Gloria Estefan

Estefan in 2011, s_bukley / Shutterstock.com

Birth Name: Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo Garcia

Place of Birth: Havana, Cuba

Date of Birth: September 1, 1957

Ethnicity: Cuban – Spanish [Asturian, Castilian], possibly other

Gloria Estefan is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur. She was born in Havana, Cuba, the daughter of Gloria García Pérez and José Manuel Fajardo Montano. Her family moved to Miami, Florida, after the Cuban Revolution. She sings in both Spanish and English. Estefan is the surname of her husband, musician Emilio Estefan, with whom she has two children. A picture of her father can be seen here.

Gloria’s paternal grandfather was named José Manuel Fajardo González (the son of parents surnamed Fajardo and González). José was born in La Habana, Cuba.

Gloria’s paternal grandmother was named Amelia Montano.

Gloria’s maternal grandfather was Leonardo García Sánchez (the son of Bernardo García and Bárbara Sánchez). Leonardo was from Pola de Siero, Asturias, Spain.

Gloria’s maternal grandmother was Consuelo Pérez Junco (the daughter of Pantalión Pérez Lugo and Emilia Junco González). Consuelo was from Logroño, La Rioja, Spain. Pantalión was the son of Andrés Pérez Martínez and Clemencia Lugo. Emilia was the daughter of Juan Manuel Junco Mederos and Consuelo González Rosas.

Sources: http://www.lne.es

Genealogy of Gloria Estefan – http://www.geni.com

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43 Responses

  1. Anonymous says:

    Regarding Gloria Estefan’s hair, Mediterrenean people have curly hair too. Curly hair is everywhere, not just in Africa. This means any country like Spain,France, Italy anywhere. Plus any other country where people where part of the Roman Empire.

  2. estefan says:

    Her maternal grandparents are Leonardo Garcia, who emigrated to Cuba from Pola de Siero, Asturias, Spain, where he married Gloria’s maternal grandmother, originally from Logroño,La Rioja, Spain……

  3. I believe Gloria Estefan’s parents are from Cuba mixed with African. Look at her curly hair!

  4. LiL V4CH4 C0MiN yUR W4yy says:

    She is also Spanish her mom’s family is Spanish… look on wikipedia it has sources… =/

  5. abigail says:

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