lucio Mares and Maria Guadalupe Héras. George’s step-grandfather was named Refugio Gutierrez.
A DNA test whose results were displayed on the show Lopez Tonight (2009) stated that George’s genetic ancestry is:
*55% European
*32% Native American
*9% East Asian
*4% Sub-Saharan African
The exact accuracy of the DNA tests on Lopez Tonight has been questioned by genealogist Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak.
He’s black!!! Lmfao but I thought he was like mexican
@itt
you have got to be sh*ting me.What’s so funny about him being part black?There are billions of people who are that.Also mexicans are known to have african heritage.It also says asian,but no one has a problem with that.Black has been in the mix since atleast the spaniards came
@WTF
WTF!!!! I Don’t Think He Meant What You Think He Meant! To Be Honest I Laughed To When I Found Out He Had Black And Asian In Him! I Also Laughed When I Found Out LENA HORNE Was A Black Woman When She Looked Totally White. So I Think Itt Laughed Only Because George Lopez Looks Mestizo Mexican, And He Would Have Never Guessed Him Having Black In Him! So You Should Be Telling Him That Mexican Is Not A Race, It’s A Nationality, Ethnicity, Cultrue etc.!
This Was A Friendly Comment! I Am Not Attacking You Or Trying To Offend You! My Apologies If It Seems Like I Did!
@ total23
What you’re the new diplomat on here,anyhow what’s funny.I mean I’m not mad or anything.I guess neither of you guys knew the history of the place.However as Fuzz said,that’s what a mestizo was(Spanish,Native,and African or any combo of the three).
To total23
It’s because of Jose Vasconcelos (the father of brown pride),that the majority of Mexicans don’t know about their African heritage.Dude was like Adolf Hitler in his philosophy,he saw black as ugly.Also he only wanted to promote the Spanish and Native bloodline,and the closer to white or European the better.Strangely enough,he also hated Jews
Wait I can’t put it all on his shoulders
Jose Vasconcelos was the father of La RazaMovement,he was vehemently anti black. He single handed changed the mind set of mixed race people,his movement eradicated the true african blood in thier veins,having them to believe they are strictly indians andwhite spanish. Four hundred slaves were enslaved in Mexico,the first president of Mexico was part african.
I Do Know The History Of Mexico! And I Am Aware That Their Was African Slavery In Mexico! ButAre Talking About What A Mestizo Is Now;Which Is European And Native American, It No Longer Means Having African Ancestry! Fuzzybear always said that Mestizo USE2Mean Those Three Ethnicities. He Never Once Mention That Mestizo Meant Those Three Ethnicities Now!
To total23
Dude are you kidding,it’s still there.Didn’t you read anything I gave?Every expert keeps saying the avg mestizo is still 3-8% African,and some are more.I say it meant it in past tense,because they change the definition to exclude the African part.This is why I mentioned Jose Vasconcelos,because it was his philosophy of a new (cosmic race) where the African traits would breed out,and the new Mexican would look more European
I Don’t Get Your Statement! Maybe I Had Never Made Myself Clear; I Am Talking About Mestizo No Longer Meaning The African Ancestry Due To How The Latino Society Sees It Now! Yes The Average Mestizo Has 3-8% Of Black But That Does Not Mean They Are Mestizo Because Of That Black Percentage Any More! When People Think Of Mestizo, They Think Of The European And Native American Blood, It Is Also In The Dictionary And Etc.
Does Not Matter What It Used To Mean, Because Now (As Most People See It) It Means European And Native American Ancestry! So When Itt Said He Thought He Was Mestizo, He Thought He Was Of European And Native American Ancestry; Which Proves The Way How Mestizo Is Defined Now!
Again I Am Not Talking About What It Used To Mean Which Was (European, Native American, African Ancestry) I Am Talking About What It Means Now Or What The Latin Society Sees It As Now (European & Native American)!!!!!
Now Don’t Bother Me, Fuzz! Lol!
To total23
That’s to bad,I going to mess with you now.Here this is todays Definition,notice how it says(especially)but it doesn’t say only
http://www.answers.com/topic/mestizo
Didn’t say it doesn’t mean black,that’s just what people are taught;same for like the word MOOR. Also most of mexican Society doesn’t even know black people are in the country,that’s why they don’t know they have that heritage.I mean look how Lopez jump up yelling (Hey I’m Black),because he like rest didn’t know.Also the visible ones South and in places like Coahuila call themselves Mestizo,and they without a doubt have African heritage,and they will tell you.Now it’s going to matter because,the Afro-Latinos want to be seen now.Also many of the light Latinos want to know about their African heritage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLtk_v1jl_M&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD6bjXALw-g&feature=related
So it’s going to matter.Why do you think they’re building museums to the African history down there.People are making others aware this.
