Isabela Merced
Merced in 2017, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: Isabela Yolanda Moner
Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Date of Birth: July 10, 2001
Ethnicity:
*father – Slovak, Polish, possibly other
*mother – Peruvian
Isabela Merced, also credited as Isabela Moner, is an American actress and singer. She starred as Dora the Explorer in the live action Dora and the Lost City of Gold, and has also had leading roles in the films Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life, Transformers: The Last Knight, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, Instant Family, Let It Snow, Spirit Untamed, Sweet Girl, Father of the Bride (2022), Rosaline, Migration, Madame Web, Turtles All the Way Down, and Alien: Romulus; the series 100 Things to Do Before High School, Dora and Friends: Into the City!, and Maya and the Three, the latter two in voice role; and the made-for-tv movies Splitting Adam and Legends of the Hidden Temple.
Her father, Patrick, is American, and was born in Louisiana, of Slovak, Polish, and possibly other, ancestry. Her mother, Katerine, is Peruvian, from Lima. A picture of Isabela with her maternal grandfather can be seen here.
Credited as Isabela Moner in her early roles, she changed her stage name to Isabela Merced in 2019, after her maternal grandmother’s name. She speaks fluent Spanish.
Isabela’s paternal grandmother is Geraldine Arlene Moner (the daughter of John P. Moner and Jean/Jennie/Janyna S. Dorazewski). Geraldine was born in Ohio. John was the son of John Moner, who was born in Virginia, to Slovak parents, and of Emma/Enna Rusinjok/Rusina, who was Slovak. Jean was born in Massachusetts, to Polish parents, Stanley/Stanislaw Dorazewski and Mary Laskowski.
Isabela’s maternal grandfather is named Atilio Pompeyo Pizarro Huamán.
Isabela’s maternal grandmother was named Yolanda Merced/Mercedes Salazar Pittman.
Sources: Marriage record of Isabela’s paternal great-grandparents, John P. Moner and Jean/Jennie/Janyna S. Dorazewski – https://www.familysearch.org
Isabela’s paternal great-grandparents, John P. Moner and Jean/Jennie/Janyna S. Dorazewski, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Birth record of Isabela’s paternal great-grandfather, John P. Moner – https://www.familysearch.org
Isabela’s paternal great-great-grandparents, John Moner and Emma/Enna Rusinjok/Rusina, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
John Moner and Emma/Enna Rusinjok/Rusina on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Birth record of Isabela’s paternal great-grandmother, Jean/Jennie/Janyna S. Dorazewski – https://www.familysearch.org
Isabela’s paternal great-grandmother, Jean/Jennie/Janyna S. Dorazewski, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Isabela’s paternal great-great-grandparents, Stanley/Stanislaw Dorazewski and Mary Laskowski, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
LOS ANGELES – JUL 16: Isabela Moner at the 2015 Kids’ Choice Sports at the UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion on July 16, 2015 in Westwood, CA, photo by kathclick/Bigstock.com
Do we have a decent clue on how much spanish and indignous her mother has? Isabela is clearly light skinned, yeah she has a bit of an olive complexion but her natural skin color is pretty fair. She’s tanned and with make up in those pics, i have seen others where she is much lighter.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMB-SVBZ
Isabel’s maternal grandparents are Atilio Pompeyo Pizarro Huamán and Yolanda Mercedes Salazar.
*Isabela’s
her maternal grandfather looks 100% Quechua: https://www.instagram.com/p/BSB5TUGAi_i/?utm_source=ig_embed
Isabela, her mother, grandmother and aunt?: https://www.instagram.com/p/BdF7EG5AsVQ/
Daughter of Katerine M. (Pizaro/Pizarro) and Patrick J. Moner.
There is a Jean S. Moner, born Dorazewski (1908-2005), who is linked to her family in some way (found through public records). As it turns out, she had a daughter named Geraldine, who was born the same year Isabela’s grandmother was born. They all lived in Cleveland, Ohio, by the way:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW5H-DZZ
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X43M-YCN
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2Q72-1M9
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDR9-5XH
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD18-FKN
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X439-VVL
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKRK-YNZ
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXJZ-PRK
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDP1-YSG
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X433-TPV
So:
Isabela’s paternal grandmother was Geraldine Arlene Moner (the daughter of John P. Moner and Jean/Jennie/Janyna S. Dorazewski). John was the son of John Moner, who was born in Virginia, to Slovak parents, and of Emma/Enna Rusinjok/Rusina (the name is spelled on records in so many different ways, so I only wrote how it’s spelled on the birth and marriage records), who was Slovak. Jean was born in Massachusetts, to Polish parents, Stanley/Stanislaw Dorazewski and Mary Laskowski.
Was she previously listed as French on her father’s side? Good find.
It wasn’t unreasonable, given her surname and that her father is apparently from Louisiana (I assume he was born there, and then moved with his mother to her native Ohio). That Moner came from her grandmother and not her grandfather surprised me very much.
I wrote “possibly French.”
Louisiana may be an accident of birth, of sorts.
The surname thing is odd to me, but I verified that what you found is correct.
Are my other comments on your list (like Nicole Scherzinger and others)?
That particular list is pretty clear. I don’t have any additional information on Nicole Scherzinger.
Really? I’ve made a bunch of comments lately. Have you looked at them? I’d like it if you told me when I make a mistake in my research.
What pages do you mean? Chilli? You said you weren’t sure about what you found, and, since I don’t know who she is, I haven’t spent any time researching it myself.
I never said I wasn’t sure, I simply stated I likely found her family but couldn’t access the texts. Would you have added it if I said I was sure? I try to be as humble as I can when adding information to pages. I’m kinda hoping you’ll read my comments and the links I provide and decide if what I found is worth adding or not (regardless of who knows who they are or not).
@ Follers
Isn’t Chili a Mexican food??
Also, why don’t you report her mother’s surname, Pizarro? is there a reason to omitt that?
Pretty hot
are peruvians mestizo?
someone explain
Yes most Peruvians are mestizo and I agree she is really attractive.
this is her mother. She could easily be a Spanish woman:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BigLB9OCIAANYxM.jpg
I agree with you but I think she has indigenous blood to south America somewhere down the line as well.
definitely. Her mom looks different here:
http://www.gotceleb.com/wp-content/uploads/photos/isabela-moner/stopping-time-album-launch-party-in-nyc/Isabela-Moner:-Stopping-Time-Album-Launch-Party–06.jpg
this is her father: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDMUUPmGcos