Jennifer Lopez
Lopez in 2010, kathclick/bigstock.com
Birth Name: Jennifer Lynn Lopez
Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: July 24, 1969
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
Jennifer Lopez is an American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, and producer.
Her parents, Guadalupe Rodríguez and David López, are Puerto Rican. Her sister, Lydia Lopez, is a journalist. Jennifer has two children with her former husband, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor Marc Anthony, who is also Puerto Rican. Her sister is DJ Lynda Lopez.
Jennifer’s maternal grandfather was José Julio Rodríguez y Febres (the son of a father surnamed Rodríguez, and of Justina Febres).
Jennifer’s maternal grandmother was Julia Rivera y Rosado (the daughter of Vicente Rivera y Rivera and María Rosado y Rodríguez). Julia was born in Jayuya, Jayuya, Puerto Rico. Vicente was the son of Valentín Rivera y Rivera and Narcisa Rivera y Rivera. Valentín and Narcisa were born with the same paternal and maternal family names. Jennifer’s great-grandmother María was the daughter of Antonio Rosado and Rodulfa Rodríguez.
Source: Genealogy of Jennifer Lopez (focusing on her mother’s side) – http://www.geni.com
Lopez in 2008, 
photo credit: Urbanworld Film Festival
She could fit as North African cause most of them are part black. The 90s J lo actually looks like Cape Verdean singer Suzanna Lubrano.
She looks NOTHING like Suzanna Lubrano. That is the strangest comparison I’ve seen on this site in years. You do realize her “FlyGirl” days werent her “natural” look either right? Her hair is not curly. If youve seen pics of her in the 80s you would realize her hair is a wavy texture and her skin is not tan like Suzannas. Jlo is light olive.
This is how J.Lo looks naturally
https://assets.rbl.ms/6634949/980x.jpg
nothing like suzanna lubrao.
I’m guessing she is 50 – 60% Sub Saharan African, 20 – 25 % European and 10 to 15% Taino/Indigenous. There are african american with her tan skin complexion, curly hair, big lips and she has a black womans body. She’s pretty much a light skin black woman. Her mom also clearly has very visible SSA phenotype.
LMAO 50 to 60% SSA? Get the —- outta here. No way. I’m not denying her SSA ancestry but its nowhere near the large amount you estimated. She is probably around at least 20% SSA. Her european ancestry is a lot higher than your prediction.
How does she look like a black woman? No full black woman looks like her. She would stick out like a sore thumb in a room full of black women.
– Tan complexion? You do know she uses self tanner right? She is not pale but she is naturally light olive tone.
– Her hair isn’t curly. If you look at her childhood and teen photos her hair was always wavy-ish.
– Big lips? The —- you talking about? Her lips were always small. If anything she enhances her lips with lip injections. Have you seen her younger photos? That woman has weak lips.
– She does have a beautiful voluptuous body but you also have that spaniard and other southern european women also have that body. I’m italian and many of my female family members have a similar body to jlos, they even have bigger bums and thicker thighs.
– She is NOT a light skin black woman. To be black you have to have two black parents. None of her parents are black. Her mom is mixed with african obviously so that I agree with you on but that does not make J.Lo black. Her father is clearly predominately european descent.
Jennifer Lopez is a triguena. She is mixed of european, african and taino. She is not black nor does she look black. She looks very much like what she is, tri-racial. Stop being delusional.
I’m not actually sure if there’s SSA in the mix. Many Puerto Ricans (like her) descend from Canary Islanders, who often resembles their neighbouring Moroccans from North Africa. If someone want to know how naturally J.Lo looks, just watch the movie “Blood and Wine”, starring Jack Nicholson, Stephen Dorff and Michael Caine.
She definitely does have SSA in her mix most likely, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Cubans, etc are all multiracial (mostly African, Spanish and Indigenous ) there are some that are black, some that are white as well.
I wouldnt say they’re “ALL” multiracial. My brothers wife is puerto rican and she is blonde, pale, blue eyes. She did the 23 and me test and came out 92% european mainly from Spain, Portugal and Italy. She had SSA dna but it was the lowest percentage (I think it was 5% if I remember correctly). I’d hardly call that “mix”. Just like Steven Tyler is “hardly” african. I also had a puerto rican who was black and she’d tell you she was full african. Born and raised in PR along with her parents but her lineage is heavily from Nigeria and Senegal.
I’ve actually seen North africans that resemble people like J.Lo and Ricky Martin especially in the nose area. Point blank, J.Lo doesnt fit in anywhere in Sub Saharan Africa or Europe but she can easily fit in North Africa.
@italiano90 Yes, she could pass for Morocco, maybe she does have some North African ancestry, if she her roots are Canarian
Morocco is a diverse country but local people are on average much more brown than her (depending on SSA admix). Actually she would not really stand out in parts of Spain or Portugal even though her facial features would be questionable.
Interestingly her maternal great-grandmother’s surname, “Febres”, which is rare, appears to be of Canarian origin.
It originates with a man from Flanders, Gillis Le Febvre, who was Governor of El Hierro, Canary Islands, at the end of 1500s, and had 11 children.
Many people in PR and Cuba have Canarian ancestry, so it’s not surprising.