Your words:Said He Thought He Was Mestizo, He Thought He Was Of European And Native American Ancestry
Who are you talking about?
Also in other part of Latin America,It still means that,Here’s Mestizos family from Venezuela:
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/04SkeFe6tq6d7/610x.jpg
and in some places pure blood native say they are mestizo,because they speak spanish
There is site after site talking about this,and Latin country has it share of site talking about this very thing,so it’s going to matter.
Now you stop trying to argue with me,LOL
I Meant What I Meant! I Was Talking About Itt Claiming That George Lopez Is Mestizo!
And Your First Point, Not A Good Example Because In That Definition It Says Anybody Of Mixed ethnicity or something! Which basically means That An Asian And Black Mixed Could Also Mean Mestizo! DUH!
@total
How do you know that didn’t happen?We already know filipinos and chinese were both in mexico.Also the chinese were seen as black back then.So whose to say that combo didn’t call itself mestizo.I meant it’s been shown on here ,that just because you haven’t heard of something,doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.How do we know that people in the south don’t have a lot of asian dna.Just because you don’t see traits,doesn’t mean anything.Look how you laugh when you found out george had asian blood,he got it from somewhere.who’s to say afrochinese mestizos weren’t running all around there.my friend is a chinese mexican mix,before her I never heard of that combo,so who’s to say.
To total23
This is strange,your aruging in favor of a definition you know to be false.I told you they want mexicans to be seen one way,but they can change the meaning of the word all they want,but doing that doesn’t change the blood.Lopez is a mestizo,of the old meaning of the word,just like most mestizo most likely are.I had a site that want come throught,that stated that 75% of mestizo today fit the old meaning of the word(spanish,native and african).Now in a few generations the new meaning will prove true(maybe).Word meanings change all the time.Mixtures have been going on every since different colors came about.Now it wasn’t until racism came on the scene that people started to put names(insults) to them.Mestizo wasn’t nice,Mulatto or Creole,zambo etc.All these words were insults,you were less than human.It wasn’t until people started to put a spin on things,take neg and turning it into a positive.Then to make themselves feel better,they did the same to people they felt were below them.Well anyhow thinking about it,why agrue about it,they are what they are.we have different opinions on the subject,and we will have to agree to disagree
To Fuzzybear!
No One Is Arguing, I Am Telling You What I Meant! I Don’t Care What It Truly Means Or Whatever! All I Am Saying Is That When I Saw George Lopez I Thought He Was Mestizo (Part European, Part Native American); I Got The Definition From The Dictionary And Other Sites! I Was Shocked To Hear About Him Having Sub-saharan DNA And The Asian DNA! I Just Thought He Was European And Native Since His Phenotype Looked That Way Too Me! Same Way About Lena Horne, And Ryan Giggs! I Thought Lena Horne Was A White Woman With Admixture, And I Just Thought Ryan Giggs Was White Until I Researched Upon Them! I Was Shocked Because Their Other Ethnicity Does Not Show In Their Phenotype! I Am Aware That You Can Have Many Other Ethnicity Inside Of You And Look One Ethnicity In Your Phenotype, But I Mean, When A Person Did Not Know Their Background And They Were To Guess, Or If They Were To Have A First Impression Then Some People Would Say They Are White Until Lena Horne Or Ryan Giggs Tell Them ThaT They Are Mix! Then Those People Would Consider Other Wise, Or Black Has Some People May Do!
It’s Like Saying, If You Were Too See Giancarlo Esposito Walking Across The Street People Would Say He Is Black Until He Mentions His Italian Father, Then People Would Consider Him Otherwise, Or Black! Simple!
All I Was Trying To Say Is That When Itt Thought George Lopez Was Mestizo He Thought He Was European And Native American!; Which He Obviously Did Not Know About The Black Ancestry Would Be Apart Of The Mestizo Definition! Which Is Why He Was Shock To Understand That He Was Black! The Asian Ancestry Is Nothing To Be Shocked About Since The Amerindians Of Mexico Look Similar To Asians!
@total
I understand what your saying.However I do agree with fuzz,these racist definitions are bullcrap.I been studying this stuff,and anyone could have said they were mestizo.From what I read,pure blood indians could have said they were mestizo as long as they spoke spanish.It had a bunch of meanings,so your example of black and asian,yes could have been mestizo.I also agree they change word meanings to suit the situation.Most of the mestizo today would not fit that definiton in the dictionary
To what the
That’s right those definitions are just that,bullcrap.They’re are forever doing that,then they teach kids what they want them to know.They thing is they didn’t knowledge to be so easily available now,so they didn’t bother to get rid of the old meanings out of the books etc.Take mulatto,it just means mix also.however they’ve taught that it just mean black and white mix.When it could easily mean white and asian,or black and asian etc.So to cover this up,they came up with new names(Eurasian,blasian etc).Even in the old days turk was another name for mulatto,blue blood meant you were black;now it means royalty.
To total 23
Oh you don’t care,WELL I CAN SEE THAT.Stop worrying about those definitions,I told you they change them when they feel like it(example Caucasian been change 4 times in since 1937).Also the dictionary only gives you the approved version of a word,which it became the official version after Jose (cosmic race theory ),but it was still a lie,and I know I know you don’t care
Now this Lene horne might have fooled me
Lene horne:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2705/4078538404_5eba0b3f2e_b.jpg
yes it is her,the straight ahead pics wouldn’t go through
There lots of black people like her:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3524/3295481839_f70352c078_z.jpg?zz=1
Marion Coles:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4083/4970630961_3e3dcfc581_b.jpg
when she was older:
http://www.tapheritage.org/2007/DrColesProc.jpg
Fay Ray:
http://media.npr.org/programs/day/features/2006/jul/belles/main2.jpg?t=1248630805
Whitman Sisters:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3656/3370603113_de5a690feb.jpg
Lorenzo Tucker aka the ‘Black Valentino’:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3128/3115249440_d633753ae9_z.jpg?zz=1
Chorus Girls (1929):
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2067/2214953757_bd2a6c452b_b.jpg
just put these people up,because I thought you would be interested.
zzz… this is his show.. and people cannot falsify on a show.. that is true genetics there..
That Dna test was bs! he is probably 98% Amerindian and 2% Euro.
He does have a sort of Aztec/Maya look to him, but who is to say those genes are not dominant over the European ones?
seriously dude.. he would definitely look arab/berber.. the man doesnt even look that.. and it says that he is dominantly all but indigenous mostly.. genetics on a show are not bs… he would lose money out of it, and lots of people don’t like losing money out of thin air! a person cannot falsify or incriminate speech..
The funny thing is that George is always slamming and making fun of white people, yet it turns out that he is “supposedly” more than half white!!! What a dork!
omg he is not slamming white people he is just being funny dont take things to offence and btw all hispanics come from europe just putting that out there since ur saying he is a dork
to m,
no not all hispanics come from europe, theres also afro-latino
To kat:As quiet as it’s been kept,many Europeans that came here were actually black, mixed etc.They just had names,people don’t see as names a black person would have
He’s A COMEDIAN Hello ! He Makes Fun Of EveryThing Duhhh !!
As with most, if not all comedians, he targets that subject matter which is most popular to take shots at. A perfect example of this is his and other comedians cheap shots at “virgins,” both male and female. Rarely anymore do you hear them taking shots at “players,” the wealthy, and other individuals leading a charmed life.
However, I can understand taking shots at white people, as they comprise the majority of people north of the Rio Grande and hold the vast majority of the money and power across the continent.
oh helll nah… m, You are wrong with hispanics come from europe. most hispanics are from the central/south/latin american countries.. they are not europe, and spaniards from europe are not mestizo or latino.. they are white/caucasian… hispanic is a culture, still questionable on ethnicity, and are not all white/caucasian..
Spaniards are latino, if they are not latino a mexican can’t be latino
I think the DNA test that Geoge took was a bunch of bullcrap. It said he was 55% white!! I mean common, the dude looks at least 70-85% amerindian. I think they should take multiple testings by different testing companies.
He has AFRO in him, that explains his nose. Many natives just look Asian.
He only has 4% African; so I don’t think it’s really possible for his African blood to have a huge influence on his appearance; namely his nose. The Caucasian is evident through how tall he is. The DNA testing could have gotten the 9% East Asian wrong since East Asian and Amerindian DNA is similar. Personally, I think that he is really 41% Amerindian; considering the DNA testing got the Asian part wrong, which is probably the case.
George Lopez is tall ? he’s about 5’10 am even a few inches taller than him that was very ironic of u lol. He looks very Amerindian am sure he is more native than white. there’s almost nothing white about this man. his nose is wide and big but it’s very native american then again genetics hardly lie *shrugs*
Sorry, you are wrong.
Ameridians were coloured even darker by the introduction of small amounts of African blood.
Black blood did the same thing to the Spaniards and Portuguese. The Portuguese themselves are not particularly Mediterranean. In fact, they are very Western European, very different than Greeks or Armenians for example. It was a good amount of Black blood from the slave trade and a significant amount of Berber (who are white) and Afro-Berbers (who are mixed looking) into the stream to alter the general look across the country.
@ Lala
Only some Berber groups are white or whitish,and others that are completely black;the rest are mixed bloods(ranging from whitish to mulatto):
http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/berbers_2.jpg
http://blackhistoryjohnmoore.bravehost.com/berberwomen.jpg
http://www.nicolepeyrafitte.com/Egypt.jpg
Lets just say most of the people up there are mixed,and usually they will tell you that;at least the ones I’ve talked to